Why does AngularJS sometimes use single braces { }, sometimes double braces...
AngularJS is the highest trending JS MVC Framework right now with lots of people picking it up. However as elegant as angular is you have to come to terms with what all the braces mean and when to...
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Why I Don’t Recommend Xamarin for Mobile Development
An updated look at Xamarin has been posted 6/30/15.Click here to read Let me say right up front, I have a lot of respect for Xamarin as a company and for Miguel de Icaza as a developer and as a...
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Accelerated Hybrid Mobile Apps: The Sweet Spot
The best way to develop mobile apps may be to combine native and hybrid architectures Amazon recently moved to provide direct support for HTML5 web apps in its app store. It makes you wonder why the...
View ArticleIf you Hate JavaScript, Realize the World is Changing
If you are a developer who hates JavaScript it’s most likely due to memories (or nightmares) from trying to use a primitive language in a primitive development environment, that has admittedly not...
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Computer Vision using OpenCV, Swift, and iOS
OpenCV being used by the Institute for Real-Time Computer Systems in Germany I've created an open source project for computer vision that may make it a bit easier for those interested in doing such...
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How to Choose an Android Minimum App Version / API Level
When building an Android app, how should you choose the minimum Android version? This choice determines the oldest version of Android that your app can be installed on. For example, if you choose a...
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Review: Xamarin in 2015 - Data Corruption and Swift are Not Helping
The Promise In 2011 when Xamarin was founded, if someone told me the story of a .NET and C# platform that could create native mobile apps I would have thought it sounded great. Objective-C was a...
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Apple’s Christmas Wish: Alexa Gets Lumps of Coal
It's unusual for Apple to find itself playing catchup with devices small enough to hold in your hand since the iPhone rocketed past expectations years ago.However, Amazon has relentlessly improved its...
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Json Formatters Are Not All Created Equal
Pretty JsonSince json is one of the most common data formats developers work with, we appreciate being able to easily read it.It follows that many tools try to make it pretty, or beautified, when...
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Should You Start Independent Consulting and Contracting?
Plus your real question: how much can you make and how hard is it to get started? Having done a fair amount of consulting for F500 companies working for consulting companies and independently, I was...
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