How To Simplify Networking In Android: Introducing The Volley HTTP Library

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March 8, 2017 — In a world driven by the Internet, mobile apps need to share and receive information from their products’ back end (for example, from databases) as well as from third-party sources such as ... Read More…

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Nic Raboy wrote

Cross-Platform Native Apps With A Single Code Set Using Telerik NativeScript

July 29, 2016 — Mobile applications are now a critical part of most enterprises, and there are many ways to create them, but what are the differences between these options and how do you choose between them? Do you choose to create native applications as Google and Apple intend? Do you … Read More…

Jordan Crone wrote

Rapid Cross-OS Mobile App Development: Lessons Learned

September 22, 2015 — Cross-OS mobile app development is often excruciating, between the multiple languages, the different expectations from users about interactions and the sheer development time. Our goal was to cut through the typical pains in the app development process and create a … Read More…

Rachel Andrew wrote

HTTPS Everywhere With Nginx, Varnish And Apache

September 17, 2015 — The web is moving toward using HTTPS encryption by default. This move has been encouraged by Google, which announced that HTTPS would be a ranking signal. However, moving your website to HTTPS is good for other reasons, too. Rather than debate those reasons, this article … Read More…

Patrick Rudolph wrote

Hybrid Mobile Apps: Providing A Native Experience With Web Technologies

October 21, 2014 — According to a recent report, HTML is the most widely used language for mobile app developers. The main reasons among developers for selecting web technologies is cross-platform portability of code and the low cost of development. We’ve also heard that hybrid apps tend to be … Read More…

Alok Jain wrote

Off To The Races: Getting Started With Design Sprints

August 20, 2014 — Many modern software development best practices draw on influences from the industrial era and concepts like specialization, where individuals with specialized skills worked in an assembly line to mass-produce physical products. These practices from the world of … Read More…

Karolina Szczur wrote

Think Again: Assumptions About Mobile To Reconsider

January 18, 2013 — The popularity of mobile has skyrocketed over the past few years. We’ve seen six generations of iPhones, five iPad models, hundreds of Android phones and thousands of different devices being manufactured. Read More…

Damon Dimmick wrote

Fitting Big-Picture UX Into Agile Development

November 6, 2012 — The rapid pace of UX design in the agile world can lead to shortsighted design decisions. Focusing on addressing the immediate needs of particular user stories within the limits of a sprint can lead to neglect of larger design questions, which can come back to haunt UX … Read More…

Tomer Sharon wrote

Lean Startup Is Great UX Packaging

October 10, 2012 — When Albert Einstein was a professor at Princeton University in the 1940s, there came the time for the final exam of his physics class. His assistants passed the exam forms to the hundreds of students, and the hall was dead silent. One of the assistants suddenly noticed … Read More…

Jonathan Wold wrote

How To Become A Top WordPress Developer

August 23, 2012 — First, let’s set a few things straight: becoming a top WordPress developer is hard work — very hard work. It’s going to take a lot of time, energy and determination. If you’re looking for an easy checklist or some “fast pass” to the top, … Read More…