Tagged “code”

  1. API Schema Showdown! Part 1: REST

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    Software running on a single device is almost always only the tip of an iceberg: it usually communicates with other software by the use of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). There are an infinite number of ways to structure data when software communicates, but some conventions have developed over time in order to rein in the chaos of every programming interface implementing its own protocol. This post launches a series examining various conventions to structure APIs.

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  2. Twitter 'Likes' Hider

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    I like Twitter. For the most part. I like that there is immediate access to information, thoughts and musings from around the world, from everyday individuals. I dislike that mobs attack and bully individuals on Twitter, and while I am certain that Twitter as an organization abhors this, I believe that it is an inevitable result of deliberate design decisions.

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  3. How to webfont

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    This is a quick guide to get a webfont into your website with some attention to web performance and is intended as a starting point for small sites that will write in a Latin alphabet. At the end of the post are some resources for further optimizations, if you choose.

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  4. Class notes: Mastering Git

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    These are my class notes to Paolo Perrotta's excellent and entertaining video course Mastering Git, comprising 8 videos of 2 hours 45 minutes total. I recently took up the Microsoft Dev Collective's offer for a 30-day free trial of Pluralsight and this was one of several that I enjoyed. I highly recommend this course if you are familiar with git, but even a little unclear on how git works. Especially if, like me, you use the same git commands every day with only a vague notion of what they do. Signore Perrotta explains everything brilliantly.

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