Allen Eubank | Thoughts and Essays

An Introduction to Meteor JS

Sat, 30 May 2015 00:00:00 -0700

I gave a talk recently on Meteor JS at the WAPRO meetup in Long Beach, CA. This is a deeper dive into the examples that I talked about. Follow along the code examples by downloading the code with this link. Here is a link to the slides

Why Complaining Will Not Help You

Tue, 03 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0800

No ones like a complainer except another complainer.

I am surprised that I did not know this earlier in my life. I did not know about the power I would give up when I would complain. Complaints are admissions. Admissions that there is something in your life that you have no control over. That there is something in the world that wronged you or hurt you in some way.

Queuing and Scheduling Background Jobs in Meteor

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0800

Background Jobs Processing

There are plenty of packages that now support and enhance the ability to do background processing in Meteor applications. Background jobs are an essential part of a web framework. Many times I have had to set up background jobs to be run on the server, i.e. refresh a cache, process images, calculate stats, etc.

Asking Why

Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0800

Asking “Why?”

Why do I ask why? Now, whenever I take on a new project or decide to spend extra time working, I want to give myself a reason to commit to it.

Google Inbox for Productivity

Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0800

Google Inbox to supercharge productivity

Everyday we all receive emails. Don’t spend more time than you need to filtering, sorting, prioritizing emails. Let Google do it for you! Google creates bundles of emails that categorize them for you. Stop using labels, folders, tags, rules, etc.

Learning a new framework, Meteor

Sat, 08 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0800

Recently, I found a new framework, Meteor. I went through the free chapters of the Discover Meteor book. The chapters consisted of the basic CRUD principles in a Meteor application. Here is the README verbatim from the GitHub repository which you can find here adej-microscope. You can find the application running on http://adej-microscope.alleneubank.com.

Web Development with Grunt

Tue, 17 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0700

JavaScript For The Web

Milan Eubank Wedding Site Debut

Fri, 13 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0700

It has been awhile since my last post. I have definitely not been under a rock! A great deal has happened since my last post. If you have not figured it out yet, I am getting married! Here is the link, Milan Eubank Wedding.

Hello World

Mon, 05 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome! Up until recently I was working full-time as a web developer at Brighter. Where I was programming in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, C#, Cold Fusion, and Ruby. I learned a great deal while I was there but now I am looking to get out there on my own.