The Holidays are Over

Well, the holidays as we know them are officially over.  Somebody in Scottsdale is sweeping up red, white and blue confetti and many people are sobbing into their beers in Seattle.  With that, we enter the cold months of winter.  The months where football-obsessed software guys like me can finally achieve a sense of clarity and take up the pet projects that got no love during the nail-biting weekends. 

A few things to stay tuned for -- a look at the advantages of AngularJS and single-page applications (SPAs to the initiated).  

And (probably) more excitingly, a look at mobile development as I undertake a few apps that have been clanging around in my head for some months.  As well as a quick glance at the Swift language -- something that's actually got me excited about writing an app for iOS. 

Also, after a few months of working with a new team in my primary development endeavors, I have some thoughts on pragmatic automated testing... be it unit, integration, functional or otherwise.