In user interface programming, most platforms have a concept of a main UI thread, and at least one background thread. This provides the ability to perform long running tasks in the background without preventing the user from interacting with your[…]
Category: Programming
July
27
2014
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July
2
2014
In order to reduce the costs associated with bandwidth, I wrote a simple download script a while ago that caches the most recently accessed files from Amazon S3 on a less expensive hosting plan. This script was written using a[…]
May
6
2013
A javascript based video codec
- Located in Linux, Programming, Web Development
Ars Technica posted an interesting article about a video codec that is written entirely in javascript. Theoretically, this has huge implications for live video streaming and client side rendering of content without a plugin. However, with the rise of[…]
April
29
2013
Productivity Tradeoffs
- Located in Programming, WebComics
As programmers, I think it’s very easy to fall into the trap trying to automating something without thinking about the time wasted by actually creating solution. Fortunately, XKCD has come up with the a chart that helps avoid these kind[…]
March
24
2013
Web-based IDEs:
- Located in Programming
Reshared post from +Paul Irish Web-based IDEs: try.devtable.comshiftedit.net (works offline!)icenium.comcodio.comcode.google.com/p/collide/ .compilr.comakshell.comcodiad.complnkr.coc9.iokoding.com (invite only)codenvy.com (invite only) View this post on Google+
March
6
2013
Reshared post from +Brian Kardell Very TD;DR Post by me looking at how we've dealt with browser support in the past (good and bad) and how an #evergreen future might cause us to rethink… Regressive Disenfrancishement: Enhance, Fallback or Something[…]
January
22
2013
"A complete continuum of screen sizes is actually a blessing for Web designers and developers. It forces us toward adaptive solutions that respond to diverse capabilities instead of being able to draw arbitrary cut-off points for separate mobile, tablet, and[…]
January
7
2013
Reshared post from +Google Chrome Developers <iframe sandbox> doesn't save lives, but it can save your app from security issues! +Mike West lays it down. http://www.html5rocks.com/tutorials/security/sandboxed-iframes/ HTML5 Rocks – Play safely in sandboxed IFrames Learn how to run IFramed content in[…]