Software Development News and Articles

Preventing SQL Injections With Parameterized Queries
In my previous post I wrote about a few steps that you can take to better secure your website. One of those steps, probably the most import...
5 Steps To Making Your Website More Secure
Published on: 3/20/2015 - 6 min read
5 Steps To Making Your Website More Secure
Security is one of those things that are normally saved for last or ignored completely when working on a website nowadays. As most people h...
Getting Started With Node.JS On Windows
Published on: 3/17/2015 - 4 min read
Getting Started With Node.JS On Windows
For a .NET developer I do sure spend alot of time working with JavaScript. And that's alright, variety is the spice of life. And so this we...
'Secrets Of The Javascript Ninja' Review
Published on: 3/6/2015 - 6 min read
'Secrets Of The Javascript Ninja' Review
I "know" JavaScript, the way that a new college graduate "knows" every programming language ever made. When I first graduated from college ...
Game Development And Prototyping In JavaScript
In my previous post I talked about why JavaScript is such a great language for newcomers to the programming world due to it's ability to ge...
Are Deadlines Destroying The Quality of Your Work
We've all been at the barrel end of that dreaded word we call a deadline. Many of us first encountered it during our school days. "This ass...
Javascript Is Perfect For Beginning Programmers
I get asked this question alot from many people who want to learn to program. What programming language should I start learning first? And ...
Oculus Rift DK2 Unboxing and First Impressions
Published on: 1/27/2015 - 5 min read
Oculus Rift DK2 Unboxing and First Impressions
I've heard tons of people talk about the Oculus DK2 and praise it for its magnificence. I've never tried it personally, but I wondered what...
Never Pay For Online Web Courses
Published on: 1/10/2015 - 6 min read
Never Pay For Online Web Courses
I recently saw an ad on the old YouTube for an online course in web development that guaranteed that you'll make money within some weeks by...
How To Paginate Through A Collection In JavaScript
Pagination is one of those annoying features that aren't fun to implement in any language, but that is pretty much essential for a good UI....
My New Favorite T-Shirt Line - Pints
Published on: 12/24/2014 - 4 min read
My New Favorite T-Shirt Line - Pints
I'm a big fan of t-shirts. I like buying them, I like wearing them. I like when people come up to me an say 'Awesome shirt broh! ^_^ ' . Go...
Is The Future Written In Code?
Published on: 12/11/2014 - 6 min read
Is The Future Written In Code?
This week was a historic week for computer programming, as our President became the first in history to "write" a computer program. He sat ...
The Pitfalls Of Working With Others Frameworks
Published on: 12/8/2014 - 4 min read
The Pitfalls Of Working With Others Frameworks
I'm losing my perspicacity. This weekend I was busy working on an Angular module for an admin I built for one of my websites. Everything...
A 5 Minute Guide To Knockout JS
Published on: 12/7/2014 - 7 min read
A 5 Minute Guide To Knockout JS
In the spirit of trying out new and interesting Javascript frameworks, and just new technologies in general, this week I take Knockout.js f...
What No One Tells You About Making A Website
Published on: 12/2/2014 - 6 min read
What No One Tells You About Making A Website
So you want to make a website. You have an idea or bits and pieces of an idea, you get a cheap hosting account and a $9.99 domain name and ...
Code Cleanup Mondays
Published on: 11/25/2014 - 7 min read
Code Cleanup Mondays
This is something that I might start doing on Monday's. I'll run through my code and document my findings and fixes and tips and such for a...
A Quick 5 Minute Guide To Angular JS
Published on: 11/18/2014 - 6 min read
A Quick 5 Minute Guide To Angular JS
Angular.js is a fairly newcomer in the JavaScript framework world. It was first introduced in 2012 by a Google employee, and has since been......
A Quick 5 Minute Guide To CSS Media Queries
Published on: 11/17/2014 - 5 min read
A Quick 5 Minute Guide To CSS Media Queries
CSS3 Media Queries are one of the best things to happen to front-end development since that terrible blink tag was deprecated eons ago and ...
The Top 5 Best Google Inbox Features So Far
Published on: 11/11/2014 - 5 min read
The Top 5 Best Google Inbox Features So Far
Google released it's latest productivity tool, Inbox, a few weeks ago to a very limited number of people, and I missed the boat on that ...
One Week With The Microsoft Band
Published on: 11/7/2014 - 7 min read
One Week With The Microsoft Band
The multi-platform Microsoft Band came out about a week ago in limited quantities and only in the US for now and irregardless of funds, I d...