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- 59 Days of Code Competition Ends Today
Today marks the end of the 59 days for the local 59 Days of Code contest behind held here in Fresno.
- Fresno Technology Companies: The Definitive List
So I was talking the other day with someone on how there really is no way for people to clearly get an overview of all the technology companies here in Fresno. This could be software companies, hospitals, manufacturing, basically any company located here in Fresno that has an IT or Programming department. Everything in this [...]
- Interacting with Hardware Using Internet Explorer
Today most of us think of applications solely interacting with the browser in a very sand-boxed, high-level way. Because normally today our browsers hardly ever interact with our local file-system or hardware in any way since it presents a high security risk for your users. But what about behind a corporate intranet? A lot of [...]
- Multiple Roles with Authorize Attribute using Enums in ASP.NET MVC
In MVC, if you have ever used the [Authorize] attribute you will know that there are two options of using it by decorating your controller or action. Either with pre-determined users: [Authorize(Users = "Bob, John")] public class OrdersController : Controller { } Or with pre-determined roles: [Authorize(Roles = "Admin, User")] public class OrdersController : Controller [...]
- First Reactions to Ruby on Rails
One of my goals for this year was to learn Ruby or Ruby on Rails. A lot of companies are using this newer technology to quickly write, deploy and test their web applications and since I’m a web developer it only made sense I learned what all of the hoopla was about. So far after [...]
- Google Chrome OS and Gdrive
There has been a lot of talk recently regarding Google’s new OS called Chrome OS. One of the things I have not seen mentioned was how this OS will integrate with storage options. For example, the features of this new operating system mentions that it will be a lightweight windowing system running on top of [...]
- Software Programmer Mentality in Fresno
What’s the deal with the mentality of software programmers in Fresno? One of the things I love about being in the field of software and programming is the fact I get to be exposed to new and exciting technologies all the time. Learning new languages, hearing about startups being acquired by this company or that [...]
- Learning Ruby
I’ve been putting it off forever now, but I think I am going to finally purchase a Ruby book and learn the language. It was one of my goals for 2009 and since we’re already half way through the year I might as well get started on it now. I was scanning through some books [...]
