RisingStack: The 10 Most Important Node.js Articles of 2016

2016 was an exciting year for Node.js developers. I mean - just take a look at this picture:

Looking back through the 6-year-long history of Node.js, we can tell that our favorite framework has finally matured to be used by the greatest enterprises, from all around the world, in basically every industry.

Another great news is that Node.js is the biggest open source platform ever - with 15 million+ downloads/month and more than a billion package downloads/week. Contributions have risen to the top as well since now we have more than 1,100 developers who built Node.js into the platform it is now.
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Scrum.org - 3 Ideas to Improve a Scaled Sprint Review

In this blog post Barry Overeem share th challenges he faces within Amsterdam Airport Schiphol describing some experiments he might try to deal them.
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How Big Data Is Being Used to Fight Infectious Disease Threats

We hear all the time about innovative and interesting things that big data can be used for, but it’s rare we actually get to experience it for ourselves. With recent events, however, that may be changing.
Medical information — or big data — extracted from health records, Internet resources, social media and even some other sources is being used to combat infectious diseases and deadly outbreaks. This is extremely important, because in the past, physical information such as laboratory test results and public health records have been the focus. However, there are some disadvantages with using traditional information.
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Risingstack - Node.js Best Practices - How to Become a Better Developer in 2017

In this article, the author will go through the most important Node.js best practices for 2017, topics that you should care about and educate yourself in. 
Let’s start!

Scrum.org - The #1 Challenge With Agile Projects

People asked to Barry Overeem he consider the most common challenges with Agile projects. These are projects that have such a high rate of uncertainty and complexity on how and what to build, an Agile approach is necessary. 

Read the full post here 

InfoQ - Netflix Conductor, an Orchestration Engine for Microservices

Netflix has developed an orchestration engine called “Conductor”, and has used it internally in production for the last year . During this time they executed some 2.6 million process workflows, starting with linear ones and ending with dynamic ones running over multiple days. Now they have open sourced Conductor, making it available to all those interested in workflow orchestration.

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DZone - Does Angular 2 Surpass React?

Now, we all know that Angular 2 has redirected the web development. The whole framework is re-written in TypeScript. So, now let's look at the real differences.
Read this Arsalan Rashid post 

Scrum.org - The Three Pillars of Empiricism

Empiricism  means working in a fact-based, experience-based, and evidence-based manner. Scrum implements an empirical process where progress is based on observations of reality, not fictitious plans. Scrum also places great emphasis on mind-set and cultural shift to achieve business and organisational Agility.
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Thank to Hiren for this post

DZone - How to Spider a Site With JMeter

I found this post very useful on how to use the JMeter tool for a repeatable process to crawl a website and randomly click on links within the site.
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DZone - JavaEE Development Using Docker With MyEclipse

As the popularity of Docker and containers continues to grow, see how you can incorporate them into the enterprise.

RisingStack - Writing Native Node.js Modules

There are times when the performance of JavaScript is not enough, so you have to depend more on native Node.js modules.
this RisingStack article is for every Node.js developer who want to get a bit of knowledge on how they work.
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RisingStack - Understanding the Node.js Event Loop

RisingStack create a very useful collection of article about Node.js.

In this article they helps us to understand how the Node.js event loop works, and how we can leverage it to build fast applications. 
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Matt Strimas-Mackey - Fishnets and Honeycomb: Square vs. Hexagonal Spatial Grids

In spatial analysis, we often define grids of points or polygons to sample, index, or partition a study area. For example, we may want to overlay a study area with a grid of points as part of some regular spatial sampling scheme, divide a large region into smaller units for indexing purposes as with UTM grid zones, or slice the study area into subunits over which we summarize a spatial variable. In the latter scenario, the most common approach is to use a raster format, in which a grid of uniform square cells is overlayed on a study area and each cell is assigned a value for the spatial variables of interest. In ecology and conservation applications, variables may include number of individuals of a threatened species per grid cell, elevation, mean annual rainfall, or land use.
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Martin Pohlmann - Our Journey to Git

Martin Pohlmann details his experience migrating from Subversion to Git, citing his plan and his results. In this post he shares some technical aspects of his journey with focus on the biggest obstacles he had to master: Combining multiple Subversion repositories into one Git repository, shrinking the repository size, dealing with Subversion externals and resulting changes in our development process. More

DZone - How to Deliver Software Projects on Time

Are you in trouble with a project? Are you delivering late?
 In this article from Erik Dietrich, find out how to fix those problems.

