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Responsive Web Design? What's that? - Exploring NODE.JS
It may not adhere to the strict Java format of OJUG but was quite useful in learning more of the growing tools available to the web based developer.
Jackie Gleason answered this and unlocked other mysteries when he explained what NODE.JS was about. Including a demo where he started a .js server, Jackie showed us how to set up an Express Project Layout worked starting with NPM and yielding to his own "Hello World" page. He continued by showing us how document styled db could be…
Added by Mike Bivins on February 1, 2013 at 11:13am — No Comments
FLEX goes to Apache
Not familiar with FLEX but this article has some interesting info on it. Another tool in the web developer's toolbox?
Added by Mike Bivins on January 22, 2013 at 12:02pm — No Comments
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