O'Reilly Software

AUGUST 13, 2015

I was recently lucky enough to get to attend my first SIGGRAPH conference this year. While I didn’t attend any talks, I did spend some time in the expo. Here is a collection of some of the neat things I saw at SIGGRAPH 2015. Sorry it’s not more collected; I didn’t have the intention of writing a blog post until after folks kept asking me “how was it?

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Nick Desaulniers

AUGUST 14, 2015

I was recently lucky enough to get to attend my first SIGGRAPH conference this year. While I didn’t attend any talks, I did spend some time in the expo. Here is a collection of some of the neat things I saw at SIGGRAPH 2015. Sorry it’s not more collected; I didn’t have the intention of writing a blog post until after folks kept asking me “how was it?

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Virtualization Games Google Mobile 48

Wayfair Tech

AUGUST 11, 2015

When you write your first web application, chances are you’re going to query a database. When you write it in PHP, chances are it’ll look like this: $mysqli = new mysqli("example.com", "user", "password", "database"); $result = $mysqli->query("SELECT * FROM product"); $row = $result->fetch_assoc(); Before long, you have to start handling user input, which means escaping: $mysqli = new mysqli("example.com", "user", "password", "database"); Read more.

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Database Performance 40

The Polyglot Developer

AUGUST 10, 2015

I’m always trying to add more flair to the mobile applications that I develop whether it be through slick user interfaces or graphics. For a while now I’ve wanted to mess around with charts in my mobile applications, but it kept getting pushed to my development back-burner. I decided to push myself to give it a shot. Using Ionic Framework to build mobile Android and iOS applications, you’re left with a few possibilities for adding charts because so many JavaScript libraries exist.

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