Android Layouts

In this blog post, i am documenting at high-level the leanings i had on the Android - Layout Types

• Linear Layout (Aligns its child elements in single direction one after another)
• Horizontal Layout
• Vertical Layout
• Relative Layout
• Align's child elements relative to its sibling or parent. Help to avoid nested linear layouts.
• Frame Layout (Allows child views to put on top of one another child views)
• Table Layout (Aligns elements in Row & Column format)

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Powershell commands

This post i am documenting some of powershell quick reference scripts

Get Members of a command
c:> get-service | gm

Get-help CMD-NAME
Example:
c:> get-help start-service

Get-process -name "Name"
Example
c:> get-process -name "outlook"

Get Process - physical directory path
PS C:\Windows\system32> get-process outlook | dir

Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14

Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---         3/31/2011   4:08 PM   15933792 OUTLOOK.EXE

c:> get-service -filter * | select -Property name, @{name='ComputerName',expression={$_.name}_

Backbone.js overview

Backbone.js is a library of tools that helps to build client side rich web applications.
Providing
- Models with Key-Value binidng
- Custom Events
- Collections with a rich API of enumerable functions
- Views with declarative event handling
- connects it all to your existing API over a RESTful JSON interface

Client-side backbone.js application
- Router(s)
- Views
- Models
- Collections

JSON data

Server
- RESTful endpoint

Pros
- Fast
- Highly interactive

Cons
- Cannot be indexed by search engines (without extra work)
- Difficult to test (as client side application)
- Security Issues

SPA - Single Page Applications
- Improved User Experience
SPA on Client Side
- User interface
- Logic
- Page Generation

SPA challenges
- Lack of tooling and experience
- SEO
- Working with different browsers

Backbone.js
Routers helps simulate Page changes, support page history and bookmarking.

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JavaScript Frameworks

JavaScript based UI Frameworks

• Twitter Bootstrap
• Zurb Foundation
• Sencha Touch
• Kendo UI
• jQuery Mobile
• Enjyo.js
• app-UI
• Moobile
• Chocolate Chip UI
• Dojo Mobile

JavaScript Libraries that help in implementing Architectural Patterns

• Backbone.js
• Knockout.js
• Angular.js
• Ember.js
• Ext.js