DZone - Continuous Delivery: You're Doing It Wrong!

In this article, Alex Martins discusses why you should focus on building quality into an application instead of saving it for testing later.

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DZone - BDD: Cucumber in Action

Cucumber is an open-source tool that is used to support Behavior Driven Development with plain text specifications. Implementations of Cucumber exist for number of platforms, including Java.
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Ari Lamstein – How can I get good at R?

Everybody talks about R programming, how to learn, how to be good at it. But in this article, Ari Lamstein tells us his story about why and how he started with R along with how to publish, market and monetise R projects.
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InfoQ - A Reference Architecture for the Internet of Things

This is the first article of a two article series in which the authors try to work from the abstract level of IoT reference architectures towards the concrete architecture and implementation for selected use cases. This first article will cover the definition of a more concrete and comprehensible architecture whereas the second part  will then apply this architecture to actual use cases.

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If I had 5 Minutes to explain Scrum Master As a Facilitator

If you are interested in this subject, please feel free to check the  latest article from scrum-institute.org

10 Quotes That Changed My Life

Robin shares 10 of the quotes that profoundly influenced the way he thinks, creates and lives.

10 Quotes That Changed My Life

6 Reasons Why Introverts Make Great Leaders

From Wrike Blog
"People often illustrate introverts as reserved and quiet, socially awkward, solitary and soft-spoken. These qualities may make it seem that introverts lack the confidence and social skills that leaders, pioneers, and change makers possess. But you may be surprised to learn that 40% of leaders and executives identify themselves as introverts. Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Marissa Meyer, Mark Zuckerberg, Guy Kawasaki, and Barack Obama are only a few of the famous leaders and innovators who consider themselves introverts. "
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Trello announcing Power-Ups For All!

For those of you that are like “Power-wha? Power-huh?” think of it this way: Power-Ups are essentially the way to bring additional features and integrate your favorite apps right into Trello.  Power-Ups turn Trello boards into living applications. Through adaptable features and integrations, Power-Ups help teams use Trello to meet their unique business needs.  
More on Trello Blog 

The 50 New Rules of Work

The global economy is in a state of acute disruption. Competition has never been more fierce. Consumers have never been so well-informed and loudly demanding. And what worked yesterday just might be obsolete today.

The 50 New Rules of Work

Why use Node.js?

Hi Guys,
everyone talks about Node.js,  during the last Iot Vienna Meetup in all the speak Node.js  was always mentioned.
For those who still wonder why Node.js? but also for who want to know more I suggest reading this interesting post from Tomislav Capan

Regards

Rinaldo

Build your first Node.js website

This serie of 3 articles seems a good starting point to start using node.js
don't you?

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Learn R for beginners

I which to thanks @Computerworld's Sharon Machlis to put is Beginner's Guide to R available as  downloadable PDF.

Rinaldo

Step by Step guide to learn Time Series Modelling

Hi all, thank's to Tavish Srivastava I finally found a useful post about Time Series.

here is the part 1 intro:

Regression Models, both linear and logistic are an inevitable part of Analytics industry. Take a flashback & recall, when did you built your last Time Series model. Time series models are very useful models when you have serially correlated data. In case you have never built a time series model or you struggle with some concepts of time series models, you have landed at the right page.

and this the part 2 intro:

This is the second part of the step by step guide to Time Series Modelling. In the first part, we looked at basics of time series, stationary series, random walk and Dicky Fuller test. If you have not read this article, I would suggest to go through that first.
In this article we will talk about handling time series data on R. Our scope of this article will be restricted to data exploring in a time series type of dataset and not go to building time series models.  In this article I have used an inbuilt dataset of R called AirPassengers. The dataset consists of monthly totals of international airline passengers, 1949 to 1960. This article will help you explore the data step by step and we will make predictions based on this data for the number of passengers post 1960 in next few articles.

