PIcking Your Javascript Mobile Framework: Part 2 - The Field
Right on the heels of the first instalment, here the second, where we will consider the options we have in mobile frameworks. First of all,** the number of frameworks out there is simply staggering**. There are literally hundreds of them, from industry behemoths like jQueryMobile to one-man projects already abandoned by the creator. Variety is the spice of life, but too many options make for big headache. Unfortunately, the web has zeroed in on the predicament of mobile developers and offers even more click-bait articles about the “Best Mobile Frameworks 2014” than you can possibly read. Continue readingPicking Your Javascript Mobile Framework: Part 1 - Preliminaries
Mobile development is costly because it targets two completely different operating systems, each with their own idea of how to solve problems, down to the language used. For a small development shop, the only economically viable solution is to create a mobile-optimized web site that breathes Javascript on the front end. But for that, you need a good Javascript framework that understands mobile. Continue reading
Setting Up Kubuntu on a Lenovo Y50 - Data Immortality Edition
I am the lucky owner of a brand new Lenovo Y50. It’s a screaming fast machine, with a gorgeous screen (despite what naysayers complain about – mostly the yellows and the refresh rate). It’s meant for gamers, but a developer like me can like it, too. It’s just beautiful, and relatively lightweight, and did I mention it’s screaming fast? But the big question was: How Do I Set It Up Most Efficiently? Continue readingObvious
Nothing is as shockingly disruptive as the perfectly obvious, when carefully examined.The Highlight of My Academic Career
It was the day of the Lord 12 February 1989, such as they count in the Old World. I was in the Old World that day, which I know precisely, because I found a trace of it in my keepsake box. Two days before Valentine’s Day of that year which brought about the Fall of the Iron Curtain, I was sitting in a giant lecture hall at the Rheinish Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen (short, RWTH) for the midterms in Theoretical Quantum Mechanics. Continue readingSki Resorts (and Snowboard, too!)
In honor of the opening of the ski resorts, here a list of places where you can go skiing and snowboarding, from A to Z Continue readingSQLite Support in Joomla
It’s been a while now that I’ve been eyeing the SQLite implementation of Joomla. There have been lots of teasers, so far, but never could I ever click on the “Select Database Type” field and enter, sqlite. Finally, I got sick of waiting on a release and decided to go solo. I would find out who was working on SQLite for Joomla, track them down, offer them encouragement and help, if needed cajole or threaten, and finally get a SQLite implementation that “just works. Continue reading