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Leaflet vs ArcGIS JS / FeatureLayer

I'd been deciding ESRI-Leaflet or ArcGIS JS for a small project. Some findings for our references: When using FeatureLayer for plenty amount of data (e.g. vast amount of points), ArcGIS JS performs better than Leaflet. So even the file size of Leaflet is far smaller than ArcGIS JS, I still have to choose the larger one. Hope Leaflet FeatureLayer performance can boost up in future.

True Parallel AsyncTask in Android

Multiple AsyncTask execute() actually execute the tasks sequentially. If the previous task takes a long time to run, the next task can only wait till the previous one finish. To have a true parallel run, use the following instead of AsyncTask.execute() :     AsyncTask.executeOnExecutor(Executor exec, Params... params)

3D translate an element in HTML

To translate the element, you need: A container having CSS style "perspective: ___px" The actual element having CSS style "transform: rotateX(___deg)" Sample: <div style=" perspective:500px; margin-left:100px;">     <div style=" transform: rotateX(40deg) ">         <table border=1>             <tr><td>testing</td><td>testing</td><td>testing</td></tr>             <tr><td>testing</td><td>testing</td><td>testing</td></tr>             ...             <tr><td>testing</td><td>testing</td><td>testing</td></tr>             <tr><td>testing</td><td>testing</td><td>testing</td></tr>     ...

Speed Up the Eclipse IDE

Nice tutorials and references for people who find their Eclipse is kinda slow: http://www.nicolasbize.com/blog/7-tips-to-speed-up-eclipse/

Install Teclast X80H (FB6M) as Android USB in Windows

Teclast X80H (FB6M) is a dual OS (Windows 8.1 + Android 4.4.4) tablet, to install Install the Samsung USB driver  Restart the computer Select Device Manager > The X80H device > Update Driver Software. Select Browse my computer for driver software Select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer Select ADB Interface  / Android USB Devices from the list Select SAMSUNG Android ADB Interface http://forum.xda-developers.com/windows-8-rt/general/teclast-x80h-8-dual-os-chinese-tablet-t2996314/post59151938#post59151938 Can Teclast simply provide an adb driver link for customer download easily? ... sigh

JavaScript frameworks that we should get touch with

More and more JavaScript framework to work with: React.js Ember.js Knockout.js Backbone.js Meteor Mithril Ember Vue.js Breeze.js Ractive Reference: http://www.breck-mckye.com/blog/2014/12/the-state-of-javascript-in-2015/