software development The Best Way to Become a Better Software Developer Online courses, conferences, webinars (I hate that word), code academies, software gurus, CS degrees, open source projects, mentorships, books, code challenges, bloggers, vloggers, and on and on and on. These are all good
software development Document Database Problems It's hard to believe, but I've been working on my startup for just over a year now, which sucks because, honestly, this product should have taken me about 3 months to build if
xamarin How do I get started with Xamarin? I often here this question and it pops up in the Xamarin subreddit frequently too: How do I get started with Xamarin? I think I have a pretty good answer. Learning Xamarin isn't
xamarin I am Xamarin Certified It's been about 2 years since I decided to specialize in mobile software development with Xamarin. I'm still not sure that was the best idea. Where's the work? Who's looking for Xamarin developers?
quick tip Naming User Interface Controls I do something weird when it comes to naming user interface elements. Whether it's a web app or mobile app, I do this thing. I learned it from a co-worker years ago. But
aurelia AdminLTE With Aurelia One of the first things I had to get working on my last Aurelia project was a nice clean UI. I know, the navigation starter template comes with Bootstrap, but I needed something
software development Software Developers & Photography Maybe you have observed this phenomenon too. There are a lot of software developers who are passionate about photography. So much so that it's a joke among the hosts of a popular photography
career From Software Developer To Manager It’s been a while since I’ve written here. I’ve been meaning to, but things in my life have gotten busy. Maybe that’s not an accurate way of putting it.
apps I'm A Windows Phone User Since 2007, when the first iPhone came out, I’ve been a proud iPhone user. I did have a short brush with Android, but couldn’t stand it so I went back to
software development Your Software Project Failed During my career, I have observed a consistent theme with software projects: they fail often. When I say fail, I mean catastrophic, gut wrenching, goat rodeos involving huge financial loss; hundreds of thousands
