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HTTP-RPC: A Lightweight Cross-Platform REST Framework
HTTP-RPC is an open-source framework allowing developers to create and access cross-platform polyglot RESTful web services using a convenient, RPC-like metaphor, while preserving fundamental REST principles such as statelessness and uniform resource access.
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Q&A on Express.js with Evan Hahn
When people talk about Node.js powering the back-end web, they're often actually talking about Express. Just as jQuery and other frameworks smooth over the XmlHttpRequest work in the browser, Express.js works to make the experience on the server just as easy. In this Q&A, author Evan Hahn provides more context on Express and where it's going.
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Angular 2 and TypeScript - A High Level Overview
AngularJS has become the world's most popular JavaScript framework for creating web applications. And now Angular 2 and TypeScript have brought true object oriented web development to the mainstream, using a syntax that is strikingly close to Java 8. In this article we provide a high-level overview of the Angular 2 framework.
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State of the JavaScript Landscape: A Map for Newcomers
Modern JavaScript development is in constant motion. Build tools that were popular 12 or even six months ago are no longer en vogue. In this article, Bonnie Eisenman gives JavaScript newcomers a map to get started on their JavaScript journey. For more experienced JavaScript developers, Bonnie provides an update on where the community is at and what technologies to use for new projects.
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Full Stack Testing: Balancing Unit and End-to-End Tests
Full-stack testing can be a widespread and involved task. There are unit tests and end-to-end tests, but how do you know where to focus your efforts? In this article, David Copeland looks at the kinds of tests and how to balance the interplay between those tests and the overall software development effort.
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Will WebSocket survive HTTP/2?
HTTP/2 is poised to eliminate much of the waste that developers deal with. Multiplexed connections will eliminate the need to bundle JavaScript libraries together. But is HTTP/2 a panacea to all our problems? What about WebSocket? Allan Denis tells us what HTTP/2 is good at and debunks some myths about what it can do.
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Writing Cross-Platform Apps with React Native
React Native is Facebook's open source project for building native mobile apps using JavaScript. Rather than wrapping a web view and pretending to be a mobile app, React Native allows developers to create truly native applications. Bonnie Eisenman presents an introduction on React Native, how to get started, and how to get your app into the store.
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Why I No Longer Use MVC Frameworks
User interfaces have used the MVC pattern for decades, yet it hasn't kept pace with the demands of modern applications. To meet new demands and to speed up development, Jean-Jacques Dubray introduces a new pattern: State-Action-Model (SAM). SAM is a reactive, functional pattern that strives to simplify the interaction between the data model and the view.
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Pack Up the Wagon, We're Going Offline
Enterprise customers often have specific requirements and restrictions. Sometimes, an internet connection isn't always available, so traditional package management techniques don't work. Nir Cohen describes Wagon, which takes Python wheels, packages them together, adds metadata, and allows for offline extraction and installation.
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Clojure Recipes Review and Q&A
Addison Wesley’s Clojure Recipes is a new book that aims to help developers to get deeper into Clojure, moving from a generic understanding of the language features and syntax to setting up more complex projects that integrate external libraries. The book contains a collection of "weekend" projects targeting web client and server apps, implementing DSLs, using Datomic, Cascalog, Hadoop, etc.
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AngularJS in Action - An Interview With Lukas Ruebbelke
AngularJS in Action by Lukas Ruebbelke is a hands-on book about Angular version 1. Through a sample ToDo list application, angello, it shows AngularJS’s architecture and components. With AngularJS v.2 Beta just being released, InfoQ spoke with the author about the lessons learned from the book and AngularJS present and future direction.
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No Starch Press' Python Playground Review and Q&A with the Author
No Starch Press’ Python Playground provides a fairly large and varied collection of projects that aim to show how Python can be used in such different contexts as creating ASCII art, birds simulation, interfacing to Raspberry Pi, and more. InfoQ has spoken to the book’s author, Mahesh Venkitachalam.