Posts Tagged ‘development
Pros and Cons of becoming a Consultant
A discussion topic on LinkedIn made me think about why I wanted to become a consultant. I had to ask myself the question “Why did I become a consultant? Was it the pay? The prestige?” I started to write a comment on this topic but quickly realized that I would have to write this down first to collect my thoughts and then copy it into the comments section. The problem was, I was 1000 characters over my limit when I posted my “comment”! Therefore, I decided to blog about this topic instead. Read More
Top 10 Client-Side Performance Problems in Web 2.0
To coincide with my previous post, I’ve also included a link to a post that Andreas Grabner from DynaTrace Software wrote regarding Web 2.0 performance issues. These are especially helpful and can relieve headaches down the road when you are trying to debug performance issues with a Web 2.0 client.
http://blog.dynatrace.com/2010/08/25/top-10-client-side-performance-problems-in-web-2-0/
Top 10 Performance Problems taken from Zappos, Monster, Thomson and Co
Andreas Grabner from DynaTrace Software recently published an article highlighting the Top 10 performance issues that they have experienced when working with their clients. The article is well written and very informative. I have found myself working on similar issues regarding performance and know that these issues are present.
Writing Your Own GPS Applications
What is it that GPS applications need to be good enough to handle in-car navigation? Also, how does the process of interpreting GPS data actually work? In this two-part series, Jon Person covers both topics and give you the skills you need to write a commercial-grade GPS application that works with a majority of GPS devices in the industry today.
Part I: http://www.codeguru.com/vb/mobile/pocketpc/article.php/c8079/
Part II: http://www.codeguru.com/vb/mobile/mobileinternettoolkit/article.php/c8875
Web Client Database Synchronization
Great article on building apps that store data locally. I’ve been involved with a couple of instances where this type of application was relevant:
http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2007/01/16/synchronizing-web-client-database.html
A look at the Programming industry today
Here is a link that shows the top programming trends and their changes from last year:
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
CodeIgniter and Ajax using jQuery
Article in IBM Developer Works describing how to use CodeIgniter – a MVC framework built on PHP – with jQuery to create great Web 2.0 applications:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-aj-codeigniter/