Articles by Nate Swanner

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  Do Citizen Developers Help or Hurt IT?

  New data shows that the number of citizen developers is on the rise, and they’re creating more apps faster than ever. While that sounds alarming on the surface, there’s plenty of reason for devel…
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  JavaScript and Swift: Stars Of GitHub

  [caption id="attachment_137915" align="aligncenter" width="993"] GitHub says JavaScript is a star.[/caption] Curious about which of those exciting new GitHub repos you’ve been monitoring is actua…
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  How Mobile Traffic Will Spike This Holiday Season

  We know online holiday shopping increases the minute everyone is done enjoying Thanksgiving dinner, and new data from Appboy shows that mobile is driving more traffic and transactions than ever b…
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  Udacity's New AI Nanodegree is for Real Humans

  Artificial intelligence (AI) is an interesting topic, but it’s still mysterious to most. In collaboration with Didi Chuxing, Amazon and IBM, Udacity now has a Nanodegree program for those interes…
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  Data Shows Women, Men Equal In Coding Challenges

  [caption id="attachment_137858" align="aligncenter" width="694"] Coding IDE[/caption] CodeFights, a coding challenge and recruitment website for developers, has some interesting insights on how d…
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  App Shortcuts Will Redefine App Experience

  The old developer model is dying, and you can thank the evolution of mobile UX for it. Formerly a race to get people downloading and opening apps, it has turned into apps with good pop-up menus m…
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  How an iOS Sticker App Made $34,000 in 10 Days

  Any iOS developer knows that apps meant for trolling other users are not allowed. They also know that what constitutes a ‘prank’ app is a murky grey area, as far as the App Store guidelines go. B…
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  Facebook Yarn Strings JavaScript Packages Faster

  [caption id="attachment_137696" align="aligncenter" width="1592"] Facebook Yarn[/caption] If you use JavaScript, chances are good you’re also familiar with the package management client NPM. Face…
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  Stack Overflow's Developer Story Revives Résumés

  [caption id="attachment_137684" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Developer Story[/caption] A résumé is something we all need, but for tech pros the format can prove a bit limiting. With so many p…
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  Samsung Note 7 Issues May Detonate Dev Program

  [caption id="attachment_137648" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Samsung Galaxy Note 7 burned[/caption] The Samsung Note 7 is no longer in production. After several units caught fire for reasons…