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Why we’re ditching Ruby on Rails for Javascript & Node.js

We've stopped using Ruby on Rails for our new projects, embracing JavaScript & Node.js as a better choice. Find out exactly why we've done it.

Design

Design planning: making a stylish difference

By Sandro Cantante

Different styles can provide very different experiences. It's up to designers to plan the best strategy to make the product reflect the desired image.

Development

Node.js Admin Panels - Strapi and Express Admin Reviewed

By Ricardo Henriques

Strapi and Express Admin, two of the most popular Node.js Admin Panels reviewed and compared.

Design

Brutalist design is the bad influence we all need

By Maria Grilo

Like it or not - personal opinions and memes aside - brutalist design is moving from something edgy and almost punk, to something very mainstream and commercially viable.

Development

JavaScript Ecosystem Overview (2018)

By Pedro Rolo

A JavaScript ecosystem overview, starting by describing its history and covering everything from frontend to backend, pulling at all the stops in between.

Development

Camera Manager, a simple Swift custom camera view

By Ricardo Torrão

Camera Manager is a simple Swift class to provide all the configurations you need to create a custom camera view in your app.

Design

Material Design is a political choice

By João Ribeiro

Google's Material Design is a single perspective that's dominating the discourse of what constitutes good design, closing the door on other different aesthetics.

Development

Node.js and Ruby on Rails: a comparison

By Tiago Reis

Node.js+Express.js or Ruby on Rails? A comparison of two of the most popular choices in the development community.

Development

The Importance of Artificial Intelligence for a Web Developer

By Abhinav Rai

As more businesses improve their customer interaction methods, artificial intelligence is going to become an indispensable part of modern web development.

Development

Test-Driven Development: what it is and what are its benefits

By Tiago Franco

It's so expensive to manually test all features whenever a new release is made, that projects without Test-Driven Development are very prone to regressions.

Development

AWS and Azure Disaster Recovery Solutions Compared

By Limor Wainstein

Cloud computing has led to a new way of preparing for IT disasters. Here we analyse two of the most popular disaster recovery services: Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.