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Top 10 Common Node.js Developer Mistakes

“Since the moment Node.js was unveiled to the world, it has seen a fair share of both praise and criticism. The debate still continues, and may not end anytime soon.” View complete article

March 29, 2015

A React-Inspired View Framework for iOS

“ComponentKit is an Objective-C++ view framework for iOS that is heavily inspired by React. ComponentKit takes a functional, declarative approach to building UI. It lets you focus on what your UI should look like, not the steps necessary to build it.” View complete article

March 29, 2015

Lessons Learnt During Microservice Migration

“At QCon London 2015 Phil Calcado shared lessons learnt from SoundCloud’s move from a monolithic to microservices architecture, and stated that the core requirements for building a microservice platform include developing capabilities for rapid provisioning, basic monitoring and rapid application” View complete article

March 18, 2015

iOS Swift UITableView cheat sheet

… in Andrew Bancroft’s blog. Also useful, the Getting started article at CodingExplorer

March 18, 2015

NSPredicate cheat sheet

“Here’s a handy guide to using NSPredicates for all your iOS development needs, inside & outside Realm.” View complete article

March 11, 2015

Swift Tutorial: Building an iOS application-Part 1

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March 9, 2015

Developing iOS Apps Using Swift Part 3 – Best Practices

“In parts 1 & 2 we went over some basics of Swift, and set up a simple example project that creates a Table View and a puts some API results from iTunes inside of them. If you haven’t read that yet, check out Part 1 and Part 2.” View complete article

February 11, 2015

10 Useful CSS Snippets For Web Developers

“CSS is the underlying language that gives websites its look. Although CSS is a straightforward language and easy to learn, it can be difficult to harness in some cases. Nothing to fear, there are workarounds that you can find online, and here are but just 10 handy ones that you can use.” View complete article

December 12, 2014

How the World’s First Computer Was Rescued From the Scrap Heap

“Eccentric billionaires are tough to impress, so their minions must always think big when handed vague assignments. Ross Perot’s staffers did just that in 2006, when their boss declared that he wanted to decorate his Plano, Texas, headquarters with relics from computing history.” View complete article

December 12, 2014

15 essential Sass mixins

“There are a whole host of Sass mixin libraries out there: Bourbon is a personal favourite, Compass is hugely popular. But sometimes, actually always, it’s better to pick and mix your mixins to suit yourself.” View complete article

December 8, 2014

What is TypeScript? Pros and Cons

“These are just a few of the examples of standard JavaScript behaviors that can be confusing and error-ridden code.” View complete article

December 6, 2014

Planning for Performance

“Page-load times in the ten-second range are still common on modern mobile networks, and that’s a fraction of how long it takes in countries with older, more limited networks.” View complete article

November 29, 2014

A backend developer’s guide to UI design

“For a backend developer, designing a user interface for an application can be difficult, primarily because you are not a hundred per cent comfortable with what you are doing. It’s like writing using your left hand when you’re a righty.” View complete article