All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

'One of our guiding principles at AWS is to listen closely to our customers and the feedback that I am getting about our training and certification program is very positive. Many architects and engineers know the Cloud is the future of development and IT and the are gearing up to be as succesful as possible in this new normal. This is why I’m excited to announce the availability of a new Professional level certification from AWS that has been high on the list of our customers.

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DevOps AWS Engineering Innovation 94

Tim Kadlec

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

I remember going as a kid with my parents when they would pick out a new car. My parents didn’t want to spend a ton so we usually looked for something basic that would work. The car, of course, had to have certain features. A way to steer. Brakes. An engine. Doors. These were things all cars had and all cars had to have if anyone was going to ever consider purchasing them.

Engineering 72

Engineering 72

The Polyglot Developer

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

If you’re pursuing a degree in computer science, you’ll probably experience Binary Trees in one of your first semesters of school. After seeing them in one of those first semesters, you probably won’t see them again until you’re interviewing for a job. While interviewing for software engineering or programming positions, you may get many questions regarding Binary Trees and Binary Search Trees.

Java 52

Java Software Engineering Programming Engineering 52

The Polyglot Developer

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

A while back one of my subscribers asked me how to integrate the native device calendar into their Ionic Framework mobile application. I didn’t know at first, but after some research I found a great Apache Cordova plugin by Eddy Verbruggen called PhoneGap Calendar Plugin. Don’t let the plugin name fool you. PhoneGap still works on Apache Cordova, just like Ionic Framework.

Mobile 40

Mobile Development 40

The Polyglot Developer

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

I started developing mobile Android applications in late 2011. It wasn’t until 2012 that I released my first application to the Android Marketplace, now known as the Google Play Store. Up until early 2014, I only made native Android applications using the official Android SDK. As of now, I have only been using web technologies to create mobile hybrid applications for Android and iOS.

Mobile 40

Mobile Google Technology Technology 40

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

'Disk arrays, which organize multiple, independent disks into a large, high-performance logical disk, were a natural solution to dealing with constraints on performance and reliability of single disk drives. The term "RAID" was invented by David Patterson, Garth A. Gibson, and Randy Katz at the University of California, Berkeley in 1987. In their June 1988 paper " A Case for Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) " they argued that the top performing mainframe disk drives of the time could

Storage 103

Storage Performance Development 103