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Unleashing Efficiency and Creativity with GitHub Copilot

Growth Acceleration Partners | August 18, 2023

Mobile Apps

Unleashing Efficiency and Creativity with GitHub Copilot

Copilot significantly influences the software development workflow by automating time-consuming and repetitive coding tasks. This liberation allows developers to focus on intricate design and problem-solving aspects, ultimately enhancing their productivity. Copilot serves as an excellent resource for adept developers seeking to refine their coding processes, and also fosters knowledge exchange by providing valuable insights and best practices.

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Lab Notes: MediaPipe with Python for Gesture Recognition

Growth Acceleration Partners | August 18, 2022

App Development, Mobile Apps

Lab Notes: MediaPipe with Python for Gesture Recognition

We explore a variety of gesture recognition approaches with MediaPipe and Python to develop a multimodal interface, which provides a more flexible experience.

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Lab Notes: Setting Up MediaPipe on Android for Gesture Recognition

Growth Acceleration Partners | July 19, 2022

Mobile App Development, Mobile Apps

Lab Notes: Setting Up MediaPipe on Android for Gesture Recognition

This series details how to set up a framework for live machine learning and computer vision on Windows and Linux devices via MediaPipe.

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Lab Notes: An Introduction to Android Jetpack Compose

Growth Acceleration Partners | June 14, 2022

Mobile Apps

Lab Notes: An Introduction to Android Jetpack Compose

Android Jetpack Compose is a game-changing fundamental rethink of UI development. Learn to write composable functions in Kotlin to generate UI components.

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Dynamic SAML idP Provisioning for SaaS Rails Apps

Growth Acceleration Partners | April 21, 2021

Mobile Apps

Dynamic SAML idP Provisioning for SaaS Rails Apps

When each of our SaaS application’s subscribers need to use a different SAML idP Authentication scheme, we had to get creative.

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Lab Notes: Leveraging Rails and React to Build a Virtual Gift Exchange App

Growth Acceleration Partners | January 14, 2021

Mobile App Development, Mobile Apps

Lab Notes: Leveraging Rails and React to Build a Virtual Gift Exchange App

Learn how we developed a Virtual Gift Exchange app to allow us to continue our company's White Elephant tradition while still adhering to social distancing guidelines.

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Lab Notes: React Native for Android Things

Growth Acceleration Partners | June 4, 2018

Mobile App Development, Mobile Apps

Lab Notes: React Native for Android Things

With the explosion of the Internet of Things in recent years, it is no surprise that Google would want to get developers involved using the Android OS. The resulting product is Android Things (first released in May 2018), a version of the Android OS specifically designed for IoT devices. Based on the same operating system as Android phones, Android Things simplifies the development process and makes creating IoT programs the same procedure as a phone or watch app, but the available libraries are different depending on the IoT hardware.

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Developer’s Notebook: How React Can Improve a Server-Rendered App

Growth Acceleration Partners | February 1, 2018

Mobile Apps

Developer’s Notebook: How React Can Improve a Server-Rendered App

Facebook's React is certainly not lacking in popularity. According to The State of JavaScript 2017, nearly 60% of surveyed developers had not only used React for a project, but said they would definitely use it again; no other listed framework came close to that level of loyalty.

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Mr. Boston Drinks App Launches

Growth Acceleration Partners | January 25, 2018

Cloud Native, Mobile Apps, Thought Leadership

Mr. Boston Drinks App Launches

Home bartending enthusiasts can master the art of making cocktails from a trusted library of historic recipes with the release of Mr. Boston Drinks, the Sazerac Company’s free app for iOS and Android.

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UI Designer’s Toolbox, Part II: Adobe XD vs Figma vs Sketch

Growth Acceleration Partners | January 18, 2018

Mobile Apps, Thought Leadership, UI/UI/UX Design

UI Designer’s Toolbox, Part II: Adobe XD vs Figma vs Sketch

We recently delved into Sketch, one of the most utilized tools for UI/UX design, by creating a sample app to illustrate how it compares to other platforms. Today, I'm looking at Figma and Adobe XD as we continue debating the pros and cons of these leading design apps.

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