• Comparisons of nw.js and Electron

    In the last few months, I've been playing around with two tools to help bridge the gap between the web and native desktop applications. There are two main tools that come to mind - nw.js (formerly known as Node Webkit) and Electron (formerly known as Atom Shell).

  • 2014 in review

    2014 has been an interesting year and I'd like to spend a minute to review it for myself as a reminder.

  • A field guide to Snap.svg

    This last weekend I spent a little time on a fun little side project to learn how to use Snap.svg. I was trying to take my friend Rob's datachomp character and make it a little interactive.

  • Exploring Best Practices with Docker for older libraries

    I am not pretending to be an expert about what's in this post, but merely a talking point to learn upon.

  • Managing Environment Variables for your Ionic Application

    I've been lucky enough to be developing with the Ionic framework lately. One issue I keep running into is - how do I manage some environment variables (base api url, debug enabled, upload url, etc) across my code, both tests and application.

  • Making Rails Fixtures Across Postgres Schemas play nice

    This past week or so I've had another run in with using Rails to access data across Postgres schemas. I thought I would share some of my experiences I've had with the two.

  • Managing Cordova Plugins with package.json and hooks

    In a previous post, I blogged about how to manage plugins with variables. I wanted to expand on that some more, and this time, talk about how to use your package.json to manage your plugins with versions as well as a way to reset your cordova set up.

  • AngularJS - testing HTTP Post Data

    I've been doing a lot of testing lately in AngularJS, as I'm sure you can tell from my many posts as of late.

  • AngularJS Project Structures

    As I'm always trying to learn more about Angular and proper file structures, I just wanted to get a quick log of references for project layout information in AngularJS.

  • Pushing Jobs to Sidekiq From Another Server

    We use Sidekiq for our background job processing for videos, social integrations, and other tasks. It works great for what it does.

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