In this post we will be examining EDI ASC X12 documents. The ASC X12 electronic data interchange format is much older and more widely used than formats like JSON or XML. The scope and scale of the EDI format is positively massive. Many of the transactions across a huge number of businesses and government agencies are conducted via the exchange…
In this post we will look at how to create a free provisioning profile that will allow us to deploy an Appcelerator Titanium App to our connected iOS device. This post assumes that your titanium and iOS sdks are set up and working correctly and that you have the titanium command line interface installed. You will also need Xcode 7,…
Over the last few years technologies and frameworks built around ‘real time’ web applications have become incredibly popular. Javascript libraries and frameworks such as Angular, React, Ember, Meteor and ExtJS are some of the better known examples. In this post we will look at how to use and implement the React javascript library in Rails via the ‘react-rails’ gem. We’ll…
In this post we will briefly examine some of the current and rising technologies, trends and practices in web development. We will attempt to get a sense of the future of web development in general and what problems, tools, technologies and languages might become increasingly relevant in the future. The continuing rise of javascript and the web development stack Javascript…
In this post we will look at the patterns and tools available to us in Ruby on Rails for organizing our code. This is important for several reasons. Good organization helps make our code easier to read and easier to maintain. It also encourages separation of concerns and a scalable codebase, making future development more efficient. The Rails framework obviously…
In an earlier post we introduced elasticsearch, the searchkick gem and how to use them in Rails. In this post we will consider more complex searches and examine the options available to us in both searchkick and elasticsearch. Elasticsearch is sort of like a very large, complex NoSQL document based database. The rough idea is that every record we want…
Materialize is a CSS framework built around Google’s Material Design principles. In general, I would describe material design as being very focused with a kind of minimalist aesthetic. Components feel sharp and generally stand out in a subtle yet noticeable way. User interaction such as clicks are accompanied by small yet engaging and visually appealing effects. You can read more…