Web development isn’t always easy. Really, there isn’t a form of application development that is easy, there’s a lot of steps, tools, and other traps to coding. One of the best unifying ways to insure that all this complexity doesn’t kick your ass, is to implement continuous integration & delivery practices. I’m going to cover... Continue reading →

One of the things I’ve started working on is a #PhatData (re: my renamed version of big data) sample. So far what I’ve created is a JavaScript Application that works something like this. (The actual build status is shown to the right here in the “build status” image) Step #1: Continuous Integration The first thing... Continue reading →

I was speaking with Krishan Subramanian (@krishnan) and Adam Seligman (@adamse) today. I love talking to these guys. They’re both smart, intelligent and upbeat guys. They see the positive things we’re all working toward and accomplishing in the technology space, specifically around PaaS, Cloud Computing and around the cultural implications of stronger technology communities, involvement... Continue reading →

Today’s “Deploy a Framework Friday” is a little bit of a diversion. Today Richard (@rseroter) and I dove into Cloud9IDE (@Cloud9IDE) to try out some pair programming with the online IDE sharing. We made some minor progress with Matt (@matt_pardee) & Eric (@ang3lfir3) jumping in for a few minutes. The intent of this effort was... Continue reading →

Time for the node.js “Deploy a Framework Friday”. First get node.js and express.js installed (i.e. npm install express) and then create your node.js application. adron$ express nodejs create : nodejs create : nodejs/package.json create : nodejs/app.js create : nodejs/public create : nodejs/public/javascripts create : nodejs/public/images create : nodejs/public/stylesheets create : nodejs/public/stylesheets/style.css create : … Continue reading →