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Origin Code Academy Rolls Out Free Programming Intro Course Online

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San Diego-based "code school" Origin Code Academy said this morning that it has rolled out a new, online-only, free course on programming and the basics of writing code. According to the school, the new course teaches some of the fundamentals of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. READ MORE>>.

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Mangling JSON numbers

TechEmpower

If we have a long (64-bit integer) that we serialize into JSON, we might be in trouble if JavaScript consumes that JSON. JavaScript has the equivalent of double (64-bit floating point) for its numbers, and double cannot represent the same set of numbers as long. The output of x.toString() in JavaScript is suspicious.

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Choosing a Programming Language and Framework for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

Of course, if you are developing native mobile apps or building something on top of a particular code base or you need to integrate tightly with something, all of those factors may push you directly towards a particular language and framework. Of course, I'm not sure that anyone chooses Java alone. This may push you in that direction.

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Pragmatism with Flavor

TechEmpower

Sure we still get excited and animated about a new JavaScript library, a new CSS trick, a new device, or a new data store. Although we spend plenty of time researching and developing with new technologies based on desire and need, we don't want our clients to be guinea pigs (unless that's the nature of their business, of course).

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AT&T Mobile App Hackathon | Superheroes & Geeks, Only in Hollywood!

Tech Zulu Event

Spearheaded by Alex Donn , the event was designed for both technical and non-technical attendees to build apps over the course of a weekend at Io/La , an incubator/co-work space in the heart of Hollywood. On July 27, 2012 the AT&T Developer Program and Apigee produced the Mobile App Hackathon in Los Angeles, California.

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Dallas Day of.Net | Training and Trends on Microsoft Technologies

Tech Zulu Event

Hilariously simple tutorials, gaming, Windows 8 real-time, Windows Azure as a virtually unlimited scaling mechanism, and of course, awesome web and mobile possibilities are just a few of the examples you’ll see demonstrated. Given this shift in web app development, quite a few client side frameworks written in JavaScript have emerged.

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CHNL – Social Network For All | Interview With John Wander, Co-founder & CEO

Tech Zulu Event

It’s built on Ruby with HTML5/javascript using Isotope. Of course this trend is not just on Facebook, but it exists across all the various platforms. is about pulling curated content to you from trusted sources. How cool is that? We love Web 3.0. Which Languages is it been built on and how long did it take to build? 1 1/2 years.