- Top 10 Unix Command Line Utilities 2012 | conflating – As last year I’m going to list 10 unix commands out of a larger collection of little examples I jotted down. The list has no particular order, just the way they came in handy for me.
- The Mobile Web Developer’s Tool Belt – Pete LePage lists a number of mobile development tools, frameworks and libraries, and introduces a testing and iteration process meant to ensure an application works on as many devices as possible.
- RubyFlux: a Ruby to Java compiler – RubyFlux is a compiler that turns a Ruby codebase into a closed set of .java source files suitable for running on any JVM with no additional runtime requirement.
- Explanation for how to use Guava caches, Google Core Libraries for Java – Explanation for how to use Guava caches. – Guava: Google Core Libraries for Java 1.6+ – Google Project Hosting
- NoSQL LinkedIn Skills Index shows MongoDB growth – MongoDB’s growth means that it has cemented its place as the most popular NoSQL database, according to LinkedIn profile mentions. As the chart below illustrates, it now accounts for 45% of all mentions of NoSQL technologies in LinkedIn profiles
- Exitwp – Migrate from WordPress to Jekyll. – Exitwp is tool primarily aimed for making migration from one or more wordpress blogs to the jekyll blog engine as easy as possible.
- How to build a router based on Linux – Turn your trusty Linux box into the world's most flexible router
- Developing Backbone.js Applications eBook – Developers commonly use libraries like Backbone.js to create single-page applications or SPAs. To put it simply, these apps enable the browser to react to changes in data on the client-side without the need to completely load up all your markup from the server, meaning no complete page-refreshes are necessary.
- Peer relationships: How to stop being competitive with your peers and be a better leader — kate{mats} – One project doesn’t matter; being seen as a visionary, an influencer, and a strong collaborator does. When you do your job, think about yourself in terms of your role, not yourself. How would a good manager handle this? What response is most helpful for my team, not me? How can I create an environment in which those around me thrive?
- The five programming books that meant most to me by David of 37signals – Reading these five to seven books will give your programming chops more vitamins and nutritional value than a couple of year’s worth of blog posts and tutorial
- MongoSpy let’s you keep an eye on MongoDB activity from your browser’s console. – MongoSpy let's you keep an eye on MongoDB activity from your browser's console. It runs as a lightweight node.js socket.io-powered application which monitors the system.profile collection of your database. When developing, simply start up the server, include a javascript file in your layout, and watch it go
- MongoDB Fossils – This is a directory of old posts, organized by topic. It is manually curated, so it may not always be complete or up-to-date.
Links for December 27th through December 30th
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