Links for October 21st through October 28th

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Vinny

HTML5 is done, but two groups still wrestle over Web’s future #html5 – The World Wide Web Consortium finishes an update to this seminal Internet technology, but with two organizations in charge of the same Web standard, charting the Web's future is a mess.
We Are All Confident Idiots #psychology – The trouble with ignorance is that it feels so much like expertise. A leading researcher on the psychology of human wrongness sets us straight.
Pivotal Extends Cloud Foundry’s Java Buildpack #paas – At Pivotal®, we’ve worked to give developers that same experience for Java apps running on Pivotal Web Services (PWS) with our Java Buildpack, released just over a year ago. PWS is Pivotal’s hosted version of Cloud Foundry®, an open-source PaaS, and we mak
The End Of Apps As We Know Them #appstore – The experience of our primary mobile screen being a bank of app icons that lead to independent destinations is dying. And that changes what we need to design and build.
RoboVM beckons Java 8 programmers to iOS – An interview with RoboVM project founder Niklas Therning – RoboVM beckons Java 8 programmers to iOS – An interview with RoboVM project founder Niklas Therning
J2ObjC – A Java to iOS Objective-C translation tool and runtime. – J2ObjC is an open-source command-line tool from Google that translates Java code to Objective-C for the iOS (iPhone/iPad) platform. This tool enables Java code to be part of an iOS application's build, as no editing of the generated files is necessary
10,000 apps later. Lessons learned #appstore #ux – We downloaded 10,000 mobile apps this year and we’re sharing insights on how we found them, examined them, lessons we learned about building apps, and a heuristic checklist for how not to screw up your own mobile app dev.
Building a Forex trading platform using Kafka, Storm and Cassandra – Here, he gives a high level overview of the data pipeline that he built at Insight to handle Forex data for algorithmic trading, visualization, and batch aggregation jobs.
What Role Does Technology Play in Record Levels of Income Inequality? – The disparity between the rich and everyone else is larger than ever in the United States and increasing in much of Europe. Why?
The Twelve-Factor App – triangulation on ideal practices for app development – In the modern era, software is commonly delivered as a service: called web apps, or software-as-a-service. The twelve-factor app is a methodology for building software-as-a-service apps
Developers Are Adopting Java 8 In Droves – Thank lambdas! – With the release of Java 8 back in March 2014, the developer community was primarily excited about two things. One was support for lambda expressions, also known as anonymous functions. Second was Java 8’s embrace of the multicore world.

Links for October 17th through October 21st

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Vinny

Microsoft launches Azure cloud in a box #cloudcomputing – Microsoft is teaming with Dell to create an Azure cloud in a box offering for customers who want to run their own, on-premises datacenters. Microsoft executives took the wraps off the new offering, known officially as the "Microsoft Cloud Platform System
Marc Andreessen on Why Optimism Is Safest Bet — NYMag – At a controversial moment for the tech industry, Andreessen is the sector’s biggest cheerleader and a forceful advocate for his peculiar brand of futurism.
SwiftOverlays -SwiftOverlays is a Swift GUI library for displaying various popups and notifications. – SwiftOverlays is a Swift GUI library for displaying various popups and notifications.
Implementing an Android REST Client using Retrofit – Last time we talked about how to create a simple REST client using the android-async-http library by James Smith. In this post, we're basically going to implement the same functionality using another awesome library: Retrofit
Retrofit – A type-safe REST client for Android and Java – Retrofit turns your REST API into a Java interface. A type-safe REST client for Android and Java
New open-source Machine Learning Framework written in Java – The Datumbox Machine Learning Framework is an open-source framework written in Java which enables the rapid development of Machine Learning models and Statistical applications. It is the code that currently powers up the Datumbox API. The main focus of the framework is to include a large number of machine learning algorithms & statistical methods and be able to handle small-medium sized datasets.
CodeKit: THE Mac App For Web Developers – CodeKit helps you build websites faster and better. See its flagship features below, then get a real feel for the app on the Videos page.
Executive Change Is Latest Hint of Chrome-Android Marriage – Digits – WSJ – In choosing Lockheimer to lead engineering for Chrome as well as Android, Pichai is signaling to his teams that Android is the future, according to a person familiar with the personnel change.
iOS8 Day-by-Day – Build a Today Extension – This post is part of a daily series of posts introducing the most exciting new parts of iOS8 for developers – #iOS8DayByDay. To see the posts you've missed check out the introduction page, but have a read through the rest of this post first!
Why Germany Is So Much Better at Training Its Workers – The Atlantic – America rarely uses an apprenticeship model to teach young people a trade. Could such a system help the unemployed?

