Blockchain has been in the news a lot this past year, with the tech press eager to explain how it’s the ‘real innovation’ behind Bitcoin. This revelation won’t come as a surprise to anyone who has been following the money, though. The litmus test for any upcoming technology is to look at the private equity...
Bitcoin, Blockchain, Distributed LedgerThese days, developers that write all their own code are rare, and with good reason. Why reinvent the wheel when you can find well written, and well supported, third-party libraries that will help build products faster? In fact, we just wrote an article describing our own process for evaluating third-party libraries. Inserting other people’s code into your...
Carthage, Cocoapods, Dependency ManagersApplications are being built, shipped and updated at an increasingly fast pace. It’s a trend that has generated interest in solutions to facilitate this complex process. The result has been a flood of new methodologies and tools into the DevOps space. In this article, I will focus on two of these tools: Docker and Docker Compose....
Containers, Docker, LinuxImagine you’re on a call, discussing the latest app designs when you notice that not everyone is working from the latest design file you sent. Their version has different color buttons and the wrong copy. “Wait a minute, let me resend it” you say, and open your ‘Mocks’ folder. In it, you’re greeted by a...
Collaboration Tools, Design System, Sketch, UI, UX, ZeplinBuilding your servers manually is so last year. These days, the cool kids are automating their infrastructure. Chef has been popularized by big companies such as Facebook and Airbnb, but you don’t need to be a Fortune 500 company to benefit from it. In fact, you can easily start with just a few servers and...
Chef, Continuous Integration, Server AutomationApplications are being built, shipped and updated at an increasingly fast pace. This trend has generated interest in solutions that will help facilitate this complex process. The result is a flood of new methodologies and tools into the DevOps space. In this article, I will focus on one of these tools: Docker. More specifically, Docker on...
ASP, Containers, Docker, WindowsEvery month we collect all the really cool stuff the Scalable Path community has been talking about (from our Slack channel). We then strip it down into this bitesize blog for you to enjoy! A new tool isn’t always the best tool 2017 saw an exuberant increase in the selection and complexity of programming tools with new libraries, frameworks,...
AI, Decentralized Web, Robots, ToolsEvery new developer learns the following core principles of software engineering early in their career: DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) This acronym encourages developers to avoid code duplication and focus on configurable and reusable components. KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) Always aim for simplicity in your design by avoiding over-engineered solutions. YAGNI (You Ain’t Gonna Need...
Evaluation Process, Third Party LibrariesWe’ve all been there: you clone a repository, run your project and… nothing happens. Well, nothing but a series of errors; from missing files to compiler warnings. You seek some advice and ask your co-worker: “I just cloned the repo, but nothing seems to work and the readme file is blank. Do you know what’s...
Build Machine, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Development, Continuous IntegrationEarlier this week, Scalable Path developer Aris Papadopoulos attended the 4YFN (or 4 Years From Now) conference. The Barcelona event, now in its 5th year, targets the mobile tech and startup crowd. Over 19,000 attendees and 600 startups attended this year’s 3-day event. Leading speakers from companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft contributed to an array...
4YFN, Barcelona, Conference, Startup
