In two parts, I’ll share the story of how I transformed into a hirable web developer in just under one year while highlighting the ways people helped me to get to that point. I hope you’ll come away with ideas how you can make a difference in your own community. …
Back in 2006, when Dave was helping Kevin Taylor get Obtiva started, they realized that in order to get to where they wanted to go, the standard hiring approach wasn’t going to work. They knew that they needed to grow talented developers at the same time as hiring them. They …
Gradle is an open source build tool that is based on the Groovy programming language. It is different from existing tools like Ant and Maven, because it provides a powerful capability to develop build applications using Groovy code and a compelling Groovy DSL.
Docker is an open source container virtualization framework that was released in 2013. It makes it easy to create lightweight, portable, and self-sufficient containers. Containers which you can use to test applications, build and run services or even to build your own platform-as-a-service. Learn why Docker matters, how to get …
Tomomi Imura gives her opinions on the current state of HTML5 on mobile. Yes, HTML5 is constantly evolving, and more features are constantly created and implemented, but are all these shiny new features ready for mobile? Well, as Tomomi discusses, it might depend on whether you view the glass as …
Information radiators are all the rage, we measure things, collect metrics and set targets as never before. But are we getting the full benefit? or are we inadvertently stifling progress, tampering and inviting dysfunction? Let’s take a hard look at our love for measurement, how it can help us make …
