Live interaction with users on your site is a great way to add new functionality that is engaging for your visitors. To be truly live, however, the server needs to correspond with the browser or client directly. Luckily there is a new way to do this using WebSockets, a protocol that allows that direct connection. You can use these instant interactions for administrative purposes, like to show how many visitors are currently viewing your site, and what page they are on. Traditionally, a client communicates with the server by getting or pushing data to it, but what if the server […]

During the many positions I’ve held in the past, a few of them have dealt with hiring developers. Sometimes, I was doing the hiring. Other times, I was putting together hiring checklists and plans. At first, it was easy. I would just tell the hiring manager to quiz the developer in code and hire the one that knew the most; however, it was a big mistake to use this approach when hiring a developer. It was a lesson I learned the hard way after having to manage the very people I had hired. There are many articles out there about how […]