5 Things I Learned at Layers
Layers was a fantastic event: welcoming, thought-through, polished and full of too many great talks to cover here. I have a feeling tickets will go pretty quick at its next instantiation. But more importantly, I got a great deal out of a design conference even though I’m primarily a developer.
Continue ReadingExperimenting with the Parent-Child Concurrency Pattern to Optimize CoreData Apps
When managing large quantities of records with Core Data, lengthy data reads (fetches), writes (saves), and manipulations can result in long-running tasks. A consequence of performing a long running task on the main thread is a frozen user interface, something you definitely don’t want in your application!
Continue ReadingMake Your Node.js API Bulletproof: How to Test with Mocha, Chai, and SuperTest
Are you working with a node.js RESTful API, but you’re not exactly sure how to test your endpoints? It’s easier than you think, if you choose the right tools for the job.
Continue ReadingMaking ComicMuzei
Muzei and Marvel, a powerful pair. Muzei Recently Roman Nurik, an Android Developer Advocate at Google, released his live wallpaper app, Muzei (http://muzei.co). Muzei was an instant hit, showing off […]
Continue ReadingDon't be a Homer — Your guide to creating an MVP
Software development gives the freedom for users minds to race. For a savvy entrepreneur, this allows agile development that is responsive to the real needs of users and real demands of a market. You build as you go; everything you need, nothing you don’t.
Continue ReadingWhen Teaming Up Makes Sense – DevelopmentNow
Do you do your own taxes? Do you change your own oil? Cut your own hair? Even for the biggest micro-manager or penny-pincher, you can’t do it all yourself. If […]
Continue ReadingSubSonic DAL layers in Visual Studio
SubSonic is an open source project loosely modeled after Rails. It uses BuildProviders to automatically generate the DAL/ORM code at compile time, meaning you don’t have to manually regenerate code […]
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