Links for October 13th through October 17th

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Vinny

Creating Cascading Combo Boxes in Ext JS – In this tutorial you will learn how to create cascading combo boxes in Ext JS. The term “cascading combo boxes” refers to a setup of two or more linked combo boxes in Ext JS, where the selection of a value in one combo box determines the values that will b
Smooth asynchronous user interfaces for iOS apps – AsyncDisplayKit #ios #CocoaPods – AsyncDisplayKit is an iOS framework that keeps even the most complex user interfaces smooth and responsive. It was originally built to make Facebook's Paper possible, and goes hand-in-hand with pop's physics-based animations — but it's just as powerful wit
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Review: The Phablet Pioneer Still Leads the Way – The Pocketable Device Has Serious Multitasking Power, but Can It Beat the iPhone 6 Plus?
What third-party libraries do you use for iOS development? – I add new third-party libraries to my apps fairly conservatively, as I don’t want to depend on a library where development may stop in the near future, leaving me without any support when I have questions and issues with it. Here are the ones I use regular
AngularJS team release v1.3.0 – superluminal-nudge – after eight months of work, over two thousand commits, nineteen beta and six release candidates, we finally released AngularJS 1.3.0 superluminal-nudge!
David Autor on the Future of Work and Polanyi’s Paradox #EconTalk via @dgreller – David Autor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the future of work and the role that automation and smart machines might play in the workforce.
anonabox – A Tor hardware router #Kickstarter – The anonabox is an open source embedded networking device designed specifically to run Tor
Divide.io – Quickly build a backend for your mobile app #backend-as-service #baas #java – Divide.io is an open source Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS). It provides tools to easily, securely, and efficiently communicate between your app and a server. It handles data storage, user registration & management, and push notifications.
Roostrap – build cloud based Java apps using Spring Roo, Twitter Bootstrap & Google AppEngine – Roostrap is a proven rapid application framework compilation built by putting together Spring Roo, Twitter Bootstrap and Google AppEngine libraries that allows developers to build and deploy high performance gorgeous cloud based Java applications in minutes!
CRUD Admin Generator – Generate a PHP backend from a MySql database – The backend is generated in seconds without configuration files, you have total control over the code. Other tools use configuration files where there is a lot of "magic" and is very difficult to adapt to your needs.

Links for October 8th through October 10th

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Vinny

SwiftyJSON makes it easy to deal with JSON data in Swift. #swift #ios #json – The better way to deal with JSON data in Swift
10 Swift IOS open-source projects you cannot ignore #swift – You need to checkout these open-source projects if you want a headstart in Swift. The Swift Manual is comprehensive, but nothing like diving into code and learning from what is implemented. These are not in any particular order of ranking. Just cool stuff
iOS apps and the Open Source they use – I've compiled a list of six popular iPhone apps and the iOS Open Source Software they use.
What’s CoreOS? An existential threat to Linux vendors #linux #redhat – By changing the meaning of a Linux distribution, CoreOS is making life difficult for Red Hat, Canonical, and the rest
NimbusFoundry – Using Google Drive Realtime and Angular, we created a framework for front-end programmers to build fully functional apps – Using Google Drive Realtime and Angular, we created a framework for front-end programmers to build fully functional apps
The Great Knowledge Box Showdown: Google Now vs. Siri vs. Cortana – Google’s Knowledge Graph has been the center of much attention lately. We have been hearing a lot about another concept called the Knowledge Vault as well. But just how extensive is Google’s capability? And what about Siri and Bing/Cortana? How do they sta
HTML5 Online Animation Editor – Create mobile-friendly animations, banners, and infographics. – Create mobile-friendly animations, banners, and infographics.
Running GUI apps with Docker #docker #container – The idea is pretty simple and you can easily it give a try by running a Firefox container using the following Dockerfile as a starting point:
DevTools Tips – A curated list of Chrome DevTools tips and tricks – A curated list of Chrome DevTools tips and tricks
Marc Andreessen talks about Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg and bitcoin #bitcoin #facebook – Marc Andreessen thinks Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg may be the best chief executive in the U.S., Twitter is the eighth wonder of the world and bitcoin may be the biggest thing since Netscape.
Learnings from building a Today View Extension in iOS 8 – If your app has some simple information that users check frequently, a Today Widget might be a great feature to add.

