Open source changed the software development. And it changes the developers. Many libraries, apps, servers, and much more are powered by open source software. Catch the open source wave I always wanted to create and maintain an open source project. It is a must experience for every software developer. This way I started to work on a JavaScript library called Voca. It's main scope is… Continue reading
String type is an important component of any programming language. The most useful information that user reads from the window of an iOS application is pure text. To reach a higher number of users, the iOS application must be internationalised and support a lot of modern languages. The Unicode standard solves this problem, but creates additional complexity when working with strings. On one hand, the… Continue reading
This story starts with a confession: I was afraid of Unicode for a long time. When a programming task required Unicode knowledge, I was searching for a hackable solution for the problem, without detailed sense what I was doing. My avoiding continued until I faced a problem that required detailed Unicode knowledge. There was no way to apply situational solutions. After applying some efforts, reading… Continue reading
Many developers were frustrated about JavaScript, especially before ECMAScript 2015 standard. And they had the right too: the language is known for its weakness and initial design drawbacks. How did it happen? At the beginning of the web era, no one did know how exactly the web will look in 10 - 15 years. And especially that a small Java's brother JavaScript will become the… Continue reading