Posts Written by Alex Turner (87 posts)
Book Review: Meteor in Action
The open source Meteor.js framework is one of the most popular choices for building single-page applications. But it comes with a steep learning curve that seems almost impossible to overcome by yourself. This is where Meteor in Action […]
Book Review: Advanced Analytics with Spark: Patterns for Learning from Data at Scale
Big data is taking over the world in the form of enterprise applications and social networks. Spark is a powerful engine by Apache used for data processing and analysis. The authors of Advanced Analytics with Spark put down […]
Book Review: jQuery in Action 3rd Edition
I’ve been writing jQuery for years and I could never give it up. When I first learned jQuery it blew me away how much easier the syntax was compared to vanilla JavaScript. In today’s age of rapid web […]
Review of Grokking Algorithms: An Illustrated Guide for Programmers and Other Curious People
Learning to write an algorithm is no easy task. But everybody starts somewhere, and getting started can be the most challenging part. That’s why I was excited to find a book on algorithms that went all-out with illustrations. […]
Book Review of Android Programming: Pushing the Limits by Erik Hellman
The fundamentals of Android app programming can be learned through free tutorials on the Internet. But after a while you’ll hit a wall and won’t know where to go. Android Programming: Pushing the Limits helps you take that […]
Book Review: Fluent Python by Luciano Ramalho
Python development is more popular now than it’s ever been. Newcomers are digging into the language, falling in love, and looking for more learning materials to help them master the intricacies of Python. Although terse in some areas, […]
Book Review: Sass and Compass in Action
Most CSS developers have used Sass for a while, but some haven’t broken into Sass or Compass yet. These are both great tools for frontend developers and I think they should be a staple in every web developer’s […]
Book Review: Getting MEAN with Mongo, Express, Angular, and Node
For years the LAMP stack was the holy grail of web development. And for the most part this is still true. But a newer stack called the MEAN stack has emerged with Node.js powering the backend. There’s so […]
Book Review: Python Machine Learning by Sebastian Raschka
Machine learning and AI seem to be the way of the future. These techniques can help software developers create powerful applications that crunch data, analyze trends, and offer solutions that a developer may not even consider. But getting […]
Book Review: Building E-Commerce Solutions with WooCommerce
WordPress has grown rapidly in the past decade with a dedicated community of contributors. I’ve always loved WordPress and I think the WooCommerce system is a powerful and secure way to run a WP-based web shop. This lead […]
