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What's New in ES6? Perspective of a CoffeeScript Convert
CoffeeScript allows developers to make the most out of JavaScript-based platforms without having to jump through its awkward language hoops. However, with the introduction of ES6 features into major JavaScript engines, plain JavaScript is now nearly as friendly and powerful out-of-the-box as CoffeeScript.
In this article, Toptal engineer William Coates shares his findings on ES6 from the perspective of a CoffeeScript convert.
William Coates
A full-stack developer and entrepreneur with 15+ years of experience, William (MSc) loves to keep up-to-date with the latest web tech.
Build Ultra-modern Web Apps with Angular Material
Material Design uses a paper metaphor, bold intentions, and meaningful motion to give user interfaces an ultra-modern feel. Web applications built using AngularJS can now easily adopt these design principles using Angular Material, a reference implementation of Google’s Material Design Specification.
In this article, Toptal engineer Matt Spaulding walks us through the principles of Material Design and showcases some modern user interface elements built using the Angular Material library.
Matt Spaulding
Matt is a full-stack developer that specializes in developing V1.0 software. He takes an idea and crafts it into a beautiful product.
NodeOS: The JavaScript Based Operating System
An operating system written in Node.js? Yes, it exists, and it’s called NodeOS. Think for a second about the progress Node.js has made in the short time it’s been around. Now, imagine the same thing happening with an operating system.
In this article, Toptal engineer Danny Morabito introduces us to NodeOS, guiding us with a step-by-step tutorial on how to create our first NodeOS application using nothing more than Node.js.
Danny Morabito
Danny is a PHP developer with a proven knack for coding efficiently and solving problems rapidly.
Ultimate Guide to the Processing Language Part II: Building a Simple Game
Processing makes prototyping visual apps a breeze. With its easy to use programming constructs and some mathematics, building a simple game is a lot easier than one may think.
In this article, Toptal engineer Oguz Gelal provides a step-by-step tutorial to building a game using Processing and porting it to the web.
Oguz Gelal
Oguz is a software engineer and full-stack web developer. He has worked with a number of frameworks and tools, fron- and back-end.
Building a Rest API with the Bottle Framework
REST APIs have become a common way to establish an interface between web back-ends and front-ends, and between different web services. The simplicity of this kind of interface, and the ubiquitous support of the HTTP and HTTPS protocols across different networks and frameworks, makes it an easy choice when considering interoperability issues.
Bottle is a minimalist Python web framework. It is lightweight, fast, and easy to use, and is well-suited to building RESTful services. In this article, I’ll provide a walkthrough of how to build a RESTful API service using Bottle.
Leandro Lima
Leandro has 15+ years in IT/development. Working with Python since 2013, he loves building efficient and cost-effective systems.
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Single Responsibility Principle: A Recipe for Great Code
Maintainable code is something we all desire and there are no shortage of coding principles that promise it. It is not always apparent how tremendously useful these principles are during the early stages of development. Nonetheless, the effort put in to ensure these qualities certainly pay off as the project grows and development continues. In this article, Toptal engineer Adel Fayzrakhmanov discusses how the Single Responsibility Principle is one of the most important aspect in writing good maintainable code.
Adel Fayzrakhmanov
Adel (MCE) has 15+ years in software development, focused on web technology and quality architecture. PHP and .NET are his forté.
What the Hell Is DevOps?
Using modern DevOps Tools like Chef, Docker, Ansible, Packer, Troposphere, Consul, Jenkins, SonarQube, AWS, etc., does not mean that you are applying DevOps principles. DevOps is a way of thinking.
Demir Selmanovic
Demir is a developer and project manager with over 15 years of professional experience in a wide range of software development roles.
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