Links for October 2nd through October 7th

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Vinny

HackerNews API provides read only data available in near real time – In partnership with Firebase, we're making the public Hacker News data available in near real time. Firebase enables easy access from Android, iOS and the web. Servers aren't left out; there's also REST support.
Google Dart crashes into top 20 programming languages – The language's JavaScript compiler helps fuel interest; meanwhile, Java hits an all-time low in Tiobe's popularity index
Node-RED – A visual tool for wiring the Internet of Things – Node-RED is a tool for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services in new and interesting ways.
huginn – Build agents that monitor and act on your behalf. #ifttt for your server – Huginn is a system for building agents that perform automated tasks for you online. They can read the web, watch for events, and take actions on your behalf. Huginn's Agents create and consume events, propagating them along a directed graph. Think of it as
Visualizing Security Information with Fiddler #proxy #security – When building a modern website, there are many different security options which can be configured using HTTP response headers. This custom column automatically summarizes the response’s Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, Public-Key-Pins, Access-Control-Allow-Origin, X-XSS-Protection, X-Frame-Options, and X-Content-Type options into one succinct string:
Some ideas for native bitcoin apps – the next phase #bitcoin – The first phase of Bitcoin was about laying the foundational infrastructure – gateways services, consumer wallets, developer platforms, merchant services etc. The next phase will be about native Bitcoin apps – building new things that could never have been
HTML5 Has A New Best Friend – And It’s Apple, Not Google – Apple isn't known for being a champion of open source or open standards, but with iOS 8 it has become both. Among a host of consumer-facing improvements to performance and the user experience, Apple has also introduced significant improvements for applicat
Easy rules – Simple Xml-free open source Java™ rules engine. – Easy Rules is a simple yet powerful Java rules engine
PhoneGap Developer Desktop app – R&D into developing a GUI for PhoneGap CLI – The PhoneGap Developer Desktop app was built to allow you to create and work with your mobile apps from a user interface rather than the command line. It uses the PhoneGap CLI behind the scenes to produce a similar result but in an easier to use fashion.
ASCIIwwdc – Searchable full-text transcripts of WWDC sessions (iOS 8, OS X Yosemite, Xcode 6, Swift) – Searchable full-text transcripts of WWDC sessions

Links for September 28th through October 1st

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Vinny

Your move, AWS and Microsoft: Google’s cutting basic cloud compute prices 10 percent – Google’s taken another whack at compute pricing; expect Microsoft and Amazon Web Services to respond.
Realm for Android — Realm: a mobile database that replaces Core Data & SQLite – Realm is a mobile database: a replacement for SQLite & Core Data
4 reasons to stick with Java — and 4 reasons to dump it – The enterprise mainstay has proved resilient in the face of many challenges — but just how long can it remain a premier programming language?
What We’ll Be Doing in 2022 – Harvard Business Review – In the decade from 2012 to 2022, the fastest growth in U.S. employment will take place in the health care, health care support, construction, and personal care fields. These four categories are expected to account for more than a third—about 6.6 million—of all new jobs.
Mobile UI Patterns – A Flowchart for User Registration, Login and Logout – In this mobile UI patterns article we will build a flowchart depicting the screens needed to handle user registration, login and logout in a mobile application. As a UX designer, it’s very important that you are familiar with these screens and how the inte
Simplify your web application with interactive inline tutorials – Simplify your web application
with interactive inline tutorials
Spring Cloud provides tools for developers to quickly build some of the common patterns in distributed systems – Spring Cloud builds on Spring Boot by providing a bunch of libraries that enhance the behaviour of an application when added to the classpath. You can take advantage of the basic default behaviour to get started really quickly, and then when you need to, you can configure or extend to create a custom solution.
Yet Another JUnit Tutorial – JUnit in a Nutshell – So despite of the existing books and articles about testing with the tool, maybe the hands-on approach of this mini-series might be appropriate to get one or two additional developers interested in unit testing – which would make the effort worthwhile
Setup Spring Security with Active Directory LDAP in Spring Boot Web Application – This post illustrates how to set up Spring Security in Spring Boot configuration with Active Directory LDAP for a Spring MVC web application.
How does SQLite work? Part 1: pages! – Julia Evans – I wanted to hack on SQLite, because I’ve used it before, it requires no configuration or separate server process, I’d been told that its source code is well-written and approachable, and all the data is stored in one file. Perfect!

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