December has certainly been a month of festive cheer here at Caplin. Despite it being one of our busiest months ever, we still managed to get into the swing ...Read More
Month: December 2010
Coffee, caffeine, performance and you
Coffee is a worldwide phenomenon. Despite absolutely no requirement for it in the human diet, millions of us use it every day. After observing the huge milk and sugar filled cups of a certain coffee chain a venture capitalist famously remarked ...Read More
Ressurecting the Jigosaurus – Part II
This is part II to Ressurecting the Jigosaurus written by Andrew Trevorah.The original Jigosaurus contained a single playable image which was cut to puzzle pieces saved on the web server as distinct files. Obviously it wasn’t very exciting to play ...Read More
Finding the Ideal UX Wireframing Software
Wireframing is the way a UX designer expresses their ideas by showing layout, navigation and task flows in a skeleton of a web interface. For a better idea on wireframes, check out the ...Read More
An HTML5 Background Logger for One of Caplin’s Flagship Javascript Libraries
When Caplin announced a HTML5 Hackathon we formed a team of three and decided to use the new technologies in HTML5 to develop a background logger for one of Caplin’s flagship JavaScript libraries- StreamLink for Browsers (SL4B). SL4B provides an API ...Read More
And the winners of the Caplin HTML5 Hackathon are…
Caplin has for a long time pushed the limits of native browser technology, and with HTML5 it seems clear that its time has come. The Caplin HTML5 Hackathon was run in order to develop new HTML5 features to be used in ...Read More
Why Web Workers don’t work (yet)
At our HTML5 HackDay a few weeks ago some of my colleagues tried using web workers to enhance our existing applications. The multi-threading supports provided a significant performance boost to our application.However, does this mean that web workers are the future of web-app ...Read More
Chrome Crankshaft – ‘doubles’ JavaScript speed
Performance is a key aspect in native-web Single Dealer Platforms, since browser robustness is widely satisfactory in modern browsers. Low latency browser-based trading has been massively accelerated by the latest releases of Chrome and Firefox. Now that performance ...Read More
Websocket – First implementation impressions
Much to my surprise I ended up taking part in the inaugural Caplin HTML5 Hack Day. I say surprise because I'm more at home writing servers and APIs than working in a browser. Thankfully, it seems there's a feature in HTML5 ...Read More
HTML5 Toolkits for Complex Web Applications
At Caplin, we build very complex web applications for financial trading, and we are often asked for advice about which of the many JavaScript toolkits out there are the best. Embarking on developing a web application can be ...Read More