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What it Takes to Get an e-Commerce Site Online

Getting an e-Commerce website online might sound like a huge undertaking,...

WebView Interactions with JavaScript

WebView displays web pages. But we are interested not only in web-content...

Google Maps API for Android

Google Maps is a very famous and helpful service, which firmly entrenched...

Unit Testing with RSpec

RSpec is an integral part of Test Drive Development (TDD) and its main id...

Client side JavaScript: Knockout in practice

When developing a web application that extensively works with user input ...

Accessing Field Configurations in JIRA for changing field description

Field configuration defines behavior of all standart (system) fields and ...

A Guide for Upgrading to Ruby on Rails 4.2.0

As you might have already heard, the latest stuff for upgrading rails was...

13 Mär 2015

A Guide for Upgrading to Ruby on Rails 4.2.0

As you might have already heard, the latest stuff for upgrading rails was finally released at the end of the last year, viz. 4.2.0 was released on Dec 19, 2014. Well, here is the quick overview of its major tools:

Active Job 

It is a common interface on top of queuing systems like Resque, Delayed Job, Sidekiq, etc.

Active Job is a framework for declaring jobs and making them run on a variety of queueing backends. These jobs can be everything from regularly scheduled clean-ups, to billing ...

27 Feb 2015

Cropping Images in LocomotiveCMS

In the LocomotiveCMS such assets as images are available as well. Often while uploading an image via admin panel user needs to crop/resize an image. In this post we provide several examples how to do achieve it easily.

So, here bellow there are several variants how to do it even in LocomotiveCMS:

1. Some Liquid filters will allow you to format your entries attributes.
Resize image:
An image rendered from a file's field is done this way:

<img src="{{  item.attached.url }}">

But the the DragonFly gem can resize any image on the fly behind the scene. The ...

18 Feb 2015

Storing Your Data Securely on NFC Tags from Android

Near Field Communication (NFC) is a set of short-range wireless technologies, typically requiring a distance of 4 cm or less to initiate a connection. NFC allows you to share small payloads of data between an NFC tag and an Android-powered device, or between two Android-powered devices.

Android-powered devices with NFC simultaneously support three main operation modes:

  1. Reader / writer mode, allowing the NFC device to read and / or to write passive NFC tags and stickers.
  2. P2P mode, allowing the NFC device to exchange data with other NFC peers; this operation mode is used by Android Beam.
  3. Card emulation mode, allowing the ...
01 Okt 2013

Additional means for data storage

Most modern browsers support cookies. For a long time cookies have been the only way to store data making it available after reloading a page. However, the means of storage on a client foresee hundreds of kilobytes and megabytes of data without sending it to the server for each HTTP-query as cookies usually do.   

However, cookies may be still used for session storage, for example.

localStorage is a built-in storage for pairs “name/meaning”. localStorage allows to save information between sessions without reading it by another sites because the access is restricted by a current domen.

General duration of action ...

11 Mai 2013

Brand book producing guide

What Is A Brand Book?

Essentially, brand book is a set of rules that explain how your brand works. It lies at the core of every strong company and often reveals inner details, aims and marketing techniques. 

Usually brand guidelines includes some basic information such as:

  1. strategic brand overview;
  2. logo specifications;
  3. color palette;
  4. typography;
  5. patterns and illustrations;
  6. examples of business stationery;
  7. brochure/flier layout options for publicity;
  8. outdoor advertising specifications.

What To Include?

Strategic brand overview

Your brand is more than your logo, name or slogan — it’s the entire experience your prospects and customers have with your company, products ...