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How Docker Changed my Perception of Software Development

I recently had the privilege of attending a conference called DockerCon, where several brilliant minds were at work demonstrating new avenues of success in containerizing applications. There were several themes […]

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Written by Ben Kauffman -- November 22, 2017
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Java Dynamic Property Configuration

Link to GitHub repo: https://github.com/benkauffman/java-gradle-jetty-webservice While developing a Java API for one of our web applications, the problem of storing and retrieving settings turned from what seemed a simple task […]

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Written by Ben Kauffman -- September 21, 2016
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Don'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.

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Written by Adam Lorts -- April 17, 2013
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When 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 […]

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Written by Adam Lorts -- February 16, 2012
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Simple PHP Framework

After spending a ton of time in Ruby on Rails we’re getting back into some more PHP projects. And ASP.NET. 🙂 Granted, it would be nice to only stick with […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- February 17, 2009
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jQuery Cheat Sheet

Yeah so this isn’t brand new. But the jQuery Cheat Sheet is for version 1.2, at least. Visual jQuery (which I still use a lot) is only for jQuery 1.1. I […]

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Written by DevelopmentNow -- March 27, 2008
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SubSonic 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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Written by DevelopmentNow -- July 18, 2007