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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,…
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The power of lazy programming
Whoever said working hard is a virtue never met a programmer. Yes, ditch diggers who work hard generate longer ditches than those who daydream, and farmers who lean into the plough plant more food than those who stare off into the sky. But programming isn’t the same. View original article
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GitHub’s 7 top productivity tools for programmers
With more than 43,000 stars, Oh My Zsh is the most popular productivity tool showcased on GitHub. This open source framework for managing a Z shell configuration is aimed at developers working with the command line. View original article
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Microsoft’s CoreRT turns C# into cross-platform C++
Microsoft is slowly changing the .Net toolchain to allow ahead-of-time compilation for applications on platforms where there is no .Net toolchain. The open source CoreRT project does away with using .Net’s standard CLR (Command Line Runtime) to run applications. View original article
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Modelling Microservices at Spotify
One of the challenges with a microservices architecture is understanding it. How do you figure out what connects to what, where things are deployed, what capabilities the total system of services has? View original article
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What’s New In The Upcoming Android 7.1 Nougat Dev Preview
While the Pixel phones are due to begin shipping later this month and come with Android 7.1 Nougat for the software, other devices which are scheduled to get it, such as the currently compatible Nexus devices that have Android 7.0 software, are still waiting on official releases. View original article
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Google launches Firebase Cloud Messaging for the web
Google is announcing today that it’s introducing web support for Firebase Cloud Messaging, a service that lets developers send push notifications for their applications to end users’ devices. View original article
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How To Develop A Chat Bot With Node.js – Smashing Magazine
In the past few months, chat bots have become very popular, thanks to Slack, Telegram and Facebook Messenger. But the chat bot idea is not new at all. A chat bot interface is mentioned in the famous Turing test in 1950. View original article