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PhoneGap API Explorer for Android now on Google Play
After I published the iOS version on the Apple App Store, a number of people asked for an Android version. I just published it on Google Play. PhoneGap API Explorer is an API reference application for...
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Creating a REST API using Node.js, Express, and MongoDB
table { border-collapse:collapse; width: 100%; } th, td { padding:4px; border: 1px solid #ddd; } I recently used Node.js, Express, and MongoDB to rewrite a RESTful API I had previously written in Java...
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NodeCellar: Sample Application with Backbone.js, Twitter Bootstrap, Node.js,...
In my previous post, I shared my recent experience building a RESTful API with Node.js, MongoDB, and Express. In this post, I’m sharing the client application that uses that RESTful API. The Node...
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Real Time Web Analytics with Node.js and Socket.IO
I’ve always enjoyed building real-time applications. A few years ago, I built the Java back-end for the Tour of California “Tour Tracker”, and over the years, I have also been involved in several...
View ArticleExploring and Contributing to Web Platform Docs
Every programming language, platform, or library has its go-to web site for documentation and API reference: You probably go here if you are a Java developer, here for PHP, here for Ruby, here for...
View ArticleCreating a Dropbox Integration Extension for Brackets
A few months ago, Adobe unveiled Brackets, a new code editor for HTML, CSS and JavaScript that is written in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Brackets is open source and is being developed in the open here....
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New Tutorial: Developing and Architecting a PhoneGap Application
A couple of weeks ago, I delivered a full day PhoneGap workshop at QCon San Francisco. The workshop went very well, and I thought the materials could be useful to a larger audience. So I turned the...
View ArticleSynchronized Browsing and Remote Inspection with Adobe Edge Inspect
I recorded a screencast providing a comprehensive overview of Edge Inspect. Watch it here: For a better viewing experience, make sure you set the quality to HD (720p or 1080p) in the YouTube player,...
View ArticlePhoneGap and PhoneGap Build in 5 Minutes
During the last couple of months, I have been on the road presenting our new HTML tools as part of the Create the Web tour with many other members of the team. The tour was a lot of fun with a lot of...
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Sociogram: A Sample Application Exploring the Facebook SDK and the Graph API
I’ve recently been working on a few applications that integrate with Facebook. As a reference for myself and other developers building similar applications, I thought it would be useful to put...
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PhoneGap Q&A
Thanks to all of you who attended my “Architecting a PhoneGap Application” TechLive session on Tuesday, and thanks also for the great feedback. The recording is available here. A lot of my content was...
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Speaking at QCon London Next Week
I’m excited to be speaking at QCon London again this year. The conference is next week, from Wednesday March 6th to Friday March 8th. As always at QCon, the sessions and the speaker lineup look great....
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Presenting “Modern Tools for the Modern Web” in London Tonight, Wednesday...
I will be delivering a talk titled “Modern Tools for the Modern Web” at Skillsmatter in London tonight (Wednesday March 6th) at 6:30pm. It’s free and open to all. Simply register here. I’ll be going...
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Hardware-Accelerated Page Transitions for Mobile Web Apps / PhoneGap Apps
I have been delivering a few PhoneGap Architecture and Performance talks in recent weeks. One of the performance techniques I talk about is –no surprise– the use of Hardware (GPU) Accelerated...
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Sociogram Mobile: A Starter-Kit Application for PhoneGap and Facebook...
A few weeks ago I shared Sociogram, a sample application that demonstrates how to use the Facebook JavaScript SDK and the Graph API. A number of people have asked me for a Mobile version of the...
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Sample Application with Backbone.js and Twitter Bootstrap: Updated and Improved
A year ago, I blogged Employee Directory, a sample application that demonstrates how to build modern web apps with Backbone.js and Twitter Bootstrap. With 1200+ stars and 300+ forks on GitHub, it has...
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Implementing RESTFul Services with Node.js and MongoDB
In my previous post, I shared a new version of the Employee Directory sample application. By default, the application uses an in-memory data store to provide a “download and run” experience (no need...
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Sample App: Storing your Application Data in the Cloud with Parse.com and the...
A couple of days ago, I shared a new version of the Employee Directory sample application. By default, the application uses an in-memory data store to provide a “download and run” experience (no need...
View ArticleBuilding Pluggable and Mock Data Adapters for Web and PhoneGap Applications
This is not rocket science, but when planning your web or mobile architecture, it is important to make sure your client application is not tightly coupled to a specific data access strategy. The...
View ArticleTop 10 Performance Techniques for PhoneGap Applications
Here is the video of my PhoneGap performance session at Adobe MAX 2013:
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