Using Integer Math instead of Floating Point for Speed It’s a well-known fact that integer calculations are much faster than using real types like float,...

Which is better: .Net v Java v PHP? I finally give the ultimate answer I’ve been programming since the 1980’s. Ever since then we’ve had endless discussions...

There’s a big discussion around development houses at the moment and that is ‘Should we build Native Apps or develop HTML5 apps?’. It sounds a...

What is Tizen? Tizen is an Open Source, Linux OS family operating system for Smartphones, Tablets, Netbooks, Smart TV and In-Vehicle Infotainment systems. The project...

After watching a few webinars where the speaker used his sample code in a black-background editor, I decided to change my box standard black-on-white IDE...

By Joe J Zim Today, we’ll be talking about the Chain of Responsibility Pattern. This pattern decouples the sender and receiver of requests. This is...

Products sold through PrestaShop can get a huge boost by being tweeted, and the easiest way to encourage this is to place a ‘Tweet This’...

For some reason software developers have a bit of an obsession at discussing which is the best programming language. Of course, it’s all futile because...

by Les Kendall Programming Language Popularity has long been a heated subject among developers. Just because a language is popular does not mean it is...

Agile has become one of the key words in the Project Leader’s vocabulary and Scrum is probably the best known methodology used in software projects....