Web Developer To Mobile Application Developer

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Sep 032012
 

With over 25 million activation in the holiday season of 2011 alone it is hard to ignore mobile application development today. Every organization, even large enterprises are looking to build small useful mobile applications for their employees on the go. This presents a huge opportunity as well as a challenge for the web / desktop application developer who now faces the dilemma of learning a highly fragmented developer space.

Rocky Jaiswal shares his experience of learning, developing and publishing a mobile app in just two weeks. He also looks at the tools available to us for mobile application development and pros and cons of each. Continue reading »

Node.js : A web developer’s journey

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Aug 272012
 

Punam Dahiya shares her experiences on “Why Node.js and how to effectively use Node.js in production”.  She shares her experiences and learning while rewriting framework of UrbanTouch.com, one of the leading player in on-line beauty sector in India. UrbanTouch platform was originally written using Magento, an open source based ecommerce web application built using Zend Framework.

To provide support to growing user base with a scalable Internet application , we are rewriting the site in Node.js , which is based on event-driven I/O programming model that uses Server Side JavaScript on a VM that is incredibly fast (V8). Javascript, despite its oddities can be a great language to code in.

Node.js : A web developer’s journey –  was presented at IndicThreads Conference, Delhi NCR, India (July 2012). Presentation – Slides

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GWT & Javascript Quiz

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Nov 252009
 

The Java Quiz this week is more of a JavaScript & GWT quiz than Java. Answer a couple of questions and win a copy of ‘Professional JavaScript for Web Developers 2nd Ed’.  Enter The Quiz.

If JavaScript is something you deal with everyday while developing Java web applications, you must have a look at Aman King’s session on ‘JavaScript Redux: Relearning JS For Today’s Needs‘ . While Allahbaksh Asadullah talks of GWT in his session GWT Internals – Tips & Tricks @ the IndicThreads Conference On Java 09.

Google Releases Sputnik Javascript Test Suite

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Jul 012009
 

Google has released Sputnik, a suite of 5000 tests that touch all aspects of the JavaScript language as defined in the ECMA-262 standard. It was created to check if V8, Google’s open source JavaScript engine conformed to the spec and to detect unexpected changes in behavior. Continue reading »

Inside Google Web Toolkit (GWT)

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May 072009
 

Google Web Toolkit LogoAnirudh Dewani looks at What is the Google Web Toolkit (GWT)?, the GWT architecture, JRE emulation & IDE support. He also looks at GWT Modules, Optimized JavaScript, Direct Http/JSON – RPC/ Server Side Support. He develops a GWT application highlighting GWT capabilities, including its support for unit testing and internationalization. Continue reading »

Komodo Dynamic Languages IDE 5.1 Released

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Apr 022009
 

ActiveState Software has announced the release of Komodo IDE 5.1. Komodo 5.1 claims to provide dynamic language expertise for Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl, plus JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and XML, and template languages like RHTML, Template-Toolkit, HTML-Smarty, and Django. Continue reading »

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