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Virtual Servers vs Docker: The REAL Pros and Cons

Will future applications still be using containerization? — Once again I find myself swimming against the ever changing current of pop-technology to bring some rational thought and reason back to into our industry that seems to be sorely lacking these days. Again, I’ll probably get hate mail for writing this, so be it. …

Technology

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Virtual Servers vs Docker: The REAL Pros and Cons
Virtual Servers vs Docker: The REAL Pros and Cons
Technology

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Angular is Costing Companies Billions

Why It’s Time to Kill Angular — I know I’m going to get hate-mail for writing this piece, but, so be it. Someone has got to finally say what many of us as experienced software engineers have been thinking for some time now. I’ve been a developer for over 20 years working for some of North America’s…

Angular

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Angular is Costing Companies Billions
Angular is Costing Companies Billions
Angular

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REST is Dying. Get Rid of It.

TIGER: Advanced Easier Webservices You Can Use Today — I’ve been programming computers since the 1980s. In that time, I’ve seen and used a lot of languages and technologies that have come and gone. I watched as the web blossomed with new features, like browsers exchanging XML data asynchronously. Today we call this Asynchronous JavaScript and XML data exchange…

JavaScript

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REST is Dying. Get Rid of It.
REST is Dying. Get Rid of It.
JavaScript

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·Nov 1

Easy Show & Hide Passwords Plugin

Use this Pure-JS drop-in jQuery plugin to add a show / hide icon on all your password fields. — Creating Rock Star User Experiences Creating a rock star User Experience (UX) doesn’t just happen by accident. It is literally through attention to a myriad of small details within the User Interface (UI) that determines whether or not end users will love you (which means they don’t notice the ease of use you are giving…

JavaScript

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Easy Show & Hide Passwords Plugin
Easy Show & Hide Passwords Plugin
JavaScript

7 min read


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·Jul 13

Need A Job? Watch Out For SCAMS!

How to spot and stop the scammers dead in their tracks. — Like a lot of engineers, I’m always on the lookout for new opportunities. …

Jobs

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Need A Job? Watch Out For SCAMS!
Need A Job? Watch Out For SCAMS!
Jobs

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JavaScript in Plain English

·Sep 2, 2022

Build Your Own JavaScript Ninja Game In Minutes

How to Easily Create a Canvas-based HTML Game in JavaScript From Scratch — Would you spend 4 hours of your life watching some guy write a JavaScript game while you watch? I did. And it was some of the best 4 hours of my life, professionally speaking. Learn JavaScript By Watching in Real-time Several months ago I ran across a YouTube video with a creator who’d written a side-scrolling…

JavaScript

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Build Your Own JavaScript Ninja Game In Minutes
Build Your Own JavaScript Ninja Game In Minutes
JavaScript

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JavaScript in Plain English

·Apr 6, 2022

12 Programmer Memes We All Need

Sometimes A Picture and a Salty Quip Says It All — I love memes. Technology memes are the best. So I’ve collected a handful for your reading enjoyment. Take a 5-minute break and feel free to share them with your friends and co-workers. Code Quality This meme has been around for a long time, but it’s always fun to revisit it because, well…

Programming

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12 Programmer Memes We All Need
12 Programmer Memes We All Need
Programming

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·Mar 21, 2022

Add A WordPress-Style Update Utility To Any Application

Update Your End-user Application In One Click Using JavaScript, PHP, Composer, and GitHub — Wouldn’t it be cool if you could just push code to GitHub and automagically update millions of your application installs? Your users get notified that a new plugin, module, or application update is available to download and install—all with the click of their mouse! Now you can add self-updating elegance…

JavaScript

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Add A WordPress-Style Update Utility To Any Application
Add A WordPress-Style Update Utility To Any Application
JavaScript

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JavaScript in Plain English

·Mar 7, 2022

How To Be A UI Rock Star

Use this JavaScript library to easily, elegantly animate basic DOM changes. — Long before I was a software engineer at Disney, I was writing code that made basic changes to the DOM a much more elegant and programmer-friendly process. Even at Disney’s studios, you’d run into engineers who treated the UI like it was the bastard child of programming. Showing or hiding…

JavaScript

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How To Be a Goddamned UI Rock Star
How To Be a Goddamned UI Rock Star
JavaScript

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JavaScript in Plain English

·Feb 8, 2022

Stop Doing Bad UI Validation

How To Validate User Experiences in JavaScript the Right Way — Back in 2011, I was working for Disney building UI for their Next Generation Experiences. We had 150 local developers plus a massive off-shore team all working together to build some exceptionally beautiful UI. The problem we encountered then with our forms was the same issue all of us have…

Programming

7 min read

Stop Doing Bad UI Validation
Stop Doing Bad UI Validation
Programming

7 min read

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Beau Beauchamp

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Technology entrepreneur. Web application architect. Paranormal sci-fi romance writer.

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