I've been doing a lot of data analysis in JavaScript. It makes sense for me to work in JavaScript, because I already use it and that's where my visualizations normally end up. JavaScript has a very rich ecosystem of visualization libraries so that's not surprising. All these visualization libraries are browser based... which is great if that's where you want your visualization to be. It's not so great if you just want to render a chart to an image, say to store for later or to include in some kind of report. »

As a stock trader I need a ready of supply stock market data for analysis and visualisation. That data is needed for decision making and I often render it to a chart to better understand it. »

This is a revisit with various improvements to my original post on The Data Wrangler. In this post I show how to visualise stock data using Data-Forge and Highstock. I also demonstrate how to apply a simple moving average to the price data. »

Are you interested in using threads with Unity? Wondering what promises, if anything, have to do with threads? In this post I answer an interesting question from Morgan Moon of Cerebus Interactive about the C# promise library, threads and Unity. I've been wanting to talk about threads for a while, so let's get into it. »

Are you interested in stock trading but don't have time to watch prices all day? Why stare at the screen for hours on end when you can automate this kind of thing. This post talks about a small app I created to continuously and automatically detect when the price of particular companies have risen to specified levels. »

Do you have a slow internet? Need to visualize your internet speed over time? Do you want to know when outages are happening? »

Do you need a better way to structure your Unity UI and reduce complexity? Are you looking for a cohesive way to coordinate the multiple parts of your UI? »

Linear regression is a technique that is very useful when analysing the trajectory of a stock. In this post I'll show how to compute and render a linear regression trend line. »

Do you need a better way to structure your Unity UI and reduce complexity? Are you looking for a cohesive way to coordinate the multiple parts of your UI? »

Average true range is an indicator that is useful for judging the volatility of a stock. I use this to set the level for my stop loss orders. In this post I'm going to show how to calculate and visualise average true range in JavaScript. »

Welcome to 2017! »

In this first post on The Data Wrangler I show how to visualise financial data from the Yahoo API using Data-Forge and Highstock. I also demonstrate how to apply a simple moving average to the price data. »

Have you ever struggled to keep a game or application working as it evolves and as the complexity ramps up? Software is composed of a suite of interacting components that are wired together in a particular way. As the number of interacting components grows the wiring and the number of connections between components grows exponentially (a phenomenon known as Metcalfe's law). »

GIANT BEES HAVE DECIMATED HUMANITY! Every day, the low buzz of death approaches further. Can you hear it? »

Have you ever struggled to keep a game or application working as it evolves and as the complexity ramps up? Software is composed of a suite of interacting components that are wired together in a particular way. As the number of interacting components grows the wiring and the number of connections between components grows exponentially (a phenomenon known as Metcalfe's law). »

First published on Linkedin »

There are times when you need to search the Unity hierarchy for particular game objects. Often you need to find them by name, tag or component type. I have found that on occasion I've wanted to wanted a more expressive and flexible way of finding game objects. Some years ago when I was attempting to improve my skills in CSS hackery I made an important connection. »

Every so often, be it in game code or in an editor extension you will need to traverse the scene or a part of the scene to perform processing on game objects. »

Should you be using version control? »

Are you struggling to understand how to use promises in Unity? This article demonstrates, example by example, how to represent Unity's common asynchronous operations as promises. »

Real Serious Games (RSG) recently launched (in January 2016) its most recent commercial virtual reality project. »

Do you use Scrum to make games? Do you want to use Scrum to make games? Are you simply wondering what this Scrum thing is? »

The single most important rule of testing is to do it. »

NOTE: Since writing this article we've started using Behaviour Designer. It's expensive (for the asset store) but it is really good and I highly recommend it. »

Are you Unity developer wondering what NuGet is? »

In my previous article I talked about Unity and Visual Studio: using Visual Studio to edit and maintain your Unity code. In that article I talked about working with source code directly in your Unity project. »

Introduction This article will help get you started using Visual Studio 2015 in combination with Unity 5.2. If you already know how to do that then this article isn't for you. »

The dispatcher pattern is a method for scheduling (or dispatching) code for execution from a worker-thread to the main-thread. »

Introduction This short article is a guide to creating a plugin to access the Android API from Unity3d. This is aimed at intermediate developers. You should be comfortable using the command line. You should be familiar with C#, Unity3d development and the Unity Editor. We'll gloss over some Java code, it won't be difficult if you already know C#. »

Design Patterns You've heard of design patterns right? »

A brief summary. »

If you find an issue with this article or have feedback please email [email protected] or log an issue at the github page. »