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The Radar: March 23, 2017

March 23rd, 2017 - by Isabel - Salt Lake City, Utah

Story Mapping

Researchers at the University of Vermont are using technology to map the emotional trajectory of common stories and fairytales. The implications suggest that machines can be trained to generate their own compelling stories by reverse-engineering what they learn about emotional trajectory.

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Introducing the Create React Native App

Until recently, installing and configuring React Native was a struggle for developers, especially when it came to Xcode and Android Studio. Those days are over! React Native just came out with a tool that cuts out a lot of the hassle.

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Join the Bus Factor Community!

Bus Factor is a collaborative space that brings together developers to help review code or contribute to projects in other ways. This service displays libraries, plugins, and other open source software that have 1 or few maintainers, and invites developers to contribute to the project.

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Designers Who Can Code

This article describes how the line between design, writing and engineering is becoming increasingly blurry. More and more, innovative companies are looking for designers who can write code.

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Google is Speeding Things Up

Google is moving toward web technology that uses fewer resources than current websites and apps. The latest version of Google Chrome (v57) will restrict the CPU usage of background tabs to 1%!

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Web Development for Beginners

The only HTML/CSS tutorial you’ll ever need.

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