My suggestion read and test it Part 1 & Part 2 

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My Body, My Life, My Health Data (James M. Connolly)

Interesting post about eHealth Data 

Of all the data that we produce throughout our lives, is there any that would be more important to have on hand in a single place? Let's face it, the time when bones are breaking or chest pains are, as the doctor says, "radiating" isn't the time to try to remember when you had that surgery many years ago or which of several sound-alike drugs you actually are allergic to.

(Image: Flickr)

While it can be difficult for us to remember all of our history and conditions when we are in pain, it's horrifying to have to go through that process when we are trying to answer for an incapacitated child or other loved one.

Read the full James M. Connolly post @Allanalytics 

How do you work with Javascript Object Notation? @HodentekHelp

From HodentekHelp


What is JSON?
So what is JSON? It’s an acronym you might have started appearing in greater frequency on the Internet. JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation. Well, it is a special object notational construct and is a subset of JavaScript. It can be used wherever JavaScript can be used and you do not need to download anything. There is no need to worry about the version of JavaScript.

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Why everyone is excited about Docker ... @carlobonamico

Hi all,
look at the presentation of the  Carlo Bonamico @codemotion in Milan last week

codemotion-docker-2014 from Carlo Bonamico

User Experience is Bigger Than Data

The Varieties of Anti-User Experience

The problem is, most vendors in the APM arena are looking at what they do from the wrong way around.  Starting from the volumes of data that their tools generate and record, they woo and immerse their customers in “analytics.” Eventually, somewhere down the line, they may accidentally stumble upon the issues that are actually impacting end users.

Perhaps Steve Jobs said it best: "You've got to start with the customer experience and work your way back toward the technology - not the other way around."

Read the full Denis Goodwin post @smartbear.com

Swift: Introduction to Apple's New Programming Language

Apple began accepting Swift-coded applications in the App Store after the launch of both iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. In this article, I provide a brief introduction of the most interesting features included in this new programming language, which provides an alternative to Objective-C when you want to create native iOS apps with XCode 6.0.x.

Read more on Dr.Dobb's

"Coding is fun" - official video for EU Code Week 2014 with subtitles in...

Linear Regression Analysis – Example

From  Manu Kumar blog's I found and test this
Linear Regression Analysis – Example 

Read it and test it

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Cagliari Code Week 2014 - Creating a portal from Scratch

I would like to invite you to a laboratory organized for the "Cagliari Code Week 2014" in the Open Campus Tiscali, Sa Illetta in the framework of the European Code Week, a series of events spanning from the 11th to the 17th of October. All labs are free.  October 14th 2014, from 17:30 to 19:30 CET  Laboratory: "Creating a portal from scratch"  Open Campus Tiscali - Building 2         REGISTER TO ATTEND THE WORKSHOP

Mentor Rinaldo Bonazzo Rinaldo Bonazzo is a specialist in Business Intelligence and in integration with social tools within Open Source projects, in particular in the field of web solutions based on Java technologies. He can boast over 30 years of experience in the industry, acquired working as a project manager and Chief Engineer of several European projects. Rinaldo is also member of Sardegna 2050. Program The workshop will focus on development techniques for websites and responsive portals built with Bootstrap. It will illustrate new web design techniques to build web portals quickly and easily. A basic knowledge of Java is required, along with the installation of Maven. Maximum participants: 30/40. Requirements The workshop is designed for participants 15 or older, is open to everyone and specifically addresses the needs of java developers and web designers.  A laptop is needed, running one of the following operative systems: Ubuntu Linux >= 12.04 o Microsoft Windows 7/8 o Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Java JDK >=  Version 1.6.0u32. 32bit is advised even in a 64bit system, along with Maven v.3.0 and an IDE of choice (Netbeans, Eclipse), possibly updated to the most recent version. i'm  looking forward to seeing you!

