Test, test, testing 1, 2, 3… Is this thing on? Ha. It’s been a while since I wrote my last blog post and I was recently inspired by the Federal Government plea for old dinosaurs; COBOL programmers! Several U.S. States are in a hurry to find COBOL programmers to help with the ancient infrastructure of […]
This is the latest installment of my must-have list of tools, apps, and utilities as a macOS, iOS and web developer. Each app has a distinct purpose, and I probably touch each at least a few times a week. Many are free some aren’t, those that aren’t free are very likely worth your 30-day trial, […]
For years the defacto operating system for web development has been macOS, the craftsmanship of apps and support from the developer community turned hardcore linux developers into macOS users. However, with the current release of High Sierra I have to admit; the state of macOS is not where it used to be. Note: Updated on January […]
This is the latest installment of my must have list of tools, apps and utilities as a macOS, iOS and web developer. Each app has a distinct purpose, and I probably touch each at least a few times a week. Many are free some aren’t, those that aren’t free are very likely worth your 30-day […]
With the initial npm 5 release a few months ago, I immediately noticed a few issues with my local dev-setup. I’m a Homebrew user and I install node.js without npm. With the latest release of node: 8.4.0 and npm: 5.4.0, installing node through Homebrew can cause problems for globally installed packages. To properly fix this, […]
I’m the type of developer who obsesses in keeping my dev-environment up-to-date, this includes all dependency packages. I’m an avid user of Homebrew and with the latest core update, and also, with the release of pip2. I ran into the following issue while trying to update my pip packages: Before I move forward, I previously […]
This is my second installment of my must have list of tools, apps and utilities as a macOS, iOS and web developer (2015). Each app has a distinct purpose, and I probably touch each at least a few times a week. Many are free some aren’t, those that aren’t free are very likely worth your […]
Let’s be honest the default pre-installed Xcode themes do the job but over time aren’t as useful, and what I mean by that is; eyesight. I suffer from astigmatism and like many of you I spend most of my work day dreaming in code within Xcode, and at times I end my work day with […]
The following is a thorough guide that will showcase how to take advantage of the MEAN (MongoDB, Express.js, AngularJS & Node.js) Stack. If you’re looking for an easy to follow MEAN Stack installation guide? MEAN.IO has a pretty legit one! But if you’re a Homebrew fan like me and don’t mind spending a few hours installing, configuring […]
Some of you, like me are only using Ruby to run CocoaPods on your Mac. A few days ago I was helping one of our junior dev’s to fix an issue he encountered after updating OS X El Capitan, I quickly noticed that the error was due to him using the built-in version of Ruby […]
