Monthly Archives: December 2013
‘Developers play a key role in bringing about digital literacy’
Intel is one of the biggest contributors to open source technology, which also makes the company one of the biggest recruiters of open source...
An Introduction to Hadoop and Big Data Analysis
Hadoop has become a central platform to store big data through its Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) as well as to run analytics on...
Try Your Hand at GNOME Shell Extensions
One of the most popular features of GNOME is that it enables users to build extensions for their shell to increase its basic functionality....
What makes Firebug a Developer’s delight?
Here's an introduction to Firebug, which is used primarily for debugging client side scripts in real time and reducing development time. It also helps...
Develop Apps Quickly with Quickly
This aptly named tool makes the development of apps a simple and fast process.
Ubuntu is a Linux distribution that has gained a lot of...
Code Sport
This month's column continues the discussion on data storage systems, with a focus on how file systems remain consistent even in the face of...
How to Improve the Performance of Drupal Sites
A site is only as fast as its last mile connectivity. If users access a site from a slow connection, even a site capable...
CloudStack: An Overview of the Open Source IaaS Platform
Here's an open source IaaS platform to set up an on-demand, elastic cloud computing service. It enables utility computing services by allowing cloud service...
What it Takes to be an Open Source Expert
OSFY speaks to industry leaders to bring you their thoughts on this hot topic
While open source gradually exerts its control over almost every aspect...
Bluefish-The Feature Rich Editor
This light and fast open source editor, best suited for Web development, is available across multiple platforms and supports many programming languages. The editor...
