Roll your own Twitter Feed with Backbone.js
Backbone.js is a JavaScript framework that manages complexity on the client while enabling the creation of rich HTML5 applications in a MVC-style fashion. For the more tech-savvy: Backbone.js gives...
View ArticleWindows 8 Metro Javascript apps–Initial Thoughts
For the past couple of weeks I’ve had a chance to take a closer look at the process of building Metro-style apps for Windows 8. Since I have a long background in web development, I was curious about...
View ArticleWindows 8: Sharing html content with images in local storage
We are working on a Windows 8 app where we simply need to email the results of a survey. Sounds easy enough, right? Particularly with Windows 8′s shiny new Share framework. Fast forward a month of...
View ArticleWindows 8: Using SQLite and C# Data Layer with an HTML/JavaScript app
One of my first questions when starting to develop on Windows 8 was what do I use for local storage. It seemed like a lot of the samples were geared to consuming public web apis/services and that is...
View ArticleLarge Datasets in Windows 8: Part 1 – Displaying the Data
Note: This is part one of a two part series. Part two focuses on how to sync datasets to a local SQLite database and can be found here. Windows 8 offers some great controls to display data. For this...
View ArticleLarge Datasets in Windows 8: Part 2 – Syncing Datasets to SQLite
Note: This is part two of a two part series. Part one focuses on how to get data from a web service using a C# data layer and display it in a ListView and can be found here. In my previous post, I...
View ArticleThe Tech Behind a Contre Jour Snot
While the award winning game Contre Jour is amazing on many fronts, its stunning visuals are probably its most unique asset. As detailed in a colleague’s blog post the game creates its graphics through...
View ArticleWin8 and Flowing Authentication Credentials
The Problem A couple months back I was developing a demo Windows 8 application (HTML/JS) and needed to authenticate against a web service on the corporate network. The credentials needed are the same...
View ArticleThree JS Introduction For Non Developers
Three.js Jumpstart Three.js is a cross-browser compatible JavaScript library for creating 3-D graphics on a web browser. Three.js scripts are used with the HTML5 canvas element, SVG, and WebGL to...
View ArticleOur Summer with Parse
Intro We have been using Parse as the backend platform for a Web site and iOS app for a few months now and wanted to share some of our feedback (Pros, Cons, and Gotchas) on a few of the functional...
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