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NC State News :: NC State News and Information » Older Is Wiser: Study Shows Software Developers’ Skills Improve Over Time

NC State News :: NC State News and Information » Older Is Wiser: Study Shows Software Developers’ Skills Improve Over Time: "We observe that programmer reputation scores increase relative to age well into the 50’s, that programmers in their 30’s tend to focus on fewer areas relative to those younger or older in age, and that there is not a strong correlation between age and scores in specific knowledge areas."

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Syndicated 2013-04-30 16:19:00 from sness

REST lessons learned

REST lessons learned: "Avoid user-supplied data in URI segments
Avoid 204 responses
Avoid hackable URLs
Consider a home link on all resources"

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Syndicated 2013-04-30 16:18:00 from sness

Enable Google Now with Google Apps for Business account

Enable Google Now with Google Apps for Business account: "If you came here, you might be as desperate as I was, so here is the path to enabling Google Now:

Launch your Google Apps control panel by going to http://google.com/a/.
Click Organization & Users.
Click Services.
Scroll all the way down until you reach Google+.
Click on the Configure premium features link.
In the left pane select Mobile.
Scroll all the way down to Android settings.
Check the boxes for Enable Google Now and the optional Enable Lock Screen Widgets.
Do not forget to hit Save."

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Syndicated 2013-04-29 16:22:00 from sness

APOD: 2013 April 29 - Milky Way and Stone Tree

APOD: 2013 April 29 - Milky Way and Stone Tree: "What's that next to the Milky Way? An unusual natural rock formation known as Roque Cinchado or Stone Tree found on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife"

Syndicated 2013-04-29 16:02:00 from sness

Box2d Revisited

Box2d Revisited: "When I look at the graph above, the first thing that sticks out is that there are two obvious performance clusters. If you ignore AS3 for a moment, you’ll notice that there’s a cluster right around 1-2x native, and another broadly centered on 10x native. These clusters correspond to the “static” and “dynamic” VMs, respectively (I’m aware I’m abusing these terms a bit, but I believe they capture a fairly fundamental difference between, say, the JVM and a Javascript VM). You might also notice that the variance in each VM’s performance is closely related to its mean – in other words, the slower they are, the more unpredictable they are."

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Syndicated 2013-04-26 16:15:00 from sness

Modeling Data and State in Your AngularJS Application - @jhooks

Modeling Data and State in Your AngularJS Application - @jhooks: "As you can see, data and state are intimately related. State is data, data is state.
Models are portable. There are many common sets of data that can easily transport between one application and the next. Think of, as an example, a UserLoginModel or a ShoppingCartModel. Portability takes a bit more thought and energy, but no more than writing the same code over again for each project. Obviously every model isn’t going to qualify for this, but many will so it is something to watch out for."

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Syndicated 2013-04-26 16:14:00 from sness

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