PragPub—March 2010
Table of Contents
Features
- Node.js is a toolkit for writing high-performance network servers in JavaScript. And it’s events all the way down.
- IBM built Jazz from the ground up, so they had the freedom to build it any way they wanted. So why did they put all that bloated XML in it?
- The App Store and iPhone opened a market, but will iPad limit it to large apps?
- Why not use testing as a guard against changes to the design?
- On the birthday of the typewriter, Dan tracks the twists and turns of a concept from the typewriter through keypunch machines to today’s computer keyboards.
- If you can cook, you can make your own beer at home.
Departments
- Homebrew and JavaScript
- A little knowledge that is perfectly safe.
- Andy continues a two-part essay on public speaking, telling all you need to know about slides and fear.
- To try to get a handle on what makes a book a must-read, Mike examines the phrases people used repeatedly in recommending books.
- A monthly diversion at least peripherally related to programming.
- Author sightings, partner events, and other notable happenings.
- HTML is going to kill Flash! Or maybe Silverlight! No it isn’t.
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