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IBM MobileFirst Platform explained on 1 presentation slide by  Curtis Miles This is a simple run through of the Anatomy of the MobileFirst Platform chart that is typically used to describe all the things that the MobileFirst Platform does.

WAMP  is an open standard  WebSocket  subprotocol that provides two application messaging patterns in one unified protocol: Remote Procedure Calls  +  Publish & Subscribe Using WAMP you can build distributed systems out of application components which are  loosely coupled  and communicate in (soft)  real-time . CHECKOUT THE WAMP WEBSITE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF "WHY?"

Node Red Programming Guide! Do you want to get started programming Node-Red?  If so CHECK OUT THESE LECTURES. The Node RED programming Guide is a series of lectures designed to introduce you to Node-RED - the new visual programming tool for the IoT. It will take you from the basics right through to advanced Node-RED programming. It is targeted at two types of readers - those who are new to the IoT and want to quickly prototype IoT applications and those who are already familiar with the IoT who want to understand Node-RED. The guide is structured into three sections, sections 1 (Lectures 1-4) introduces Node-RED and walks through a series of examples to explain its programming model, its basic nodes/features and how it can be used to access a variety of real world data sources. We use a hosted cloud based version of Node-RED so that readers don't have to worry about the details of installing and managing Node-RED. Section 2 (Lectures 5-7) explores in more detail Node-RED...

nogotofail - sounds like a function I would write in some code when things go very wrong in my code (that would never happen, surely?!) Nogotofail is a network security testing tool designed to help developers and security researchers spot and fix weak TLS/SSL connections and sensitive cleartext traffic on devices and applications in a flexible, scalable, powerful way. It includes testing for common SSL certificate verification issues, HTTPS and TLS/SSL library bugs, SSL and STARTTLS stripping issues, cleartext issues, and more. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT GETTING STARTED and USING IT

Here's my latest article on Installing MobileFirst Platform Server v7.1 on WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.  (Including Operational Analytics and Application Center). If you've ever installed MFP using WLP  you'll realise that it's very easy to do and very simple to get up and running.  In fact, if you've installed Eclipse and downloaded the MFP plug-in from the Marketplace, you will be using WLP under the covers. Whilst MFP and WLP is great for development, if you want to go BIG, you need to install onto WAS ND .  Whilst this sounds simple enough, just replacing one Application Server for another, the difference between WLP and WAS ND is quite large and the skillsets are very different. Follow through the steps I take you through in this set of Pages (with VIDEOS!) and let's de-mystify installing MFP onto WAS ND. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WALK THROUGH

Well, it's not available until 2016, but I want one for sure! CHECK OUT THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE

The world's first MobileFirst Platform self-education resource: CHECK IT OUT!

Ever wanted to build a robot?  Of course you have!  You could just " buy " one pre-done and job done, but where's the fun in that? I was thinking..... robot interest flared at the end of the 90s and early 2000s but like the mobile industry it took a bit of a nosedive afterwards, just like the mobile industry.  The technology has now moved on leaps and bounds, what would be involved in building a robot that you could just bolt together and write a little bit of C code for? Back in the day( late 80's ), I got a GCSE in electronics, it interested me, but it was too low level.  I learnt the colour coding of resistors, making PCB boards, etc... but I'm a developer, not an engineer.  I don't " make " widgets, I " use " widgets to get a job done.  It took a few years for me to realise that. Keeping that in mind, now that the Arduino has matured and the Arduino Shields have come on a long way, these have now become " widgets " tha...

Google....good old Google have decided that the phone is not enough being just a phone.  It needs to evolve. Let me introduce you to PROJECT TANGO : " Project Tango brings Motion Tracking, Depth Perception, and Area Learning to mobile devices. Thousands of developers are building experiences that do things like finding your way around, measuring your world, and walking through stories. Show everyone what you can do with Project Tango by getting a Tablet Development Kit, creating an application, and uploading it to the Play Store. We believe this journey is one worth following." Well, I "was" building myself an Arduino based robot this week that could basically do all these things shown in the nice diagram above.... I'm now wondering if I should bother?  or should I just get myself a DEV KIT and use all the cool new tools/toys from Google instead? Nah, I think I'll continue building the robot side of things myself....and wait for...

After blowing the dust off the Arduino 'robots' that have been sitting on a spare desk in the "home office" for the past couple of years, I decided to see how much things have changed in the land of the new buzzword: Internet-Of-Things (IoT). I just ordered 9-10 items from DFRobot (how did it reach £200!?!), but, as they are in China, it's going to take a little while to receive the parts.  One of the items I ordered was the TEL0047 WiFi Shield for £50. In my impatience, I set about seeing what else was available.  I discovered the CC3000 WiFi Breakout board for about £30 , it looked promising. Then I found the Sparkfun ESP8266 WiFi Shield at Pimoroni.com for £15 including P&P.  [BUY] button pressed.  Arrived the next day. Then the fun began.......... [ CLICK HERE TO READ ALL ABOUT HOW TO SETUP AND USE THIS WONDERFULLY CHEAP WIFI SHIELD ]. If you don't have something hooked up to the internet soon, I'll be very surprised!