Reactive Programming has been getting a lot of attention in the Android community lately. While it has uses throughout the application stack, we're going to focus here on using it to validate forms (exciting!). This approach cuts down on ugly nested if statements and transforms all of the validation logic to just a few simple lines using the RxJava framework. More, it's robust and testable.
Read MoreSince the first hardware was rolled 2010, the knock on the iPad has always been that it’s simply an oversized iPhone. While there have been some options which Apple has provided to help developers take advantage of the additional screen real estate like UISplitView, the iPad has lacked the ability to let users take full advantage of that real estate directly...until now. With the announcement of iOS 9, Apple added three new, iPad-only features that are designed to take advantage of the additional space, memory, and horsepower in a device that’s the size of an iPad instead of an iPhone: Picture in Picture, Slide Over, and Split View.
Read MoreYou probably didn’t notice that we migrated our whole website from Drupal to Keystone.JS, but we did, and it was a great experience.
Read MoreBugs exist in many different forms, even outside of software. Consider a structural engineer tasked with building a bridge. Calculations need to be made early on, before construction of the bridge begins, to determine what the weight limits of the bridge will be and to ensure it will not become a victim to aeroelastic flutter. Failure to identify these issues early on can (and will) result in a “buggy” bridge that is prone to collapse. A structural engineer building a bridge will begin with blueprints that allow him/her to assess any potential problems early on. It’s obviously much easier to tweak a drawing than a bridge that is already built.
Read MoreHere are several important things to consider before building a product across multiple platforms.
Read MoreI was recently presented the opportunity to jump on a project that has been running for 6 years and is easily a thousand files strong. Much of my past engineering experience has been centered on smaller projects that I either created or had direct access to the person who did. Thus, I was a fish out of water inheriting a project of this magnitude. I am writing this post to pass down some words of advice so that your transition will be both productive and as painless as possible.
Read MoreSoftware developers can benefit a lot from automatic code generation tools. They take tedious, repetitive processes out of the workflow, and help eliminate potential mistakes caused by sloppy development (or in the case of iOS, poor spelling in stringly-typed code).
Read MoreThe search algorithm is shifting toward mobile, but businesses still have a chance to catch up and cash in if they move fast. As seen on EContentMag.com
Read MoreJarrett Widman, Senior Web Engineer at Vokal, outlines the most important considerations for responsive email development.
Read MoreIn a recent client iPad app we learned ways to significantly reduce memory usage and improve speed by converting views to images and reusing frequently used view controllers.
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