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Building an App for Good: Intern Experiences with NativeScript and Firebase
Note: This post was co-authored by Noah Costello and Allie Rauner. As three Don’t Panic summer interns, our project was to create the MyLNK app. The goal of this app is to provide an easy-to-navigate interface that allows people to find all of the services provided by Lincoln’s nonprofits and organizations. It should be available…
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DPL Reading List – August 11, 2017
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Success Begins in The Morning – “Time management starts right from the minute you wake up from bed. You are most active and productive in the morning, hence the need to do everything in your power to make the first few hours…
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Fun Through The Years
We have had a lot of fun since 2010 (when both Nebraska Global and Don’t Panic Labs were founded). This fun has always extended beyond just the Don’t Panic team. If you’ve ever been around Nebraska Global, you know we’re like one big family. We’re just a bit more spread out these days. We have…
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Lab Reaction: #NoTDD
This post is coauthored by Andy Unterseher. In his post titled “#NoTDD“, Eric Gunnerson of Microsoft laments the challenges surrounding TDD. He makes some very good points that demonstrate that TDD is not a silver bullet for most teams to achieve a high-quality design. The key failure outlined in the article is that dogmatic TDD…
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DPL Reading List – August 4, 2017
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. The Financial Industry Needs to Start Planning for the Next 50 Years, Not the Next Five – “Despite rapid innovations in data processing and machine learning, many businesses have yet to make the leap from the Industrial Age to the information…
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From Educator to Software Engineer, Part 1 – Interest in Software, Teaching Myself, and Getting a Foot in the Door
I am a 30-year-old developer finishing my first year as a software engineer. I didn’t get where I am by any traditional means, but I’ve learned some things along the way that might encourage someone to follow their interest in finding a place in the world of software development. Here’s my story: I understand that…
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PHP Through the Eyes of a .NET Engineer
We are a software design and development shop. So when asked which tech stack we prefer we’ll always give some answer around our the preference for the Microsoft stack. We tend to use C# / .NET for most code writing, SQL Server for databases, and Azure for cloud storage. However, we recently undertook a PHP…
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DPL Reading List – July 28, 2017
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. How Successful People Spend Their Weekends – “Successful people know the importance of shifting gears on the weekend to relaxing and rejuvenating activities.” Why Business Leaders Need to Read More Science Fiction – “Exploring fictional futures frees our thinking from false…
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Mapbox – Visualizing Workout Activities
Creating a custom map for your data has never been easier with tools such as Mapbox. Within minutes you can have your data uploaded and visualized in a stylized map ready to be consumed on the web or by a mobile app. Mapbox Studio is a one-stop shop for uploading data, creating a layer, styling…
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Useful Textbooks from a Computer Science Degree
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on Cassey’s Thoughts, her personal blog. In my time as an undergraduate studying Computer Science, I came across several textbooks that were really useful. (This may be a surprise to you; it was to me when I finally started finding them.) I share them here for others who…
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