Category Archives: Software Development

Android Studio

Interesting article on android studio and writing code for Android.  I may have to check this out (I use Eclipse myself).  I have been thinking of migrating away from android centric stuff to more something like Sencha lately thought. http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2013/05/android-studio-ide-built-for-android.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FhsDu+%28Android+Developers+Blog%29

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Free and or Cheap Android Development Training

Nice write-up on where to find some basic training on developing for Android.  I knew about the google one, but Mobile Tuts, Marakana, and Vogella are new to me. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/so-you-want-to-develop-android-apps-heres-how-to-learn/

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Want to learn some of the newer scripting languages

You can try out codeacademy.  Its on my list of things to try. http://www.codecademy.com

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Docker and Salt for Config Management

Well I have heard of Puppet and Chef, Docker and Salt are new ones to me.  Salt sounds pretty interesting and would be worth a closer look someday. http://katehenneinke.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-matrix-of-hell-and-two-open-source.html  

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Robin Hood developer release MS code from Samsung, that maybe have …

This is like a made for TV script.  A developer/student released a bunch of code that may have come originally from Samsung for the exFAT filesystem (SD cards).  That code may have come from Microsoft.  And the code looks like … Continue reading

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Better to be a food vendor than a developer in china

Sad part is I sometimes wonder the same thing for developers in the USA after college expenses, dealing with being outdated, outsourced, etc. http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/07/chinese-game-developer-quits-job-sells-street-food-doubles-his-salary/

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If you are an Engineer, you should be making a quarter of a mill.

According to this author, engineers with seniority (10 years experience) should be making between 250-300K.  HAHAHAHAHA.  Maybe in the hot spots or NYC. http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/25/news/economy/engineering-jobs-pay/index.html?source=cnn_bin

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Good article about Vertical Slice testing over TDD

I like this article.  I have always liked TDD, but at times its very difficult to use.  The author goes on about it being better to test/automate a vertical slice.  I’ll take this a step farther and say a “story” … Continue reading

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Ouya will double your startup money for a video game

Ouya, the cheap ($100) video game system that came out of kickstarter, is proposing a double your money kickstarter project for video games.  Basically if you get your game funded by kickstarter, they will double it. I am mixed on … Continue reading

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Pay increase of 3.9% next year?

According to CNN we all will get around 2-3% pay increase next year.  I’ll believe it when I see it.  Most software development jobs seem to be pretty stagnant in pay lately, unless you live in one of the few … Continue reading

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