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Abletech Android and Web App In Action

by carl.

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Calvin and Joseph have been working on a Web and Android Mobile application for Macaulay Metals which is used with their fleet of trucks. Macaulay's drivers carry an Android phone running our application which gives them a real-time list of...

Abletech at SXSW 2012

by marcus.

Cameron Prebble and I set off for a few weeks in the States. The first week had Cameron relaxing attending attending an Edward Tufte course on Data Visualisations in New York, whilst I (drawing the short straw) had to field test an iPhone app...

Configuring an IPv6 tunnel on Ubuntu

by nigelramsay.

Setting up an IPv6 tunnel on Ubuntu 10.04 is reasonably easy, if you have the right instructions. I recently spent quite a bit of trial and error getting a new server on the IPv6 Internet using a tunnel provided by a local provider. Now that I've worked out the tricky parts, it should be easy for others to get it going.

Testing HTTP interactions in Rails using VCR

by cameronfowler.

If your Ruby on Rails application performs any HTTP requests to an external service, you will know they are a pain to test. The issue with these requests is that they are slow. Not only that, they are unreliable. Any self respecting programmer would do their best to avoid having live HTTP requests in their tests.

I previously have found myself creating some sort of XML file to represent the expected response from the request then stubbing out any real calls to just return this pre-made response. The concept is pretty simple, but is slow to set up, especially if you have a few different scenarios to test!

7 steps to landing a summer internship with AbleTech

by carl.

Each summer, AbleTech (and its sister companies) look to hire 5-6 students for internship roles. These seven steps will substantially increase the chances of getting one of these sought after positions.

1. Build your own website

Having your own...

AbleTech have moved

by carl.

AbleTech have moved! We are now located on Level 6 of 186-190 Willis Street where we are co-located with iOpen, Decisive Flow and Sharesight.

Lastest iPhone App has Push Notifications

by carl.

We've just submitted our latest iPhone App to the AppStore! This application for Xtreme Networks has push notification and will keep Xtreme's customers proactively updated when their Internet usage thresholds are reached. More details about the...