Do’s and don’ts of typography
As so much of the content available on the web is text it’s essential for web designers to understand the basic principles of good... more »
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Oracle updates Java version numbering in light of security problems
Finally Oracle have bowed to growing pressure and come up with a quick-fix to the security problems besieging Java.
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Android Studio: our new, shiny Android IDE
The cat is out of the bag: yesterday, during Google I/O‘s keynote, we announced our new IntelliJ IDEA-based Android IDE, Android Studio.... more »
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JDK 8 and Java EE 7 initial support arrive in Spring Framework 4.0
New modernising features for the enterprise framework arrive in Milestone 1.
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A taste of CoffeeScript (part 1)
Let’s face it, JavaScript hasn’t always had the best reputation among developers, and since the foundation of CoffeeScript back in 2009... more »
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The Internet of Things gets a "stargate" in Eclipse Ponte
New project aims to increase security, standardise data formats and messaging protocols.
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Windows 8.1 Public Beta Test Day Rapidly Approaching, Scheduled For June 26th
The Windows 8.1 public beta test is scheduled for June 26h, and Microsoft confirmed this upgrade will be free. It seems so soon after the... more »
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WebLoadUI Pro Made a Scene and This Guy Won a Kindle Fire
We’ve had so much going on here at SmartBear that we haven’t had a chance to share with you our latest exciting release. Aligning its... more »
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Side project: The Phraseology Project
The Phraseology Project was originally setup by Drew Melton as a way for him to hone his typography skills. The idea is that people... more »
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Design = emotions + usability
While fine art is a subjective field, graphic design is more formulaic in its fundamentals. An effective design should make people feel a... more »
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Pinterest and SQL vs. NoSQL
I’ve recently discovered a very interesting read about Pinterest‘s architecture experimentation.
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Windows Azure SDK 2.0 Released
In 2.0, you can now create and delete Windows Azure tables, add/edit/delete table entities from Visual Studio server explorer itself.
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Apache Drill: Interactive Query and Analysis
This 50-minute presentation from NoSQL Matters was given by Michael Hausenblas and covers Apache Drill.
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Getting Started with Subversion
Subversion is a source control tool—a way of keeping track of the changes made to any text-based document. Typically we use these types... more »
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AWS Masterclass - EC2
This webinar explains how to get to grips with Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing and Auto Scaling.
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NoSQL, Graph Databases for Enterprises – Aspects and Requirements
What are the requirements to NoSQL, Graph Databases exist in Enterprises? I give my point of view on my post!
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Continuous Information - Jenkins newsletter volume 4
Vol 4 of the Jenkins newsletter came out last night. It features Jenkins tips from founder Kohsuke, latest growth stats (730+ plugins,... more »
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DroidParts 1.4 released
DroidParts, a set of libraries for Android, has reached it's next milestone. Comes with new features & improved documentation.
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Jboss EAP 6.1 was released
The new version of JBoss EAP 6.1 was released yesterday at 05/20/2013 10:08 and it includes lots of bug fixes and some new features.
Hybrid Cloud Services: The Final Frontier
Today’s cloud migration solutions are, for the most part, pretenders. Beyond virtualized workloads and small physical and virtualized... more »
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An Introduction to the Hortonworks Sandbox
Hortonworks recently unveiled the Hortonworks Sandbox, a free, comprehensive, easy-to-use, hands-on learning environment that provides... more »
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Concurrent introduce Hadoop machine learning tool Pattern
Following March’s $4m investment, Cascading company Concurrent have made their latest Big Data move, pushing a new free Hadoop workflow... more »
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Neverwinter’s High Priority Bug
From the outside, writing code can seem closer to the practice of mathematics than something like painting or sculpture. Not so.... more »
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Game (and App) Jam - Windows 8 Style!
I'm excited to announce a new set of workshops that I've been planning in collaboration with the folks from the BaltoMSDN user group and... more »
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