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Auto Deploy Site with Github Webhooks

The Scenario You work on your website locally and you use Github to source control your site. After pushing changes to Github, you login to your server and pull the changes. In this article we will discuss…

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Using the ESP8266 with MQTT

What is MQTT? "MQTT is a publish-subscribe-based "lightweight" messaging protocol for use on top of the TCP/IP protocol. It is designed for connections with remote locations where a "small code footprint"…

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Getting Started with the ESP8266

Getting started with the ESP8266 can be a bit bewildering. This guide should be a good starting point to quickly get into developping for the ESP8266. There are many ESPs available on the market however…

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Objects to JSON and Back in Java

When using the Parse.com service for saving data in your application to the cloud, you may run into the problem of not being able to save objects of a class inside your Parse object. This could be solved…

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Android CalenderView in a Dialog

Using android 4.2 I will cover how to create a CalendarView component in a dialog, and how to run it from a Fragment. Firstly, create a new xml file, call it calendar_view.xml. This is a very simple layout…

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