Blog

Android Advanced Cursors

If you have been doing Android development for even a little while, you have probably used the provided SQLite functionality to store and retrieve data in a local database on the Android device. If not, you can head over to Lars Vogel’s excellent tutorial website to see how it all works, or to get a refresher. For many applications, the basic Cursor is all you need. But what about more advanced requirements? What follows is an overview of some of the more advanced cursor…

The Pivotal Initiative – The Future of Spring and Open Source at VMware/EMC

EMC and VMware have poured their open source software development workforce into a new wholly-owned subsidiary, dubbed “The Pivotal Initiative”. This organization will focus on data science consulting and tooling from GreenPlum, including SpringSource/vFabric development teams. It is being girded by a team of forward-looking developers at Pivotal, a recent EMC purchase and well known for their work with Ruby tools and testing software. Until now, Pivotal has not yet discussed their strategy for the SpringSource teams. Adrian Colyer, one…

Training Courses on Tap for Spring 2013

It’s that time again. Flowers are sprouting, pollen is flowing, and, lo and behold, Chariot is running more training… We have some exciting additions to our courses this quarter, including a guest course by Neosoft, our usual Spring training courses, a Groovy and Grails offering, and more. The Lineup March 26-28 – Comprehensive Maven 3 and Nexus training – We are running a 3 day maven intro, intermediate and advanced course starting on March 26. You’ll learn how to build…

Recap – Chariot Day 2013 – Our internal conference…

One thing Chariot people love to do is learn new technologies and techniques. Being consultants constantly challenged in the field, keeping our blades sharp is key to doing battle. Every year or so we get together and run our own internal conference to see what each of our current passions are. We call it Chariot Day. Earlier this month, on a Saturday, we had two rooms going from 9-5PM, each with 45-minute sessions on subjects such as: Becoming a better…

How can we help your company with your development needs?

Contact Us