Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Amazing Wireframing Tools & Apps

Web
  1. Mockingbird – Wireframes on the fly
  2. Simulify – Interactive, shareable wireframes, mockups and prototypes
  3. Solidify – Create clickable prototypes
  4. Concept.ly – Convert wireframes and designs into interactive apps.
  5. ClickDummy – Turn mockups into clickable prototypes
  6. Creately – Real time diagram collaboration
  7. Lumzy – Mockup creation and prototyping tool
  8. Cacoo – Diagrams with real time collaboration
  9. Mockflow – Great design tools and collaboration services for designers
  10. Mockup Designer – Basic wireframing tool hosted on GitHub
  11. dub –Denim – DENIM is an outgrowth of the original SILK project, a pen-based sketching tool for designing user interfaces.
  12. fluidIA  – A free open source project for prototyping open source projects.
  13. Justinmind – Nice wireframing platform for web and mobile apps.
  14. UXPin – It puts everything to your fingertips but is a costly tool.
  15. RWD Wireframes – Wireframing tool for responsive layouts
  16. Gliffy – Drag & Drop from library to anywhere on page, creating wireframes easily.
  17. Wireframe.cc – Free tool for creating quick mockups.
  18. Pencil Project – This is a free and easy to use open source tool for creating GUI prototyping.
  19. Wirify – Converting web page to wireframe is just a click away with wirify.
  20. Axure RP – Premium wireframe tool for detailed wireframe creation.
  21. PowerMockup – Convert power point to wireframe.
  22. JustProto – Premium tool with drag and drop feature to create highly interactive prototypes.
  23. FlairBuilder – Premium tool for easy creation interactive wireframes.
  24. WireframeSketcher – Instantly creates wireframes, mockups and prototypes for desktop, web and mobile applications.
  25. Serena Prototype Composer – Build simple, high fidelity prototypes that look like the real thing.
  26. Balasmiq – You can come up with a design and iterate over it in real-time in the course of a meeting.
Android
  1. Framer – Modern prototyping tool
  2. Indigo Studio – Rapid, interactive prototyping
  3. Lucidchart – Simplest and most powerful flowchart software in the world.
  4. Frame Box – Easy, simple wireframing
  5. Mockups.me – Create and present interactive UI wireframes
  6. Grafio – Grafio is a custom modifiable app.
iOS
  1. LovelyCharts – Diagramming app with desktop and mobile versions
  2. Tiggzi – The only cloud-based platform with visual development tools and integrated backend services
  3. Realizer – Interactive presentation prototypes
  4. iPhone Mockup – Free basic iphone Mockup tool.
  5. iMockups for iPad – Premium wireframing and mockup app.
  6. Antetype – Wireframing and prototyping desktop application for Mac.
  7. iMock – Good app for creating mockups, more features could be added.
  8. JumpChart – Architecture, layout and content planning
  9. Mockup Builder – Super-easy prototyping and mockups
  10. Live Wires – wireframe & prototype your iPhone and iPad app concepts quickly.
  11. AppCooker – AppCooker is a good tool to bring iOS applications to life.
  12. UI  Sketcher for iPad – Sketch, refine and share user interface ideas rapidly.
  13. Mockabilly – iPhone mockups with genuine iphone behavior
  14. Blocks – Create annotated HTML prototypes
  15. UX Toolbox – Create, document and share wireframes and prototypes
  16. Moqups – A free tool for making high resolution SVG mockups and wireframes.
  17. ProtoShare – Good tool for website wireframing.
  18. JustinMindPrototyper – Fantastic prototypes for web and mobile apps.
  19. Pidoco – Quick premium prototyping for web apps, mobile and enterprise apps.
  20. OmniGraffle for Mac – Creates excellent graphic documents.
  21. HotGloo – Easy and beautiful way to create mockups.
  22. Sketchypad – Easy-to-use interface for creating websites and soft interfaces.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

