As a fairly new iOS developer, I often use libraries to make life easier. One library I want to endorse is ViewDeck. ViewDeck is an implementation that allows controllers to have a sliding effect, providing the same functionality seen in Path and Facebook apps. By using a natural swiping gesture, controllers can slide into view…Read the full article
The relationship between humans and computers is largely one-sided, meaning that we use computers and not the other way around. The paradigm looks like this: As software developers, it’s our job to write programs that turn inputs into outputs. We do this by writing algorithms. You can think of an algorithm like a recipe. For…Read the full article
Rails 4.0 is the latest and greatest version of Rails due out in the next couple of months. While we wait for the official release, there are a few goodies we can start using now. Disclaimer: Unless specified, everything below works with Rails 3.2 Ruby 1.9.3 The first thing we can do to get ready…Read the full article
Seriously can somebody tell me, because the deeper I dig into the term the more nebulous it becomes. I’m not the most intelligent person to ever wield a keyboard, so maybe I’m missing something. I reached out to an area colleague to help me better define the buzzy “big data”. Jason Hare, the City of…Read the full article