Table Of ContentsSoftware development is not just codingWhat can you do with ‘just’ a mouse?A keyboard is more than a set of keysConclusion (and discount code) Speed coding and design have new alliesCodemotion and Logitech have teamed up to offer … Read more
Coronavirus: a puzzle game to help in finding a cure
We are all aware about the new coronavirus COVID-19, and how it is rapidly spreading everywhere in the world. The World Health Organization and all the national sanitary systems are working on finding a solution to this global problem. But what we … Read more
Lazy Java
Introduction Laziness is one of the three great virtues of any programmer according to Larry Wall, author of the book Programming Perl. Consequently, it is no surprise that Mario Fusco, senior software engineer at Red Hat, highlighted the power of … Read more
Generative AI: creating objects with machine learning
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have allowed many companies to develop algorithms and tools to automatically generate artificial (but realistic) 3D or 2D images. Such algorithms are part of a research area … Read more
John Romero: 25 years of DOOM!
The creator of the iconic videogame DOOM , John Romero, started developing games in 1980,then he co-founders Id software, an American video game development company known for having produced very popular games such as Doom, Wolfenstein and Quake. He … Read more
Flutter for Android Developers explained by Faisal Abid
Flutter is one of the most interesting technologies among the new trends in mobile software development. Thus, it is no surprise that Codemotion Milan 2018 included a talk about Flutter in its agenda. Such talk was delivered by Faisal Abid, Google … Read more
GraphQL testing with Karate
Web APIs have become one of the most common solutions for providing services and data to very heterogeneous clients, especially from the era of Web 2.0, with the widespread of mobile technologies. In this context, it is no surprise that architectural … Read more
Tweet My Wedding Dress
This is the story of a unique wedding dress and her creator Jo Franchetti, Tech Engagement Manager at Trainline. Jo’s got 6 years experience as a front end developer and has worked in various parts of the tech industry from startups, agencies, … Read more
NewSQL: overcoming limitations of relational and NoSQL databases
Technologies behind databases have never been so variegated as today. After the rise of relational SQL-based databases, new needs have emerged, with the consequences of fostering a plethora of new database models, e.g. the NoSQL ones. Today, new … Read more
Building mobile applications in JavaScript with React Native
React Native is a JavaScript framework that allows us to build mobile applications. It is based on React, Facebook’s JavaScript library for building web user interfaces, but instead of targeting browsers, it generates fully-native mobile … Read more
Blockchain in JavaScript with Lisk Alpha SDK
Blockchain has witnessed a growing interest in the last few years. And this is not a surprise. Thanks to this technology, you can create transactions that are then included in a distributed database. Such database is distributed in a peer-to-peer … Read more
Making of Sandox, the Cryengine Game Editor
If you are a game developer, you are probably aware that there are many game engines out there. However, only a few of them made the history of game development. Among them, there are software like Unreal Engine, Unity or Source Engine that have been … Read more
How to build an emulator
In the last decade, we have witnessed an increasing interest towards retrograming. We have of course great modern games nowadays, and an impressive quality of graphics and AI behind them. However, many gamers cannot stop thinking about a Game Boy or … Read more
Using AI for developing OTT platforms
Interest in artificial intelligence (AI) is growing day-by-day. This is confirmed by the ubiquitous presence of AI algorithms in a plethora of applications. Gianni Rosa Gallina, Senior Software Engineer at Deltatre, delivered an interesting speech at … Read more
25 years of PHP: history and curiosities by Rasmus Lerdorf
As you probably already know, PHP is one of the best-known server-side programming language used in web applications. Known by a lot of web developers, it has been appreciated for being intuitive and easy to learn, but also often criticised for some … Read more
The eternal struggle between designers and developers
When a discussion between a designer and a developer reaches a dead-end, it happens that both of them start talking mumbo jumbo, using big words just to close the thread in their favour, leveraging the different skills of each other. This was the … Read more
Async code on Kotlin: coroutines VS RxJava
Alot of android programmers are now approaching Kotlin, a programming language based on Java and the JVM that is being used for developing Android applications. Similarly to what usually happens with Java-based Android apps, one of the main problems … Read more
Editorial web layouts: how Gutenberg would have used CSS (perhaps)
From the beginning of the World Wide Web, we have witnessed an increasing number of solutions for presenting websites to end users. Conversely, nowadays web designers tend to adopt practically the same layout template for most of the modern websites. … Read more