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An Introduction to Application Development with Catalyst and Perl

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 15, 2012

Henry Van Styn with a thorough introduction Catalyst is the latest in the evolution of open-source Web development frameworks. Written in modern Perl and inspired by many of the projects that came before it, including Ruby on Rails, Catalyst is elegant, powerful and refined. It’s a great choice for creating any Web-based application from the [...]

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Be Cordial or Be on Your Way

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 15, 2012

Kenneth Reitz Every once in while, maintainers and community members will shun and insult a contributor’s work. This is a perfect example of what you should never do. Don’t worry about non-constructive feedback. It serves no purpose. Realize that some people just take things way too seriously. Tell them to be on their way. The [...]

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This is what happens when drummers write Javascript

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 15, 2012

Check out the video here wildlifecontrol, reddit Just to make it clear: this is not a video. Pure JavaScript, CSS, and HTML with the help of the SoundCloud API. Think of it as a scripted visualization. Although the story is linear, certain elements are random, making each viewing unique. The scenes are rendered on a [...]

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30 minutes a day

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 14, 2012

Derrick The simple act of reserving a tiny part of your day. Perhaps just 30 minutes. Of pure, uninterrupted focus. On the idea you want to make become reality. Will ensure at least some extent of progress. I guarantee you. We are not stateful. We are not machines. Picking up where you left off becomes [...]

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LearnProgramming via github

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 14, 2012

LearnProgramming organisation LearnProgramming is an organization that grew out of the subreddit /r/learnprogramming, our aim is to provide a set of ‘hackable’ projects for beginners to contribute to in a open, encouraging atmosphere. In many cases, it seems, new programmers feel daunted by the task of contributing to open source, they don’t know what to [...]

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Our Development Process: 50 Months of Evolution

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 12, 2012

Michael Dubakov, TargetProcess Founder Our company is almost 6 years old now. It was founded on agile principles and grew up on them. We’ve used Extreme Programming from day 1, immixed some Scrum ideas later on and switched to Kanban in the end. Here below I’ve tried to review our process changes for the last [...]

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Instagram as a platform?

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 11, 2012

Using Instagram seems a viable business platform Whether you already love it or are just now getting into the craze, this roundup is all about helping you get the most out of your Instagram photo sharing and viewing experience. Depending on another service’s popularity to drive your own. Perhaps risky, but I don’t think Instagram [...]

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