Four short links: 30 December 2019
Dynamic Graphs, Gamification, hipsterDB, and JavaScript Testing
- GraphStream — a Java library for the modeling and analysis of dynamic graphs. You can generate, import, export, measure, layout, and visualize them.
- Governing by Video Game — “Real participation—and this is important to clarify—is not a game. It takes time. It takes energy. That’s why not many people participate,” Sugeo says. On the other hand, making it clear that an activity is supposed to be a bit of fun, à la CitySwipe, immediately downgrades the seriousness with which participants engage. “So you’re probably attracting more people to the simplified version and still not solving the problem of engagement.”
- hipsterDB — hipsterDB is a key/value store that only returns data as long as it isn’t mainstream. The more often that you access a key, the more mainstream it becomes. After data has gone mainstream, you will have to wait for it to go out of style before using it again. Satire, duh.
- JavaScript and Node.js Testing Best Practices — covering test anatomy, back end, front end, measuring test effectiveness, and continuous integration.
