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WebVR Part 5: Design and Implementation
With all building blocks in place, it is time to wrap up our WebVR journey and demonstrate how everything is implemented.
In the last part of our WebVR series, Toptal Full-stack Developer Michael Cole goes over design and implementation in detail, explaining how the experience comes together.
Michael Cole
Michael is an expert full-stack web engineer, speaker, and consultant with over two decades of experience and a degree in computer science.
Oracle to SQL Server and SQL Server to Oracle Migration Guide - Pt. 3
Migrating in either direction between Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Database? Code migration tools, public synonyms, and change management are important to keep in mind.
Leonid Draginsky
Leonid has 20+ years as a multi-platform developer and DBA, with special expertise in Oracle and SQL Server cross-platform migrations.
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Maintain Control: A Guide to Webpack and React, Pt. 2
In a React/Webpack development scenario, there are myriad options to choose from. It’s worth exploring some advanced techniques when it comes to TypeScript, CSS, web workers, and service workers.
Michael Pontus
Michael is a senior full-stack developer specializing in front-end development with React and TypeScript.
WebVR Part 4: Canvas Data Visualizations
Unlock the mysteries of the canvas component for your own visualizations. We have completed the simulation math, and now it’s time for some creative play.
In Part 4 of our WebVR series, we use the canvas element to make three rapid iterations to visualize the gravitational orbits of the planets in our simulation.
Michael Cole
Michael is an expert full-stack web engineer, speaker, and consultant with over two decades of experience and a degree in computer science.
How to Approach Wrappers for Swift Properties
A property wrapper is a generic structure that encapsulates read and write access to the property and adds additional behavior to it. We use it if we need to constrain the available property values, add extra logic to the read/write access (like using databases or user defaults), or add some additional methods.
In this article, Toptal Freelance iOS Developer Alexander Gaidukov demonstrates Swift 5.1’s new @propertyWrapper annotation—a more elegant solution.
Aleksandr Gaidukov
Alexander has more than nine years of experience developing applications and over five years with the iOS platform—both iPhone and iPad.
WebVR Part 3: Unlocking the Potential of WebAssembly and AssemblyScript
What if you could incorporate clever features from other programming languages for your JavaScript project, without too much hassle? That is the general idea behind WebAssembly.
In Part 3 of our WebVR series, Toptal Full-stack Developer Michael Cole introduces you to WebAssembly and AssemblyScript, outlining how they can be harnessed to create a browser-backend for web apps.
Michael Cole
Michael is an expert full-stack web engineer, speaker, and consultant with over two decades of experience and a degree in computer science.
WebVR Part 2: Web Workers and Browser Edge Computing
WebVR is bringing virtual reality to our browsers, but how do we make sure we have enough computing power to deliver a good experience? How do we make the most of multi-core, hyperthreaded processors?
In part two of our series, Toptal Full-stack Developer Michael Cole explains the basics of browser edge computing and the role of web workers.
Michael Cole
Michael is an expert full-stack web engineer, speaker, and consultant with over two decades of experience and a degree in computer science.
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