JAVA 7 is available
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/jdk7-relnotes-418459.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html… Continue reading
Archive for August, 2011
Hooray for yet another software development methodology
http://www.devx.com/enterprise/Article/47248?trk=DXRSS_… Continue reading
Two Visual Studio Web Development Tools
Posted: 31st August 2011 by Iulian Margarintescu in .NETTags: asp.net mvc, cassette, combine, image optimization, javascript, minify, stylesheets, visual studio
I would like to introduce two very useful tools that greatly improve the performance of any ASP.NET MVC web application: Cassete – asset management for .net web apps and Image Optimizer Extension for Visual Studio 2010.
Cassette – Asset management for .NET web apps
Dumping your scripts into a folder is no way to manage… Continue reading
10 HTML5 coding tools
Posted: 23rd August 2011 by Bogdan Galiceanu in WebTags: html, html5, web, web development
The list along with screenshots and short descriptions is available here: http://smashinghub.com/excellent-html5-coding-tools.htm
Don’t fear the internet
Posted: 23rd August 2011 by Iulian Margarintescu in WebTags: css, design, html, internet, web, web development, www
A great series of tutorial videos about the web, web development and web design. I personally recommend this to anyone using, working with or developing for the web.
Direct links to the videos:
- Fear Not (introduction)
- Not a series of tubes
- HTML – Hamburger
I have found this cool library that make unit testing more fun. Great video tutorial:
http://www.easyb.org/
Similar libraries:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1068785/which-bdd-framework-for-java-do-you-use… Continue reading
Behind the Scenes of Modern Web Browsers
Posted: 18th August 2011 by Iulian Margarintescu in WebTags: browser, chrome, firefox, html5, web
A very interesting read for everyone developing software that interacts in any way with a web browser:
Web browsers are probably the most widely used software. In this primer, I will explain how they work behind the scenes. We will see what happens when you type google.com in the address bar until you see the Google page… Continue reading
One way to write a nice, readable equals method in Java: http://www.obix-labs.com/blogs/highOctaneJava/entry/compact_equals
And a blog post in response to that, showing some alternatives and also a Java 7 version: http://www.javaworld.com/community/node/8014
Water simulation in WebGL
Posted: 16th August 2011 by Iulian Margarintescu in WebTags: 3D, html5, simulation, webgl
Incredible water simulation done in WebGL: http://madebyevan.com/webgl-water/
The Most Important Parts of HTML5
Posted: 10th August 2011 by Iulian Margarintescu in WebTags: browser, html5, javascript, web
A great post about the history of the WEB, the present and the future. Read the article here