You might not need jQuery

If you’re developing a library on the other hand, please take a moment to consider if you actually need jQuery as a dependency. Maybe you can include a few lines of utility code, and forgo the requirement. If you’re only targeting more modern browsers, you might not need anything more than what the browser ships …

PHP Augmented Types

/** * @param int $a * @return float[] */ function foo ($a) { echo “You passed in the integer $a”; return [$a * 1.0, $a * 2.718]; } Augmented Types simply provides a way of enforcing argument and return types on function calls in PHP. It parses a given function’s type information from phpDoc-style type …

Grunt vs Gulp – Beyond the Numbers

Speed comparison between Grunt and the aforementioned Gulp All Gulp plugins are just duplex streams that read in data and output data. Everything can be processed in memory, with the output of one stream piped as input to another. Much like Unix pipes. This gives Gulp a huge speed advantage over Grunt, because I/O is …

How In-app Purchases Have Destroyed The Industry

The modern-day Dungeon Keeper is not even a game. It’s just a socially engineered scam. And since people don’t remember what real gaming was like in the 90s, they are giving it the highest rating in the app store. Just compare the video above to the original, reviewed by the same author. It’s a worrying …