Articles

First Sketches of an App

In this chapter you’ll find a general strategic outlay for planning the design of a mobile application. Using the steps and techniques presented, you’ll be prepared for the different phases a design evolves through during its infancy, before a programmer writes the first lines of code.

By Cameron Banga, Josh Weinhold - Apr 23, 2014

Java SE 8's New Language Features, Part 2: Predefined Functional Interfaces, Method References, and More

Java 8 has significantly evolved the Java language by adding support for default and static methods to interfaces, by introducing lambda expressions and functional interfaces, and more. In Part 2 of a two-part series on Java 8 language features, Jeff Friesen introduces you to predefined functional interfaces, method references, enhanced generic type inference, and type annotations.

By Jeff Friesen - Apr 22, 2014

Using Object-Oriented Features in Objective-C

This chapter explains the messaging structure that is at the heart of Objective-C., using the common alloc and init methods as examples.

By Jesse Feiler - Apr 22, 2014

Networking for VMware Administrators: The vSphere Standard Switch

This chapter explains and describes the vSphere Standard Switch, the original recipe vSwitch included with every VMware license level. This switch includes many features to help shuffle traffic around your network.

By Christopher Wahl, Steven Pantol - Apr 21, 2014

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Going Heisenberg on iOS' NSNotificationCenters

You may think your observers are well behaved, but are they? With modern block-based NSNotificationCenters, you may be leaking without ever realizing it. Erica Sadun shows how to clean things up.

By Erica Sadun - Apr 21, 2014