This post is an introduction to open core software licenses or open core licensing (OCL). This is part of a series of articles whose main post is about software licenses. Definition of Open Core Open core software contains free and…
A game framework is a collection of libraries and tools that simplify some aspects of game development, but leave more room for customization and flexibility. It does not offer a complete solution for creating games, but rather a foundation that…
This post is an introduction to the general concept of virtualization. Virtualization is the overarching concept of creating virtual versions of computing resources, such as servers, storage devices, or networks. It abstracts physical hardware and allows multiple virtual instances to…
A bundler is a tool in software development that is responsible for combining and packaging different pieces of code and assets into a single or a few files. The main goal of a bundler is to optimize the loading and…
Entity relationship (ER) Model is a software engineering model that was developed to represent databases. They were first developed by Peter Chen and published in the paper “The Entity Relationship Model – Toward a Unified View of Data” in 1976.…
This post compiles different ways to generate income when developing or managing free and open-source software (FOSS) projects. The posts goes beyond projects within the FOSS definition, and also covers related projects that fall under the definition of open core.…
Node.js is a runtime environment for the programming language JavaScript. It allows to run code from an OS, without the need of a browser. It is mandatory to use an application like Node.js for back-end functionality written in JavaScript, such…
Electron is a framework to build cross-platform desktop application using web technologies. The main web technologies for developing in Electron are HTML, CSS and JavaScript. It also uses Node.js framework extensively. It is a free and open source software (FOSS)…
A key-value database or key-value store is a type of database. You can read more about databases on this post. It is part of NoSQL databases. You can read more about NoSQL databases on this post. One application of key-value…
This post features some libraries or game engines written in JavaScript for video games development. List of JavaScript Libraries for Video Games JavaScript Libraries for Video Games featured on this post: The most popular are GDevelop and melonJS. GDevelop It…