Amitabh Bachchan recited this beautiful, inspiring poem in the closing moments of the historic KBC episode that saw, for the first time ever, a prize money of Rs. 7 crore (approx. USD 1.2 million) being won. The poem was written by Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Amitabh’s father, and it goes like this: लहरों से डर कर […]
Author: Anurag Bhandari
Sencha Touch: Accessing a remote API that is under Basic Authentication
Posted on under Coding & Tech, Tutorials — 2 CommentsST makes it pretty straightforward to access webservices or APIs through its various data proxies and Ext.Ajax. But consuming an API protected under basic authentication can be tricky. Both data proxies and Ext.Ajax provide setUsername() and setPassword() methods, and they work fine on most browsers. But in my experience using these methods, I had big […]
Mobile App Development: Lessons Learned
Posted on under Coding & Tech — 1 CommentSencha Touch is a great framework, but requires a LOT getting used to. The officials Docs do not always have the answer you’re looking for. ST forums and stackoverflow are excellent resources to consult when in need. If you are a web developer, DO NOT waste time learning Objective-C or Java for creating native iOS […]
Sencha Touch: Third-party plugins and build errors
Posted on under Coding & Tech, Tutorials — Leave a commentNothing beats Sencha Touch when it comes to sheer number of options and versatility in developing for the mobile. ST has truly set the benchmark of mobile development done right with each major release. It has a vibrant user community, and a robust enterprise adoption. But, sadly, although the documentation is good, it sometimes feels […]
MonoDevelop 4: CSS files not loading for an ASP.NET MVC4 site
Posted on under Coding & Tech, Tutorials — 3 CommentsIf you are like me — always living in Linux, but sometimes being required to develop ASP.NET sites — you have no doubt used MonoDevelop. While its latest iteration brings in many good things, it’s still not the ready-to-use Visual Studio. Once you are past the System.UnauthorizedAccessException and Could not load file or assembly ‘System.Web.WebPages’ […]