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Accelerating Technology Change and Continuous Learning

Feld Thoughts

Every time you build your application, you are likely to have some new bugs or incompatibilities related to a change in the language or the libraries (especially open source libraries). This situation has become sufficiently common that some language projects (Ruby on Rails and Python come to mind) have abandoned upward compatibility.

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Day of The Dead: Web Drives Strong Demand for Java Skills

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The lack of stable logging in Java shows the price of open source -innovation in parallel- with the price of one vendor not being able to say “this is the logging API, be grateful&# , the way MS can do in.NET land. Ruby on Rails?

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Day of The Dead: Web Drives Strong Demand for Java Skills

www.redmonk.com

The lack of stable logging in Java shows the price of open source -innovation in parallel- with the price of one vendor not being able to say “this is the logging API, be grateful&# , the way MS can do in.NET land. Ruby on Rails?

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Microsoft Buys 37signals For $300 Million

Altgate

And they didn’t just create a great company they also spun off their technology into an open source framework ( Ruby on Rails ) and refined a new form of development termed “ Getting Real.&# Think about that for a minute. development framework and write a book. But that still won’t be enough.

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How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development

mashable.com

Rhodes Rhodes is a Ruby-based framework designed to help developers create native apps for a wide range of devices and platforms. The reason we included Rhodes in this roundup — despite being a Ruby tool — is that it uses HTML, CSS and JavaScript in its views. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited.

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A Look at Responsive CSS Frameworks

blog.teamtreehouse.com

Up to 2005 they were the only solution supported by all major browsers at the time. Skeleton’s creators even link to WordPress and Drupal themes that use its nomenclature, as well as a Ruby Gem (v3.1 Also checkout Neat — [link] — Neat is an open source semantic grid framework built on top of Sass and Bourbon.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

mashable.com

After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited.

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