Creating a MongoDB Database Locally
For the first part you will need to setup MongoDB 2.6+ using Homebrew in Mac OS X and second configure a database for building a REST API using NodeJS on a local machine. The second part should be similar
Summary of Life and Times of an API: A Play in Three Acts
Thor Mitchell, a developer evangelist at Google, gave a presentation at APIWorld this September 2014. His
Five approaches to building single-page web apps
While attending web meetups over the past several months, I identified several approaches for building single-page web apps. Single-page web apps are websites that load dynamic content without refreshing
Learning JavaScript: web application architecture
I’ve been talking about front end, middle tier, and back end in my previous posts. Here’s a diagram to show how the components interact with each other. Additionally, there is an example
Designing a REST API
I am writing about how to design a REST API. I am basing my guidance from Stormpath’s presentation on July 10th, 2012. A REST API is a type of application programming interface (API) that
Creating HTML 5 mobile applications
On Thursday June 21st I attended the PhoneGap meetup at Adobe’s office, which was the old site of Macromedia. In this PhoneGap meeting Marcos Lara presented his Audiovroom project. He introduced
Android in the Cloud
On Wednesday May 31st I attended the San Francisco Android User Group meeting. These meetings equate to public presentations of corporate products. This meeting’s