Ever wanted to simplify documentation and avoid heavy tools like Visio when explaining your code?This is why mermaid was born, a simple markdown-like script language for generating charts from text via javascript. Try it using our editor Source: mermaid – Generation of diagrams and flowcharts from text in a similar manner as markdown.

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For the last test of their hiring process, Basecamp makes you write code for them. They pay you to work on a side project so they can judge you on your skillset.Once you go through that process with a number of candidates, it’s very clear who you need to hire. You get to see how …

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Come check out these amazing free coloring pages for kids with the characters of The Lego Movie! Enjoy! Source: The Lego Movie Coloring Pages

What is HATEOAS and why is it important for my REST API?HATEOAS stands for Hypertext As The Engine Of Application State. It means that hypertext should be used to find your way through the API. An example: Source: What is HATEOAS and why is it important? | – The RESTful cookbook

Focus on creating unique & engaging apps on any platform. We take care of everything else your app needs, from the core of your app to analytics and push notifications. Source: REST API Developers Guide | Parse

Don’t get me wrong – I’ve written tons of Java over the last decade or so & think its been a great evolutionary step from C++ and Smalltalk (lots of other languages have helped too like JavaScript, Ruby, Groovy, Python etc). However I’ve long wanted a long term replacement to javac. I even created a …

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The spray-can module provides a low-level, low-overhead, high-performance HTTP server and client built on top of spray-io. Both are fully asynchronous, non-blocking and built 100% in Scala on top of Akka. Since their APIs are centered around Akka abstractions such as Actors and Futures they are very easy to integrate into your Akka-based applications. Source: …

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