About the Author

Jinal Patel

Jinal Patel is a Software Consultant at Keyhole Software. She has worked with .NET, Java, and JavaScript/SPA technologies and loves a challenge. Before she was a coder, she was in biomedical engineering.

Node.js

A Gentle Introduction to Node.js

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Attention: This article was published over 10 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Recently at work, I sought to familiarize myself with Node.js. Naturally, I started searching the pool of applications in Keyhole’s GitHub repository. This was …

eclipse IDE

Know Your IDE: Eclipse

Jinal Patel Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, Java 6 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 11 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.When I made the switch from .NET to Java, I naturally had to switch IDEs. With moving to Java, I chose Eclipse. I was …

Graduate School: ”Do… Or Do Not. There Is No Try” – Yoda

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Attention: This article was published over 11 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.I recently completed my Master of Science in Computer Science.  There were both good and bad experiences about graduate school while working full time, …

PhoneGap: Utilizing Native Mobile Features with Plugins

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Attention: This article was published over 12 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Recently, I was tasked with developing a mobile application in PhoneGap that utilized the Bluetooth feature. Although PhoneGap provides basic functionality, PhoneGap lacks the …

Android, iOS and Windows Mobile…Oh My: An Introduction to PhoneGap

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Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.With the growing adoption and reliance on smartphones and tablets in the competitive handheld industry, mobile applications need to be built across all major …