MEAN – is more than a simple rearrangement of acronym letters in a new stack name. Understanding the role each technology plays behind each letter is crucial when moving from LAMP to MEAN for web development. Whether you’re looking for consolidation of technologies or to leverage in-house JavaScript expertise, the MEAN stack can offer a…
I came upon coding almost 18 years ago. It wasn’t a big part of my life then, but it enticed me. I wanted to learn. Learn the ins and outs and start to create. I had wild ideas but I didn’t have the right knowledge to get my ideas into the world. The little bug…
Having a great user interface can be the difference between having a successful product and having a product that fails. When looking to create a user interface, you want to be sure that the interface is easy to use and also engages the user/customer and directs them to any action that you have defined. Users…
Doc Holliday, Bonnie and Clyde, Butch Cassidy, Jesse James, and Billy the Kid. Each one immortalized in a seemingly endless number of films, songs, folklore, and even video games. In their time they were considered public enemy #1, today they’re often spoken of as heroes and trailblazers. These notorious outlaws are what turned the Wild…
TIOBE (the software quality company), recently published its index from June 2015 (www.TIOBE.com). This index details the most popular programming languages over the last year. Surprisingly, or maybe not, JavaScript had the fastest rise of use with an increase of more than 17% over the previous year. This makes it the “Program Language of the…
I wonder what sort of device you are using to read this page? Are you on your phone and thumbing through? Maybe you are at your desk on a laptop? Or perhaps a tablet? According to StreetFight Magazine U.S. mobile internet usage has increased by 73% in the last year. The use of mobile devices…
Websites today are more complex than ever, containing a lot of dynamic content making the experience for the user more enjoyable. Dynamic content is achieved through the use of web applications which can deliver different output to a user depending on their settings and needs. Cross-site Scripting (XSS) is one of the most common application…
We’ve been hearing rumors about it for over a year. It was finally available for pre-order on April 10, 2015 at midnight PST (3:01 a.m. for us east coasters). Within the first fifteen minutes delivery dates were pushed months beyond it’s first delivery date of April 24, 2015. Great for Apple. But, what does it…
Over a year ago, at OPG, we decided to move to Laravel as a primary framework for new PHP application development. The last couple of years, the popularity of this framework is constantly growing. And, according to Futurehosting, 2015 may see the Laravel PHP Framework overtake all others as the leading PHP software development platform.…
Over the past few years, a number of companies have made the news over leaks of sensitive information varying from customer data to credit card numbers. It seems that regardless of size or profitability, whether they’re online-based such as LinkedIn and LivingSocial or have a physical presence like Sony or Target, nobody is invulnerable to…
