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Programming a flying bull with Node.js, Coffeescript and Parrot AR 2.0 Drone
When I was very young, my father used to take me to an airfield where hobbyists would gather to show off their model planes. I think that memory forced my hand into buying a Parrot A.R. Drone 2 a month ago. The Parrot AR 2.0 Drone is now widely available with a 1GHZ ARM Cortex […]
The best hackathon teams combine technology, creativity and strategy
I spent this weekend at Hack // Meat, a hackathon focused on bringing change and innovation to the way meat is currently produced, processed, distributed, sold and consumed. The event brought together over 100 people from almost 10 states, and the 15+ teams worked on a wide range of hacks from scheduling systems to marketing […]
Browserless JavaScript Testing
As users expect more sophisticated AJAX, animation and event functionality, the amount, and complexity of Javascript code is increasing. Even small sites and RIAs can contain 100’s of lines of Javascript code. With the increase in complexity comes the potential for bugs. Writing clean code matched with lots of testing is what’s required to keep projects […]
R/GA @ JSConf 2012
R/GA had a great presence this year at JSConf 2012 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mojitos were flowing and mechanical bulls were bucking. The roughly 250 JavaScript devs in attendance were pretty psyched when they were each given a Nexus S running Mozilla’s open source OS, B2G . Excitement continued with two days of inspiring talks and demos given by some of the industry’s best and brightest. […]
Automation with open standards
In the past, my development tool-chain relied heavily on an IDE and build tools to provide automation services, Eclipes/Java/Ant, C#/Visual Studio/nAnt, and ActionScript /Eclipse/FDT/Ant. Moving to open standard development projects, the road to automation was not so clear. But with research and perseverance I have been able to find a solution. While it presently contains […]
