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WebSockets in Java

WebSockets in Java

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WebSockets have been around for a little while now, but haven't quite reached the point of being mainstream; to some of us old-timers, something like Socket.io seems like the fevered dream of a madman, real-time communication between a web server and a client? What!?! Fear not, gentle readers. It will all be clear soon. A Little [...]
Do It Yourself

Do It Yourself

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Let me alone cause no one wants to be Hanging around with someone messing up like me I guess my way isn't good enough When I try I just keep on wrecking stuff Bouncing Souls, "Argyle" Everyone carries different baggage with them into their chosen field. I don't mean "baggage" in the strictly negative sense; [...]
SASS and Transitional Technologies

SASS and Transitional Technologies

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I was first introduced to SASS early last year. The agency I was working with at the time (Evolution Bureau) began having a series of tech talks amongst the developers where we would introduce each other to different technologies we were excited about; my friend Josh gave a little presentation about his favorite CSS preprocessor. For those who [...]
Schema Versioning in CodaServer

Schema Versioning in CodaServer

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This is a repost of an article from my old blog about CodaServer. It's being published here for posterity. Databases have always been a little awkward in the versioning department. A database server is an environment all its own.  Different databases can have identical schemas but much different data in them.  Some of this data [...]
Format Validation in CodaServer

Format Validation in CodaServer

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This is a repost of an article from my old blog about CodaServer. It's being published here for posterity. Validation means many things to many people.  It's that feeling you get when you are unconditionally accepted by the one you love, when all the toil and tears finally... Uh... For most of us programmers, validation [...]