On October 20th, 2016, a mix of technologists and lawyers gathered at the inaugural Legal Hackers Toronto Meetup. Click here to read on at Aluvion.com.
Like many JavaScript developers, my progression has roughly paralleled that of the industry. When I learned JavaScript, it was as simple as “on mouse over, change color”. Angular 1 and REST ushered in Single Page Applications, RxJS taught us that your app can be thought of as a collection of streams and React, and now … More Meteor and Redux and Angular 2
So you’re ready to take the plunge and develop your next project in Angular 2. Great! But, Angular 2 is just one piece of a larger puzzle. A key question you must answer as you define your Angular 2 architecture, is “which component and styling libraries should be used?”. Choices Here is list of choices … More Component and CSS Library Choices for Angular 2
I’ve seen a few discussions in chats and forums on deploying Meteor lately. I was faced with a decision of which of the options to use for a demonstration app, so I’m sharing my experience. TL;DR After some digging, the choices I considered were, Galaxy from Meteor, Scalingo, Modulus, Heroku, Digital Ocean and Amazon Web … More Review of Scalingo for Meteor Deployments
For my next article in the Converging on Full Stack Nirvana series, I took the plunge and decided to upgrade a Meteor project from Angular 1 to Angular 2. TL;DR Angular 2 is awesome, and squarely addresses significant problems with Angular 1 Angular 2 is still very green (as of early June, 2016) Expect some … More In the Trenches – Upgrading to Angular 2
A key innovation in the JavaScript world is reactive programming or “Observables”. When I searched for some examples, on how to use RxJS with Meteor, I didn’t find anything, so in this post, I will discuss a pattern that I discovered for using RxJS with Meteor. What’s Meteor (www.meteor.com) If you’re new to Meteor, it … More A Pattern for RxJS and Meteor
Last year, I had the opportunity to start a product architecture from a blank sheet. For a change, there were legacy products to consider. I needed to stand back, access the current available toolsets and dive in. The target app was an MVP for a startup and required iPhone, Android and web clients, Bluetooth connectivity … More Converging on Full Stack Nirvana – Part 1 – Graduating from the MEAN Stack
The question “What is the Internet of Things (IoT)” has a many answers. It sounds Awesome! I can connect my microwave, fridge and kettle to my Wi-Fi!!! … But in the end it’s kind of useless, right? However, that is true only in today’s kitchen. As thought experiment, think back to when phones were, … … More The Internet of Things in Tomorrow’s Context
A few people have asked about the name Fabrica. It’s latin for architecture, device, art, craft, manufacture and profession. Hmm, THAT WORKS! Over the years I’ve struggled to come up with product or company names. Hopefully, this is a good one. Thanks to Aiman Daily, president of Copia Financial, for the idea of looking at latin … More What’s with the Name?
Thank you for visiting my page. I’m turning a new page as well! After an exciting engagement with the great people at Myant, I’m now starting my own business offering management consulting services (CTO for hire) and full stack Javascript app and IoT development.
Who can identify where the image on my header bar is? If you think you know, drop me a note on my contact form. Winners will get, … Hmmm. We’ll decide later.
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