Single-Page Web Applications: Quizzo at ETE
Chariot’s Ken Rimple and VMware’s David Turanski are working on a talk that focuses on modern Single-Page Web Applications, hosted on a Spring platform.
A Guiding "Light" to Learning Clojure
I’ve recently started learning Clojure after a little encouragement from co-worker of mine. I’ve been developing in Java for a while now and spent the last 1 1/2 years with Groovy. The Groovy experience was great and the use of closures certainly “whet my appetite” for functional programming. Ok, for me, when I learn something new I need to have tools that are not distracting so that I’m focused on the material. In this case, I wanted to take a…
A Spring summary: The Spring framework is still relevant
This article by Ken Rimple is from a post on Serverside.com A Spring Summary: The Spring Framework is Still Relevant With the advent of the simpler versions of Java EE comes a chorus of Java EE aficionados calling for developers to jettison proprietary application frameworks and embrace the core. Spring is one framework targeted for elimination, and several articles and tutorials have claimed that it’s obsolete. To kick off a regular monthly column on TSS, I’ll tackle the question of why the Spring…
HTTPS with Client Certificates on Android
Many Android applications use REST or another HTTP based protocol to communicate with a server. Working with HTTP and HTTPS on Android is generally fairly straightforward and well documented. Depending on the version of the Android OS, either HTTPClient or HttpURLConnection “just work”. Either one can be used, but the official recommendation is to use HttpURLConnection for Gingerbread or later, and HTTPClient for Froyo and earlier. Things get interesting, however, once you go past “plain vanilla” HTTPS. On a recent…
Technologies We're Watching in 2013
From cloud computing to Javascript, from micro services to repeatable environments, from Android and HTML5 to Big Data and concurrent programming, Chariot’s engineers are keeping watch.
Science of Big Data – Sessions Coming Online
If you didn’t attend last month’s “Science of Big Data” event in downtown Philadelphia, not to worry. We’re beginning to post screencasts of the sessions now: The Science of Big Data – Screencast Sessions.
Top technologies we're watching in early 2013
From cloud computing to Javascript, from micro services to repeatable environments, from Android and HTML 5 to Big Data and concurrent programming, Chariot’s engineers are keeping watch. Here you’ll find a list of technologies to pay attention to in 2013.
The Pivotal Initiative – VMware and EMC spin off a new organization to focus on big data in the cloud
The main focus of the Pivotal Initiative, which will involve more than 1,400 employees from both companies, will be cloud-based big-data software.
Installing PhoneGap Plugins with pluginstall
Phonegap applications can be extended with plugins to add additional functionality. Historically, installing plugins meant copying a bunch of files into the correct places in your project. Andrew Lunny wrote the Cordova Plugin Specification and pluginstall. Pluginstall is a tool that automates the installation of plugins which conform to the plugin specification. In addition to demonstrating pluginstall, we’ll also use the PhoneGap create script to make a new project. The cordova build scripts will be used for compiling and installing…
Top Questions To Ask When Choosing an Android Development Firm or Developer
Now that we understand the implications and challenges of embarking on an Android project, let’s discuss how to find the right firm or developer for the job! You are ultimately responsible for the application – even if you go the outsourcing route. Things happen, disagreements happen, and turn over happens. The likelihood is high that you will need to maintain the application at some point in its lifecycle. The better the code, the easier the maintenance will be. There is…