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5 types of tests that can be automated for your iOS

Testsigma

Swift is a modern and latest programming language for writing code for macOS, iOS, watchOS, etc. Example: A new functionality is added in a gaming iOS application and is unit tested successfully. It is observed that when the layout is changed from landscape to portrait during the game then the application crashes unexpectedly.

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Progress Delayed Is Progress Denied

Alex Russell

Consistent improvement is the name of the game, and it can still have positive impacts, particularly as users lean on the system more heavily over time. Real-time network protocols for enabling videoconferencing, desktop sharing, and game streaming applications. Critical for gaming with a mouse. Delayed five years.

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USENIX SREcon APAC 2022: Computing Performance: What's on the Horizon

Brendan Gregg

I'm now program co-chair for SREcon 2023 APAC, and our 2023 conference is June 14-16 in Singapore. And now, helping bring USENIX conferences to Australia by giving the first keynote: I could not have scripted or expected it. The call for participation ends on March 2nd 23:59 SGT!

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The Pursuit of Appiness

Alex Russell

Pre-publication gates were valuable when better answers weren't available, but commentators should update their priors to account for hardware and software progress of the past 13 years. This challenging situation gave rise to app stores: OS vendors understood that fast-enough-for-games needed dangerous trade-offs.

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Platform Adjacency Theory

Alex Russell

3] Oh, and it should be imperatively programmed with Lisp-in-C's-clothing. Recall that browsers arose atop platforms that universally provided a host of services by the late 90's: system fonts (to support layout programs, including WYSIWYG editing). multi-tasking & concurrent programming. high-color image raster.

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Hobson's Browser

Alex Russell

Because they lean on the system-provided WebView component, they do not need to pay the expense of a heavier app download to support rendering HTML, running JavaScript, decoding images, or loading network resources. Hardware access APIs, notably: Geolocation. Basic navigation and window management features to (e.g. Web Bluetooth.

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For January 4th, 2019

High Scalability

peterseibel : In programming we don't have a special term for it, just like fish don't have a special term for 'water'. Sometimes 15GB+ updates to video games are in fact necessary and unavoidable 2. By replacing branch-heavy algorithms with neural networks, the DBMS can profit from these hardware trends.".