Mobile apps have now become ubiquitous. Google has proposed a way to have one app be equal on both web and on mobile devices – Progressive Web Apps. Such apps take advantage of the modern web and browser capabilities to provide a full native app experience on any form factor. Progressive apps load quickly even […]
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Technology migrations have become increasingly common as organizations face and embrace the digital economy. The transition can sometimes be difficult and fraught with pitfalls, mostly due to business impacts, the number of unknowns, and the process and cost of the migration itself. Migration can consume a significant portion of the enterprise. Having the right partnership […]
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The Life Sciences industry is quickly adopting Digital Economy paradigms and investing in a number of Digital Transformation initiatives such as: Enhanced digital relationships with patients, payers, providers, regulators & pharmacies (such as facilitated by the increased use of electronic health records) Adopting digital technology that enables patient-to-physician communication and monitoring Providing real time comparative […]
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Functional programming languages are not exclusive to the Java / JVM world. The Microsoft technology stack supports all the appropriate paradigms and capabilities to enable functional programming through the .NET framework. Developers can use C# or F# on the Common Language Runtime (CLR) to satisfy all of their functional needs. The capabilities and benefits of […]
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The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) started out with the express goal of allowing Java programs to be written once but run on different computers. In addition to that capability, the JVM has matured to become a powerful platform for functional programming languages such as Scala and Clojure that are providing the major solution building blocks […]
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Scala is well known as a general purpose functional programming language. One place where Scala is shining right now is in the world of Big Data. Many of the largest players in the digital economy are betting on Scala by directly developing or connecting Scala-based components for Big Data gathering and analysis. Big Data. Two […]
read more »The concept of state in Scala and functional programming is an important one. Mutable state exposed from function and API calls must be understood and managed with defensive development strategies. Otherwise, development and testing resources will find their time taken up by side effects and other elusive defects as a result of scope misunderstanding or […]
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We are fully immersed in the digital economy. The passage of time in the digital economy is far faster than anyone could have ever imagined. This alternative rate of time means decisions on software platforms, tools, languages, and methodologies are very critical. Anything that can facilitate faster time to market, platform resilience, and universal expressiveness […]
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