May 03 2013
CocoaConf DC: Making an Occasionally Connected App with Parse SDK
Introduction
Recently I was at CocoaConf (http://cocoaconf.com) in DC, and attended an interesting session titled “Strategies, Tips, and Tricks for Sometimes Connected Apps” by Ken Auer (twitter handle @kauerrolemodel). The content of this talk resonated with some thoughts I had on implementing an Occasionally Connected Application. This blog post will discuss technical requirements for such an app, and some implementation strategies to meet those requirements. To implement the example app, I will use the Parse SDK (http://www.parse.com), an easy to use web-service framework that connects to the Parse backend.
May 01 2013
CapTech at Appian World 2013: Hot Topics
Welcome back to Appian World 2013! The conference is officially in full swing as more than 750 Business Process Management (BPM) professionals from 225 organizations, 17 countries, 18 industries and 45 federal and state government agencies gather to network and learn about the newest Appian products and future trends they see in the BPM industry.
May 01 2013
Modularizing your Backbone Router using Require.js
RequireJS is a JavaScript module loader which answers the question "how do I organize my JavaScript code?". I've recently come to appreciate the benefits of RequireJS with highly structured frameworks like Backbone.js. Without it, JavaScript becomes lengthy and disorganized, specific functionality becomes difficult to locate, and dependencies become time consuming to trace. While there is some upfront effort in moving your project to RequireJS, it will make development much more efficient in the long run. This article will explain an easy simplification that makes routing with RequireJS much easier.
Apr 30 2013
Play! Framework Basics
Play! Framework
In 2004 a framework named Ruby on Rails, or Rails for short, was released and was quickly a widespread success. The greatest change that Rails introduced was a “convention over configuration” approach. A developer could create a new project and be coding in minutes. There have been many such frameworks in the years since Rails saw first light. One of these frameworks is called the Play! Framework. This blog will focus on Play! from a Java developers point of view.
Apr 30 2013
Protecting consumers by preventing UDAAPs
Since the financial meltdown of 2008, consumer protection has been a major topic in the financial regulatory landscape. In response to these concerns, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was formed in order to better protect consumers by enforcing regulations and penalizing firms that are non-compliant. Consequently, the CFPB was endowed with: 1) rule making authority and implementation powers; 2) supervisory responsibility; and 3) enforcement powers to ensure its ability to fulfill its mission.