Five approaches to building single-page web apps
While attending web meetups over the past several months, I identified several approaches for building single-page web apps. Single-page web apps are websites that load dynamic content without refreshing
The URL: Exposing State for Front-End Web Applications
Tom Dale, an Ember core developer, gave a talk on modern web applications this September 20th in San Francisco. During the talk, he presented a compelling argument why the URL is crucial
Git: A beginner’s guide (reposted from Yetihq.com)
When writing source code for a computer application, we need a place to save source code. A single software developer can save source code on his own computer and perhaps back it up regularly. This
Managing Nested Asynchronous Callbacks in Objective-C using ReactiveCocoa
When writing a software application, it is often necessary to read data from a file or network. The basic approach for reading data is performed as a blocking operation. A blocking operation waits until
Creating a focus + context bar chart in JavaScript
Over the past week I have been building a focus + context bar chart in JavaScript. I searched several alternatives on the Internet that would achieve the desired functionality. A focus
The history of single-page web apps
On July 11th Nicholas Zakas presented a talk on JavaScript web performance at the San
Setting 1920×1080 display resolution for Ubuntu when running inside of VMware
I am using VMware Player 5 (similar to Workstation 9) to run a Ubuntu 12.04 (64-bit) virtual machine. I
How to create a private cloud on OpenStack using DevStack
OpenStack is an emerging technology that allows anyone to create a private cloud, a cloud is deployed on your own hardware. A cloud is a scalable
RabbitMQ breaks when you rename hostname
I’ve been setting up a Debian 6 server with RabbitMQ installed. RabbitMQ is used with Celery to enable asynchronous tasks in Python Django projects. After