Wayback 0.1 released
Wednesday, August 13, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
The development team behind Wayback has announced the first preview release of version 0.1, marking a significant milestone in its journey toward becoming a full Xorg replacement. Wayback is a compatibility layer for X11 that enables the operation of traditional, X11-only desktop environments under Wayland. Functioning as an X11 server backed by Wayland, it leverages wl...
How composable architecture and AI are changing platform development
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 by Richard Harris
Businesses are under constant pressure to stay competitive and adapt to new technological trends. One approach gaining traction is composable architecture. When combined with AI, composable architecture offers the flexibility to build scalable, efficient systems that can evolve as market demands change. The aim goes beyond efficiency - it’s about building systems ...
Donky Kong Bananza developer interview
Thursday, July 24, 2025 by Austin Harris
In the 19th volume of Nintendo’s Ask the Developer interview series, where creators share the company’s thoughts and development details in their own words, the spotlight turns to the team behind Donkey Kong Bananza, the Nintendo Switch 2 game. (Translated from the original Japanese. This interview was conducted before the game’s release.)
Donky Kon...
Developer survey report from HackerEarth
Monday, May 4, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
HackerEarth released its first-ever developer survey report titled “Behind the Code: HackerEarth Developer Survey 2020.” The report gives employers and recruiters a look into the minds and motivations of today’s most hard-to-recruit and highly coveted talent and provides developers with insights on upskilling and career development.
The survey resul...
Software engineering interview preparation
Monday, May 21, 2018 by Tigran Sloyan
Preparing for a software engineer interview can be a daunting task. Not only do you have to prepare answers on standard questions about strengths, weaknesses, and why you want a particular job, but you also have to demonstrate proficiency in specific skills - you have to prove your coding chops.This isn’t easy when you don’t know what types of problems you will be asked...
Hazelcast introduces a Flake ID Generator in IMDG 3.10
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 by Richard Harris
Hazelcast has announced that Hazelcast IMDG 3.10 is generally available as a production ready build. Major themes, which have been driven by open source community input, include the release of a conflict-free replicated data type (CRDT), a Flake ID Generator and several split-brain protection enhancements.
IMDG 3.10 is the first version of Hazelcast IMDG to include a...
Top 20 iOS interview questions
Friday, November 17, 2017 by Richard Harris
Since iOS11’s public rollout, developers and prospective developers entering the job market will need to demonstrate a keen understanding of both new and foundational tools that Apple has included in their latest OS.To help junior devs prepare for their next big interview, Mark Price, a mobile app developer and iOS instructor for Udemy, developed the below Q&A outli...
What the iPhone X and iOS 11 mean to app developers
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 by Richard Harris
The excitement of Apple launch day always reminds me of the Willy Wonka “opening of the gates”, you know - where the public gets a peek inside Apple's secret factory for a brief moment. But this year the Apple event feels a bit different. Maybe it’s the recent leaks, maybe it’s because we all know Apple is facing a ceiling of innovation they have to punch through - and ...
Preparing for a developer interview
Saturday, September 9, 2017 by Tigran Sloyan
Being a genius software engineer won’t get you very far if you can’t get past the interview. Showcasing your technical skill is one thing, but talking about it is a whole other challenge. How can candidates best prepare themselves to talk through skill before heading in? Here are 5 tips to help you prepare for the next tech interview staring you down! 1.) Apply an advan...
CDW Launches App Marketplace to Connect Enterprises with App Developers
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 by Richard Harris
CDW has launched its new App Marketplace as part of its Total Mobility Management portfolio of services. The CDW App Marketplace is a single, online destination that connects organizations with vetted, proven developers of mobile apps for key business functions such as sales support, customer relationship management, human resources systems and more ...
July 2013 Issue 2 Is Here!
Saturday, July 6, 2013 by Richard Harris
The latest App Developer Magazine is full of exclusive content you'll want to read! Check out what we stuffed it with:The Apps Act 2013, Assets for App Creation, App Marketing 101, How to Increase Your App Ranking, Old School Vs. New School Marketing, Advolution, Developer Interviews, News, and much more!That is just a taste of what's inside too. June was a huge month i...
