Month: October 2016
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Saving Data In Your NativeScript Mobile Application
Recently I started fiddling with NativeScript from Telerik because I’ve been hearing a lot about it when I attend various developer conferences. If you’re unfamiliar with NativeScript, it is a cross platform mobile development framework similar to Ionic Framework and React Native. View original article
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Elementary, My Dear Siri!
I’m not one prone to knee-jerk reactions, but I’m also not one to sit about idly without considering alternatives. So the first thing I did after the Apple keynote was to download a copy of Elementary and burn it to an SD card. View original article
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Drawing And Animating Vector Graphics with SVG Support using Swift
Macaw from Exyte is an open source library for vector graphics in Swift with support for SVG files and animation. The library provides a simple syntax for drawing both graphics, and text, and also for positioning those graphics. Download it here or View original article
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NativeScript example, step by step, Windows 10
A tiny, 5 minute, tutorial on creating a new empty project using NativeScript + TypeScript, compiling it and running in Android.
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6 tips for mobile cross-promotion: The smart indie dev’s low-cost UA strategy
Johannes Heinze is Managing Director for EMEA at AppLovin. For a lot of indie devs out there with limited acquisition budgets, cross-promotion is a great tool for getting organic downloads. View original article
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Uber’s newest API lets developers reach and reward drivers
After more than two years launching ways for developers to build experiences for riders through its APIs, Uber is expanding to provide the same opportunity for drivers. View original article
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DateTimePicker – A Beautiful Swift Based Open Source Calendar Component
DateTimePicker is an open source component from Huong Do providing a beautiful calendar picker component that fills up the bottom of the screen with an elegant date picker. View original article
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Machine learning versus AI: what’s the difference?
Thanks to the likes of Google, Amazon, and Facebook, the terms artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have become much more widespread than ever before. They are often used interchangeably and promise all sorts from smarter home appliances to robots taking our jobs. View original article
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tip: Volley comm library for android, available via Gradle
Previously, in order to use Volley, the only way was to add the “jar” file to the project – not anymore – official volley is now available, just change the app.gradle file:
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Red Hat Unveils Open Source Developer Tools Beta
Open source champion Red Hat Inc. yesterday unveiled a beta of its C and C++ developer tools for working with its enterprise Linux platform. View original article
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Getting Started with NativeScript + TypeScript + Angular2 for Android and iOS app development
NativeScript is a cross-platform framework for building (almost) native apps using Javascript. I say almost as the the “Native” part is the UI part, that uses the native UI controls available in each platform, so no webviews anymore. This sounds like Titanium Appcelerator, but i’ll be giving it a try in the following days.
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Projects Seek To Extend Reach of C#
Apple’s young Swift programming language is getting a lot of attention and being put to new uses as it evolves, but Microsoft’s .NET stalwart C# language isn’t exactly sitting still. View original article
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Icons As Part Of A Great User Experience – Smashing Magazine
Icons are an essential part of many user interfaces, visually expressing objects, actions and ideas. View original article
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You can finally publish your Win32 apps on the Windows Store
After first announcing a tool for Windows’ legacy developers to port their Win32 apps to Windows 10 during their BUILD developer conference this year, Microsoft is now accepting submissions for ported apps to be published on the Windows Store. View original article
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jQuery Cheat Sheet
Selectors View original article
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PHP IDE: The10 Best IDEs for PHP Programmers
All set to get your hands dirty with PHP? PHP IDE is the first tool that you need to get started with PHP programming. There are many IDEs available in the market, both free and paid, and selecting one can be a difficult task. View original article
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Windows 10 Redstone 2: everything we know (so far)
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Deep Learning explained
Machine learning has become a buzz word that goes beyond the tech industry. In the past three years, major players like Google, Facebook or Microsoft have been battling to snatch up specialized startups that have mastered a field of machine learning called Deep Learning. You can see it in action in products like Google Now,…