Cagliari Code Week 2014, al via una settimana dedicata alla programmazione

“In principio doveva essere un evento di uno o due giorni”, così ci racconta Raffaella Sanna dell’Associazione no-profit Sardegna 2050 una delle promotrici dell’evento Cagliari Code Week 2014. “Poi, grazie all’entusiasmo ed alla partecipazione di tanti si è trasformato in una settimana ricca e piena di iniziative”.
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Data Mining on Facebook Data : Basic Tutorial

Hi Guys,
from MANU KUMAR's blog a very simple step by step guide on how to obtain an Access Token from Facebook and start to do Data Analysis using R.
Very clear simple and easy to use
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Japsersoft BI Suite Tutorials: Drill down functionality example on HTML-5 charts ...

Hi Guys,

I have read and test the latest post from Sadakar. I must say that it allowed me to better understand some tip on how to manage drill down with HTML5 and Jasper Studio. This will  allow me to review the  Entando / Jaspersoft connector and provide more dynamic effects in the presentation in dashboards and graphs.

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Wearing too many hats? Here’s how to tackle multiple priorities at work

I found this this post at the right time in my career, a lot of new, increased work
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Clarify your priorities

As you start to see projects pile up on your desk, or even if there was an official meeting where you were tasked with taking on the responsibilities of an open position, take some time to talk one-on-one with your manager. Figure out what tasks are really priorities and what will just have to wait until you have more time.

This can be a hard conversation to have with your manager or even with yourself. To start, here are a few questions to consider inspired by Business Productivity:

1. What projects will have negative consequences if we put them off?
2. What projects will give us the biggest return if we tackle them now?
3. What are the long-term projects that can be done slowly over time and what are the short-term projects that require immediate attention?

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The Essential Qualities of Promotable Employees

Hello,
I would like to report this Alexander M. Orlando post - The Essential Qualities of Promotable Employees -
I must say that after a very careful reading I find myself in a lot of the key elements he propose as ie Displays Humility, Team Player, Leader, ...

Good Reading to all!

Entando - Your Dashboard In Minute

Jaspersoft BI suite and Entando integration from Entando

New Entando Web Site

Hi Guys

have a look at the new Entando website


Rinaldo

Evolving Landscapes for SmartCities Event in Dublin

Best practices, frameworks, case studies and solutions

Creating a road map for Smart Cities is a complicated matter. The necessary steps depend on cities’ objectives and on existing local resources. Road maps require a detailed analysis of the city: its resources, infrastructure and pattern of energy demand.

Learn how smart technologies will live up to the challenges of sustainable development and seamless integration and meet our experts and our Partners Real-T, CRS4, Redburn Solutions, Jaspersoft and Stratus5 and understand how Entando Platform and other technologies work together to provide an end to end solutions for Smartcities.

The Evolving Landscapes – Smart Cities conference will bring you world experts presenting best practices, case studies, and solutions.

Date and Time: 22th October 2013 at 9:15 am
Location: Guinness Enterprise Centre, Taylor's Lane, Dublin 8

Who should attend?

• City stakeholders
• Local administrators
• Solution providers
• Developers

Reserve your seat today

Layershift Blog Managed PHP hosting with custom Apache modules

From Layershift blog I suggest this post:

In Jelastic 1.9.2 we’ve brought enhanced support for Apache & PHP to the table. Our latest Jelastic release now offers mod_security and mod_geoip – both modules are installed by default and ready to use as soon as your environment is created.

Layershift Blog Managed PHP hosting with custom Apache modules.

Guide to The Business Model Canvas | Alexander M. Orlando, DBA

The Business Model Canvas, is a strategic management and entrepreneurial tool. It allows you to describe, design, challenge, invent, and pivot your business model.

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My First Bootstrap Theme with Themestrap - Last William post!

Have a look at the William last Post 

Thx Willy

Rinaldo 

DataMind interactive learning: Dublin R User Group: September 2013

Presentation explaining the motivation for building DataMind.org and the technical tools that were used. We also looked at how you can create your own interactive R tutorials with the beta version. More info on http://www.DataMind.org

DataMind interactive learning: Dublin R User Group: September 2013 from DataMind-slides

Boostrap in practice

Entando R&D director William Ghelfi has completed his book on #Bootstrap! Grab the first chapter for free!
Bootstrap in practice

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