tools & methods

My last article raised an interesting discussion whether you should see tests more as documentation or more as specification. I agree that they can contribute to both of them, but…

People like to complain about MongoDB. For instance, maybe they feel that it ruined their social network, or any number of other less recent complaints. The debate gets so heated,…

Everybody’s trying to get in on the big-money future of IoT, and now “everybody” includes Microsoft with Windows 10. Larry Dignan at ZDNet put together a look at Windows 10’s…

This third post in this series of blogs about MaxScale is finally getting where you want to go: Install and configure MaxScale. The first blog in this series was an…

It’s been awhile since I last posted, and like last time I took a big break, I was taking some classes on Coursera. This time it was Functional Programming Principals…

Join the MaximusDevs community and get the full member experience. Join For Free Typesafe ran a survey of Java developers in February, along with a follow-up in September – you…

This presentation from Hilary Mason at devs love bacon in April, titled “Everything You Need to know about Machine Learning in 30 Minutes or Less,” is an introduction to machine…

A lot of people are getting interested in IoT – there’s big money coming, apparently, and just about everybody is going to get hired – but it’s not always the…

Join the MaximusDevs community and get the full member experience. Join For Free You’ve probably heard about Android Wear by now, but it still presents some questions for Android developers…

Sometimes, Android development is terrible. This recent blog post by Tony Cosentini discusses some of the more common and recognizable pain points in Android development, and how to get around…