We all need to start upgrading, Telerik has released v1.2.0 -- this is a important upgrade as it fixes several nasty bugs on IOS & Android! It also adds a lot of cool new features. 1. To upgrade the command line: npm install nativescript -g (On a mac or linux you might need a "sudo"… Continue reading NativeScript v1.20 Released
Category: JavaScript
fluentReport v1.0.0 - Released
It has been a couple years since the first version of fluentReports was released. Over that time the engine has grown and some very complex bugs appeared that were difficult to fix. I was very proud of the work at that point; but I have finally had the time to fix the complicated remaining issue… Continue reading fluentReport v1.0.0 - Released
NativeScript v1.1.0 - Released
NativeScript v1.1.0 was just released a couple days ago. Here is what is new and how to get all the cool new features. Some of the changes are: Exposing Application events as Real Event [example] Parent is now exposed in itemLoading event Repeater Component Added [more] TabView.selectedIndexChanged Event added Hint property for TextView NavigatingTo/From,… Continue reading NativeScript v1.1.0 - Released
NativeScript - Real time development on Android
Photo (CCA): https://www.flickr.com/photos/sleepyjeanie/5738474150 Now if you haven't guessed recently I've really taken to NativeScript. It is awesome tool set for development applications for your mobile phone. However, one of its failings compared to some of the other tools is the speed of iteration. On my machine; when I want to test a change; I switch… Continue reading NativeScript - Real time development on Android
NativeScript - Installation on Linux
For those just starting out on NativeScript here is what you need to get a fully running system on Linux Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit). The first step is to do a update and add i386 architecture to your box and then download all the compilers: sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade… Continue reading NativeScript - Installation on Linux
NativeScript -> The new Awesome way to build Android, & IOS applications
I've been developing applications for a wide variety of platforms (you name it, I've probably touched it) . Over my long career in computer development and devops, this includes a lot of mobile apps. I've done hybrid apps in Phonegap/Cordova. I've done pure native apps on the Android; and I've done apps on a… Continue reading NativeScript -> The new Awesome way to build Android, & IOS applications
Announcing a v8-Natives v0.0.1
What are v8-natives, you might ask? Well, they are the mostly undocumented javascript commands that control the v8 engine in Google Chrome, Opera and Joyent Node.js. Some of the commands are %CollectGarbage(), %GetV8Version(), %GetOptimizationStatus() which ties with my other favorite of %OptimizeFunctionOnNextCall() What can I do with them? You can tell the engine to… Continue reading Announcing a v8-Natives v0.0.1
fluentReports v0.0.6 Release
We are happy to publish the latest version of fluentReports. Major Features: This version brings fluentReports back up to working with the latest and current version of pdfKit. It also maintains backwards compatiblity with the older pdfKit versions. As I move forward this compatibility maybe removed unless you let me know on the http://github.com/Nathanaela/fluentreports/issues page… Continue reading fluentReports v0.0.6 Release
Node & Browser Javascript Compression Update
I wrote a post on Data Compression back in October, http://fluentreports.com/blog/?p=18, discussing how I sped up a Data Compression Library that we have been using internally for all web socket traffic and how by combing techniques from different comparable libraries LZJBn.js was born. Well fast forward several months --- I ran across another library that… Continue reading Node & Browser Javascript Compression Update
Data Compression Revisited
Update: There is a relevant update for this in a new post. Over a year ago; one of my co-workers bench marked several compression libraries and since then we have been using library called jslzjb by Bear. This is on a un-released product and we currently use it almost constantly on a wide variety of… Continue reading Data Compression Revisited