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Proof of Concept: Validating an HTML Snippet in a Form
On my blog, I write my entries in pure HTML. WordPress supports a Visual editor too, but I like to write my HTML tags by hand. That’s how I’ve done it for the past twenty years and that’s how God...
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Some cool things in Lucee
I really haven’t spoken much about Lucee since the initial announcement a few months back. It seems like a lot of “things” are going on, and frankly, I figured I’d just see where things settle down...
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Learn about Ionic at Appcamp
Interested in another way to learn the Ionic framework? Recently they released an interesting little tool called Appcamp. Appcamp is a set of interactive tutorials that walk you through various...
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Testing Ionic Push Webhooks with IBM Bluemix
Disclaimer: Ionic Services are currently in Alpha status. While the feature I’m talking about will surely exist when Ionic’s Push service goes Gold, the details of what I’m covering today will surely...
View ArticleArticle: A Review of ContentTools – a Rich Content Editor
Just a quick note that I’ve published an article on the Telerik Developer Network: A Review of ContentTools – a Rich Content Editor. Enjoy. Go there to at least see the Wonder Woman picture.
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Working with StrongLoop (Part One)
A few weeks back when I was shuttling back and forth between this side of the planet and the other, IBM purchased StrongLoop. I’ll be honest and say that before this purchase, I had never heard of...
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Important note for targeting iOS Emulators in Cordova
With the recent changes to iOS9, I’ve had to do more testing in iOS 8.4 versus 9.0 when working on Ionic/Cordova applications. It is relatively easy to switch which emulator you are using if you use...
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Working with StrongLoop (Part Two)
Yesterday I blogged about StrongLoop and the ability to quickly generate APIs (Working with StrongLoop (Part One)). Today I’m going to write up a short post detailing how to switch from the in-memory...
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Adding localization to your Ionic application with IBM Bluemix
Localization is an important topic for mobile developers and one that is – in my opinion – not discussed enough. It is a difficult and complex topic, but like testing, it isn’t something that should be...
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Working with StrongLoop (Part Three)
So this week I’m continuing my look into StrongLoop. If you missed my previous entries, I’ll include them in a list at the bottom. I’m kinda hopping around the technology picking and choosing what...
View ArticleThe New TFA Trailer
Sure, everyone has seen this probably and you don’t need me to share the video here, but I’m going to do so anyway – enjoy. Personally, I freaking loved it, but that’s no surprise.
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Building my own iPhone Availability Web App
Before I begin, a quick disclaimer. What I’m building here is completely for fun and because I thought it might be interesting. I’m critiquing and improving a form that was built by people smarter than...
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Working with StrongLoop (Part Four) – Locking down the API
Welcome to the latest in my series of blog posts on the StrongLoop platform. The last few blog posts have been focused on the API composer (part of StrongLoop Arc) built on top of LoopBack. As I’ve...
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Quick tip for Cordova and the Browser platform – Setting a custom port
I’m not regularly using Cordova and the Browser platform because most of the time I’ll use ionic serve instead. However, last night I was working on a Cordova project that – shockingly – didn’t use...
View ArticleGetting an error running a Cordova project to iOS?
This morning when testing an Ionic project, I got an error trying to emulate iOS. I tested it again in the Cordova CLI and got the same error: simctl was not found. Check that you have Xcode 6.x...
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Status of RIAForge
A bit over 9 years ago I launched RIAForge (Announcing RIAForge). The brainchild of Ben Forta, the idea was to make it easier for people using Adobe technologies to create open source projects. At the...
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NodeSchool for IBM Bluemix and Node.js
Nearly two years ago I blogged about the cool set of tutorials available at NodeSchool. I loved the interface of the system and thought it was an excellent way to learn Node. Since that time, there...
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“Apache Cordova in Action” final edition released!
Well, this took a bit longer than I expected, but the final version of my Apache Cordova in Action book is for sale! This book was incredibly difficult to write at times. I really hope that it helps...
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A quick look at debugging Node.js with StrongLoop and Visual Studio Code
As I mentioned in my last entry on StrongLoop, I’ve decided to move on from API building and begin looking at what else is available when working with StrongLoop. Today I’m going to talk about...
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StrongLoop, Ionic, and IBM Bluemix
Over the past few weeks I’ve been digging deep into StrongLoop and rather enjoying the heck out of it. As I said in my earliest post – I’m not necessarily a fan of tools generating code for me or lots...
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