Tag Archives: abstraction

Announcing Pomodroid 0.2.1

A tiny update for the (still) alpha project Pomodroid. I added some new Power Management features: When running a Pomodoro, the Android phone is prevented from going stand-by. That is, it will never block the screen and go to sleep. The block is released when Pomodoro Activity looses focus. When running a Pomodoro, screen brightness

Heap vs. Stack in C++

After the study of pointers versus references, the second natural question that comes in head of a ex Java developer turning to C++ is: “What are the difference between static and dynamic memory allocation in C++?” which can be translated as: “When should I use the stack and when do I have to use the

How to limit a field with javascript-prototype and display the counter

For job purposes I had to learn a lot of JavaScript, including AJAX related stuffs. Like every lazy (but intelligent) developer, I looked around for frameworks that could help me doing my work. I knew that prototype existed, but I never looked at it because of lack of interest. Well it’s great, it’s really great!