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Book Review: Professional Node.js

Professional Node.js book cover

Professional Node.js, written by Pedro Teixeira and published by Wrox, is a well-crafted introduction to writing server-side JavaScript with the Node.js platform.  The book weighs in at 412 pages, yet for a technical book it is written in a clean, crisp…

  • Steve Perkins
  • August 27, 2013
  • 1 Comment
  • Programming

JavaScript as a Mirror of Our “Real” Languages

JavaScript as a mirror of other languages

How tightly coupled are JavaScript and server-side communities? When evaluating a JavaScript library, how much should its related communities matter? [...]

  • Steve Perkins
  • August 26, 2013
  • 1 Comment
  • Infrastructure, Programming

WAR files vs. Java apps with embedded servers

Embedded Java Server

When should you deploy a Java app to the server as a traditional WAR file, and when should you use an embedded server in the application itself? [...]

  • Steve Perkins
  • March 11, 2013
  • 4 Comments
  • Infrastructure, Programming

How to install Oracle’s Java on Ubuntu the easy way

Ubuntu and Java logos

Installing the Oracle JDK on Ubuntu is painful since it was removed it from the apt repositories. Restore the easy install method with this simple script. [...]

  • Steve Perkins
  • March 5, 2013
  • Programming

INI files for easy multi-environment config in Java

INI file screenshot

When your app is too small for a DI framework, yet has too much config for environment variables, this old-school gem really hits a sweet spot in between. [...]

  • Steve Perkins
  • March 3, 2013
  • 1 Comment
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