Programming

Visual Simulation and Prototyping

Beren Erchamion
August 17, 2014

The use of visual simulation and prototyping tools are critical for today’s web and mobile software developer. These tools allow users and developers to collaborate on user experience, screen/storyboard flows, and the interaction model before taking the time to write…

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Working with Java on OS-X: Tips and Tricks

Beren Erchamion
August 5, 2014

Working with Java on OS-X Mavericks/Yosemite can have its pit falls…well working with Java on anything has pit falls, but OS-X has its own quirks. I’ve been working with Java for longer than I can believe – I suppose I…

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Web Programming

OS-X, NGINX, and Symfony2 – What a Party!

Beren Erchamion
July 27, 2014

Google on OS-X, nginx, and Symfony2 and you’ll pull up a ton of posts. However I find them all confusing or missing pieces. Maybe I’m getting slow…maybe I’m not the command line guru…but in this post I will give you…

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Drupal 8 Content Types and Views

Beren Erchamion
March 23, 2014

Drupal 8 content types and views are a core capability in the CMS. With D8 getting pretty close to ready for betas it is a good time to play around with these. We’ll take a look at all the basics…

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Drupal 8 – Progress – Image Uploads

Beren Erchamion
January 3, 2014

I’ve been following Drupal 8 for over a year. I noticed today that in the current trunk is included an out of the box image upload capability. Very cool – finally…after all these years. What the heck will I write…

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Android Studio – A Better IDE?

Beren Erchamion
December 14, 2013

I’ve used tools from IntelliJ for years, however for Android I’ve always used Eclipse. When Google announced Android Studio, a collaboration between Google and IntelliJ makers JetBrains, I was pretty excited. My development needs are pretty simple, but I’ve always…

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