HackHands Founder Gives Insights About hack.summit 2016
Saturday, December 26, 2015 by Richard Harris
HackHands founder Ed Roman sat with us to talk about the second installment of hack.summit(), which debuted last year as the largest-ever Web conference for developers with 64,000 registrants. The event, which is designed to aid non-profits focused on bringing diversity and education to tech, will be organized and promoted by Pluralsight, which recently acquired HackHan...
Zend Server 7 Now Available on Amazon Web Services
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 by Richard Harris
Zend Server 7 on Amazon Web Services (AWS) is now available, giving developers real time feedback on the quality of the code they’re writing.In bringing Zend Server 7 to AWS, Zend has created Developer Edition, which lets developers simulate a production environment at affordable pricing. On AWS, Developer Edition is available on four Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) ...
DataDyne is Now Magpi: Launches Updated Mobile Data Collection and Messaging Application Suite
Saturday, August 30, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
DataDyne, which offers a mobile data collection and messaging application suite, has announced it has rebranded as Magpi. The company has also announced the release of Magpi 2.0, with enhancements for creating form-based mobile apps and outgoing SMS and voice messages. Magpi helps businesses in need of surveys, inspections, compliance audits, research, supply chain...
Foxit Updates PDF Software Development Kit for Android and iOS
Saturday, August 30, 2014 by Richard Harris
Foxit Software has launched Foxit PDF Software Development Kit (SDK) 4.1. The updated SDK is targeted to application developers whose applications need to leverage standard-compliant PDF technology and allow users to interact with PDF documents and forms across server, desktop, and mobile platforms.Developers are challenged to write code for their application front ends...
PhoneGap Releases PhoneGap Developer App
Friday, April 25, 2014 by Richard Harris
PhoneGap has introduced the new PhoneGap Developer App, which can help lower the barrier of entry to creating PhoneGap applications. Users can now immediately preview an app on a device without installing platform SDKs, registering devices, or even compiling code. The app is available on iOS, Android and soon for Windows Phone.The app provides the ability to develo...
Digia to Offer Training Sessions for the Qt Framework for Android and iOS App Development
Friday, February 14, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Digia has announced a series of Qt Mobile Roadshows that will run in the US, UK and Germany during February and March. The full-day events will feature technical training and developer presentations focused on how the Qt cross-platform application and user interface (UI) development framework can be used to enhance, simplify and accelerate development for the leadi...
Easy way to learn HTML5
Thursday, December 6, 2012 by Richard Harris
I recently stumbled across a website that offered an HTML5 training course. The site is powered by Memrise. They use 'mems' to help you form vivid, sensory memories. Then they test you
continuously, always making sure to give your brain just the right
workout. They also remind you of what you've learned at scientifically
optimized times so your memories ...
HTML5 is not going anywhere
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 by Richard Harris
HTML5 is becoming a great medium between hard-core device level mobile programming, and web programming. It has its advantages and its disadvantages but as it continues to gather a following I think many developers will choose some variant of HTML5 in their programming repertoire.Developer Tech has issued a report on the five reasons why HTML5 is here to stay. Their rea...