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MakeBetter
MakeBetter. is a symposium series for software practitioners who make software and strive to make better software. The event typically consists of three 15 minute presentations and three 5 minute lightning talk presentations. Topics covered include DevOps, Software Development Lifecycles, Javascript Frameworks, Testing, QA, Innovation, User Research, User Experience and Design Methodologies.
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Errkz
Errkz is the premier advertiser that provides you with reliable and superior vehicles for rental purposes. It has long been our mission to provide our customers with a level of service that far exceeds our competitors. We have assembled the most knowledgeable team to ensure that all of our customer's needs are met, right down to the finest detail while disseminating our content to the public.
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A not so short story about Docker, Python, JavaScript, Java, PHP and the purpose of the Jamaican Developers Community.
A not so short story about Docker, Python, JavaScript, Java, PHP and the purpose of the Jamaican… - Eight years ago, I began my journey as a Full Stack Developer with DevOps skills. In that said year, I attended the University of the West…
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Particular Presence Technologies Limited
Particular Presence Technologies is focused on pragmatic approaches to problem-solving using technology. This simply means our focus is on the successful result that brings joy and satisfaction to our clients.
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pre-commit, a framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks.
Git hook scripts are useful for identifying simple issues before submission to code review. We run our hooks on every commit to automatically point out issues in code such as missing semicolons, trailing whitespace, and debug statements. By pointing these issues out before code review, this allows a code reviewer to focus on the architecture of a change while not wasting time with trivial style nitpicks.
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Particular Software Development Bootcamp
Four (4) instense days of hands-on-training from March 26 to 29 @ the EXIM Bank on 85 Hope Road, Kingston. Come and gain a working understanding of how to successfully do software development in 2019.
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Google Play Store now open for Progressive Web Apps
Chrome 72 for Android shipped the long-awaited Trusted Web Activity feature, which means we can now distribute PWAs in the Google Play Store! I played with the feature for a while, digging into the APIs and here you have a summary of what’s going on, what to expect and how to use it today.
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Check out the 4 games developed in 2 days by Jamaican teams during #GlobalGameJam
This year, the theme of GlobalGameJam was "what does home mean to you". A small group of young people gathered at UWI Mona, Department of CARIMAC and developed Timmy's Mind; HIVE; Sphere and Squares; and Shipgate 20XX.
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Build It And They Will Play
The evening on January 25, 2019, found a small group of young people gathered and initiating somewhat embarrassing activities in order to “break the ice”, ease the tension and form friendships. It was the kick-off event for Global Game Jam 2019, and the CARIMAC Annex 2 Building played host to the would-be jammers.
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Using Twilio to Send SMS Texts via Python, Flask, and Ngrok
Python is great for many things. One thing, in particular, is hacking together code to develop and deploy simple web apps for particular…
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Angular Directive Selectors Can Do More Than You Think!
If you have ever created an Angular directive before, you probably used the brackets ([]) notation as a selector.
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The user experience of choosing the simplest possible words
Are you creating a “cross-channel conversational engine powered by machine-learning technology”, or simply “a chatbot that learns with the…
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Designing your life, animation handoff, CSS for forms — and more UX this week
We use logical thinking when designing the app we are working on, when deciding what to include (or not include) on the homepage, when discussing product priorities with our coworkers, when defending our design decisions. Still, sometimes we forget to apply those same principles to our own life.
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Assistant Development Manager (Software) position available at Epic Technologies
Build high-quality, innovative and fully performing software in compliance with coding standards and technical design.
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Want to add managers and other users to your YouTube channel? Well, There is a couple things you should know.
First, you cannot add a manager or other users to your YouTube channel without having a branded account. Branded account? Yes, there are actually two types of account, i.e. personal and branded. In these videos, you will see how to change your personal account to a branded account and add managers and other users to your branded account
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2019 Calico Challenge - Summer Internship for Jamaican Students / Developers
3 pm on Thursday, January 31st @ U.W.I Mona Department of Computing in the Computer Lecture Room (CLR), The Palisadoes Foundation will present the Calico Challenge, their annual student internship program to UWI students that have an interest in coding.
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Atomic Design | Atomic Design by Brad Frost
Learn how to create and maintain digital design systems, allowing your team to roll out higher quality, more consistent UIs faster than ever before.
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Kingston Spring Meetup Video and Photos
Students and developers were in high numbers. We got great feedback and had an insight training session as well as delicious pizzas that were sponsored by Particular Presence Technologies. We are looking to keep our next event sometime in February of this year.
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What Are Service Workers and How They Help Improve Performance
What Are Service Workers and How They Help Improve Performance - KeyCDN - Service workers run in the background of a user's browser and help improve the user experience with things like offline support, push notifications, etc.
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data|Meet-Up Jamaica - January
From the ideas you developed in the boot camp and our first few meet-ups, our growing community is well-positioned to start developing your products and prototypes throughout the year.
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2019 Calico Challenge
3 pm on Thursday, January 24th @ UTech, room 1B-3 in the Faculty of Engineering building, The Palisadoes Foundation will present the Calico Challenge, their annual student internship program to UTech students that has an interest in coding.
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When is the best time to send newsletters and emails?
Best Time to Send Email Backed By 14 Data-Driven Studies - Unsure what the best time to send email marketing newsletters might be? Dig into findings from 14 studies and improve your email open rates right now.
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Register for Webcraft Conf
for developers, by developers, dedicated to building better web software by improving our understanding, processes, practices and tools.
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Yes, Batteries Are Our Future. Here’s Why.
While smartphones, smarthomes and even smart wearables are growing ever more advanced, they're still limited by power. The battery hasn't advanced in decades. But we're on the verge of a power revolution. Great minds over at the University of California Irvine have cracked nanowire batteries that can withstand plenty of recharging. The result could be future batteries that don't die.
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Augmented reality for the web in less than 10 lines of html
AR.js - Augmented Reality for the Web. AR.js is the perfect library to get started with Augmented Reality (AR) on the browser. Created by Jerome Etienne, its integration with A-Frame is what makes it extremely simple to integrate into any AR project.
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Using 3D models with AR.js and A-Frame
AR.js is the perfect library to get started with Augmented Reality (AR) on the browser. Created by Jerome Etienne, its integration with A-Frame is what makes it extremely simple to integrate into any AR project.
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Basic Programming Principles Every Programmer Must Follow
Principles To Code By – DailyJS – Medium - How to solve problems, not just code.
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Tools that React Developers should know in 2019
The React Developer Tools You Should Know in 2019 – Hacker Noon - Reviewing useful tools and features to optimize your React workflow in 2019
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10 common security gotchas in Python and how to avoid them
Writing secure code is hard. When you learn a language, a module or a framework, you learn how it supposed to be used. When thinking about…
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Mastercard Bans Automatic Billing After Free Trials
Isn't it annoying when you sign up for a free trial and forget to cancel before the company starts billing you? Mastercard apparently thinks so, because it will no longer allow the practice on its accounts. The credit card company now requires merchants to get a cardholder's approval, via text or email, at the end of a trial before they start billing.
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