Web Apps • Apr 20, 2015 Web Application Architecture from 10,000 Feet, Part 3 – Frontend Development How Single Page Applications (SPAs) work, how JavaScript doesn't, and how you can use frameworks and libraries to fix it.
Technical Practices • Apr 18, 2015 Atomic Glossary, Part 2 – Atomic & Software Industry Jargon In this edition I’d like to touch base on some internal jargon that, as far as I know, we use specifically at Atomic Object
Development Practices • Apr 17, 2015 Sticky Documentation, Part 1: Code as Documentation How to make the most of the documentation that "sticks" closest to an application through its lifecycle—the code itself.
News & Events • Apr 16, 2015 3 Reasons to Attend GLSEC 2015 GLSEC 2015 will focus on the Internet of Things. Join us Monday, May 11th at the Prince Conference Center on Calvin College's campus.
.NET / WPF • Apr 15, 2015 Functional C# Application Composition, Part 2: Delegates A delegate in C# is essentially a function signature, but it is also a type that can be used as an argument to functions.
Development Practices • Apr 14, 2015 Using Reflection to Test Complex Objects Testing large, complicated Java objects can be done with reflection instead of by writing lots of redundant and error-prone tests.
Web Apps • Apr 13, 2015 Web Application Architecture from 10,000 Feet, Part 2 – Persistent Data & Relational Databases An introduction to storing persistent web app data: how relational databases work and how all their pieces interrelate.
Personal Optimization • Apr 11, 2015 Gmail Filters for unattended-upgrades Reboots Getting tired of seeing emails from unattended-upgrades? Here's how I configured Gmail to separate the signal from the noise.
C & C++ • Apr 10, 2015 CMock – Make Support for Easier Integration of Testing Our tools Unity and CMock were written several years ago to fill a missing gap in testing C projects. CMock now contains Make integration support!
Web Apps • Apr 09, 2015 A Thin Slice of the Full Stack A tour of a full-stack TDD web development workflow with Ruby on Rails and Ember.js.
.NET / WPF • Apr 08, 2015 Functional C# Application Composition, Part 1: Shortcomings of Single-Responsibility Objects Composing C# applications with single-responsibility objects generates a lot of boilerplate.
UX/Design Techniques • Apr 07, 2015 Creating Image Overlays with CSS Multiple Backgrounds CSS multiple backgrounds adds color overlay on top of a background image, all within the same element, without introducing any additional HTML.
