The Polyglot Developer

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Job interviews for software engineering and other programming positions can be tough. There are too many things to study, and even then it still might not be enough. Previously I had written about a common Fibonacci number algorithm and finding duplicate values in array. Those skill refreshers were written in JavaScript. This time we are going to take a turn and validate bracket combinations using the Java programming language.

Java 52

Java Software Engineering Programming Engineering 52

Tim Kadlec

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Over the past year I conducted performance audits on a handful of sites that all used client-side MVC’s, typically Angular but not always. Each site had their own optimizations that needed to take place to improve performance. Yet a pattern emerged: client-side MVC’s were the major bottleneck for each. It slowed down the initial rendering of the page (particularly on mobile) and it limited our ability to optimize the critical path.

Servers 49

Servers Mobile Website Systems 49

The Agile Manager

JANUARY 31, 2015

Multiple layers of authority overlap both horizontally (different people and committees engage with the same issue) and vertically (many decisions are liable to review by some other body). The lack of focus in decision making results in an absence of executive authority; while professional management is subject to random amateur interference. In consequence, able people are not easily attracted to management roles; and so the amateurs view the professionals with often justified and frequently re

Best Practices 40

Best Practices Government Hardware Efficiency 40

The Polyglot Developer

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

You’ll notice previously I did a post regarding the Fibonacci number , a popular interview question for programming jobs. To keep up with this trend of interview questions, we’re going to look into the different ways of finding duplicates in an array. Finding array duplicates is a good question because it tests your knowledge of algorithm design and your understanding of various time complexities.

Programming 52

Programming Design Testing Development 52

The Polyglot Developer

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Not too long ago I wrote a very popular tutorial for integrating Crosswalk into your Ionic Framework mobile application. Since then, the guys at Ionic released version 1.3.2 of their CLI and it makes the process even easier than I had previously demonstrated. The CLI integration is still beta and there is a lot of confusion around it, but this article should clear things up in regards to its usage.

Mobile 52

Mobile Processing Development 52

The Polyglot Developer

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

I am very active on Stack Overflow , the Ionic Framework forums , Twitter , and even my own blog. I like helping people and I like seeing that everyone who seeks my help becomes successful in their work. A common thing I see with the people that I help is they are unfamiliar with how to properly troubleshoot their code. Previously I had written an article regarding how to view the ADB debug logs when testing, but even that has proven to have loose ends.

Mobile 40

Mobile Testing Education Code 40

The Polyglot Developer

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

So you’ve released a great mobile app and have had a decent amount of downloads, but no one is rating or reviewing it. Downloads can be increased significantly by having a greater number of ratings. So how do you encourage more downloads in your Ionic Framework Android or iOS mobile application? Thanks to a library created by Alex Disler called ng-special-offer , we can make use of Apache Cordova native dialogs to prompt users to rate or review based on application open count.

Mobile 40

Mobile Development 40