Even though we’re specialized in web development, we like new challenges.
One of our client asked if we could build a desktop application for sales agents. Agents need to scan images, also add several information using a form and submit the data when Internet connection is available. Even though it sounds easy, it can be a [...]
Posts under ‘emerging technologies’
HipHop for PHP – the buzz summary you should really read
HipHop for PHP from Facebook hit the streets several days ago resulting in dozens of posts about the technology. Let’s see what the PHP community says:
Marco Tabini enlists the HipHop features and encourages using it
the echolibre blog talks about possible security/buffer overflow implications, and mentions similar available solutions
Ilia Alshanetsky provides an excellent and thorough overview: [...]
Google Closure: How not to write JavaScript
Dmitry Baranovskiy, the creator of the Raphaël and gRaphaël JavaScript libraries has serious criticism against the Google Closure JS library.
According to Dmitry:
“It’s a JavaScript library written by Java developers who clearly don’t get JavaScript.”
poorly optimized loops and unoptimized switch statements
memory caching with unlimited size: “I’m not sure what this pattern is called in Java, but [...]
Google releases Closure, the tools behind the JS geniuses
Google released Closure, the library and toolset that powers Docs and other Google products.
Closure includes:
Closure Compiler – removes dead code and rewrites and minimizes what’s left, checks syntax, variable references and types, and warns about common JavaScript pitfalls.
Closure Library – a JS library with widgets, controls, lower-level utilities for DOM manipulation, server communication, animation, data [...]