SQL vs MongoDB Terms

SQL Terms/ConceptsMongoDB Terms/Concepts
databasedatabase
tablecollection
rowdocument or BSON document
columnfield
indexindex
table joinsembedded documents and linking
primary key
Specify any unique column or column combination as primary key.
In MongoDB, the primary key is automatically set to the_id field.

aggregation (e.g. group by)
aggregation pipeline

SQL Terms, Functions, and ConceptsMongoDB Aggregation Operators
WHERE$match
GROUP BY$group
HAVING$match
SELECT$project
ORDER BY$sort
LIMIT$limit
SUM()$sum
COUNT()$sum
joinNo direct corresponding operator; however, the$unwind operator allows for somewhat similar functionality, but with fields embedded within the document.

Thursday, February 12, 2015

R Programming

R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.

For more information please refer to http://r-project.org

For Big Data Analytics

Who Uses R?
- Spreadsheet Users
- Programmers
- Statisticians
- Data Scientists


RStudio for R



Will update more information as I learn R...

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Android Version History


Android Version History

  • Alpha (1.0)
  • Beta (1.1)
  • Cupcake (1.5)
  • Donut (1.6)
  • Eclair (2.0–2.1)
  • Froyo (2.2–2.2.3)
  • Gingerbread (2.3–2.3.7)
  • Honeycomb (3.0–3.2.6)
  • Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0–4.0.4)
  • Jelly Bean (4.1–4.3.1)
  • KitKat (4.4–4.4.4)
  • Lollipop (5.0–5.0.2)




  • 1 Pre-commercial release versions (2007–2008)
  • 2 Version history by API level
  • Key Mobile Challenges

    Key Mobile Challenges
    - Low Processing Power
    - Limited RAM
    - Intermittent, Low bandwidth, High Latency data connections
    - Impact on battery life

    Thursday, May 15, 2014

    Hadoop Hive External vs Internal Table

    Hive tables can be created as EXTERNAL or INTERNAL. This is a choice that affects how data is loaded, controlled, and managed.

    Use EXTERNAL tables when:

    • The data is also used outside of Hive. For example, the data files are read and processed by an existing program that doesn't lock the files.
    • Data needs to remain in the underlying location even after a DROP TABLE. This can apply if you are pointing multiple schemas (tables or views) at a single data set or if you are iterating through various possible schemas.
    • You want to use a custom location such as ASV.
    • Hive should not own data and control settings, dirs, etc., you have another program or process that will do those things.
    • You are not creating table based on existing table (AS SELECT).

    Use INTERNAL tables when:

    • The data is temporary.
    • You want Hive to completely manage the lifecycle of the table and data.

    Wednesday, May 14, 2014

    Hadoop Quick Info

    Apache Hadoop– Hadoop is an open source software framework which allows you to cheaply store and process vast amounts of structured and unstructured data.

    Flume– A service for collecting, aggregating, and moving large amounts of log and event data into Hadoop.

    HBase- A scalable, distributed, column-oriented data store that runs on top of HDFS. A short video overview of Flume.

    HDFS– an acronym for "Hadoop Distributed File System"

    Hive- A data warehouse infrastructure built on top of Hadoop for providing data summarization, query, and analysis. It allows you to query data using a SQL-like language called HiveQL (HQL).

    HiveQL (HQL)- A SQL like query language for Hadoop used to execute MapReduce jobs on HDFS.

    JobTracker– the service within Hadoop which distributes MapReduce tasks to specific nodes in the cluster.

    NameNode– the core of the HDFS file system. The NameNode maintains a record of all files stored on the Hadoop cluster.

    Oozie - workflow scheduler system to manage Apache Hadoop jobs.

    Pig– a high level programming language for creating MapReduce programs used within Hadoop. An introduction to Pig.

    Sqoop– a tool for transferring data between Hadoop and relational databases.

    YARN– a resource manager for Hadoop 2. YARN is short for "Yet another resource negotiator". Introduction to YARN on the Apache Hadoop website.

    ZooKeeper - Centralized service for maintaining configuration information, naming, providing distributed synchronization, and providing group services.