Category Archives: Coding
Continuous localization
In a lot of development (especially outside the US), localization is a must. You can have people 100 km away that don’t speak the same language. Unfortunately localization is often a significant hindrance in agile development and continuous deployment. In this … Continue reading
When to hard-code
Hard-coding is generally considered an anti-pattern and abhorred by experienced developers. Input and configuration data should be externalized from the code, or at the very least parametrized to a language constant. While working at Wellmo, I’ve come to reconsider this … Continue reading
Hybrid app testing using dynamic DNS
Hybrid apps simplify implementing cross-platform mobile applications in many ways. You only need to write the HTML once, and it should work on all platforms. However, you still need to test those platforms. At Wellmo, we do most of our … Continue reading
Using Spark with MongoDB
I recently started investigating Apache Spark as a framework for data mining. Spark builds upon Apache Hadoop, and allows a multitude of operations more than map-reduce. It also supports streaming data with iterative algorithms. Since Spark builds upon Hadoop and … Continue reading
CoffeeScript woes
I recently wrote a piece comparing CoffeeScript, TypeScript and Dart. For the UI component of Wellmo, we decided upon using CoffeeScript. While this has been a great leap from JavaScript, we’ve had our share of setbacks. Here’s a few issues … Continue reading
Modifying the pace of audiobooks
I’ve recently started listening to audiobooks. They’re a convenient way to enjoy books on your way to work or while driving. After listening to Mika Waltari’s The Egyptian, I took on The Hunger Games, read by Carolyn McCormick. Like many … Continue reading
Testing visual appearance with Cucumber + Watir
One of the great things about Cucumber and Watir is that it allows you to write functional tests that are decoupled of the UI. By using page objects, the definition of how the UI works is decoupled from the tests … Continue reading
