The Web as a Platform for Gaming

By leveraging this new JavaScript optimization technology (asm.js), Mozilla has been able to bring Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 to the Web. With this port, developers will soon be able to explore limitless possibilities when it comes to porting their popular gaming titles to the Web. Mozilla is Unlocking the Power of the Web as a …

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Getting to your minimum hourly rate

So how do you calculate your hourly rate? That’s easy, it’s the salary you want to make, divided by 52 weeks a year, divided by 40 hours a week. Simple! Right, right?! It’s a tad more complex than you might thing at first: Next to showing one how to calculate the minimum rate, it also …

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Bulletproof Demos thanks to Google Chrome Record Mode

Record modes let you record every request Chrome makes. Playback mode serves requests out of that recorded cache just as if they were being loaded on the spot. It doesn’t record where you click or what you open: everything will be served out of the recorded cache, even if your servers have exploded, a bug …

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Sails.js — Realtime MVC Framework for Node.js

Sails.js makes it easy to build custom, enterprise-grade Node.js apps. It is designed to resemble the MVC architecture from frameworks like Ruby on Rails, but with support for the more modern, data-oriented style of web app development. It’s especially good for building realtime features like chat. Built on top of express. Installation via npm sudo …

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