The title says it all: I prepared a special offer for the Starling Handbook. That’s kind of a big deal for me, because it’s the first time I can provide a discount on anything! After all, it’s hard to give a discount on a free, open source product. ;-) Black...

Hard to believe, but we are already halfway through 2017! Since I spent so much time with the Starling Handbook, there hasn’t been a new official Starling release for quite a while. With the handbook out of the door, however, I could finally put on my developer hat again –...

My dear friends, it is with the greatest satisfaction that I can finally announce: The Starling Handbook is available. It’s just a click on the big red button away! And, honestly: who can resist clicking on a big red button?! Giveaway Winner In the previous blog post, I started something...

First things first: the Starling Handbook is finally ready! W00t! Do you remember? If not, I can’t blame you: it’s been quite a while since I announced it in this blog post. In a nutshell, this book is going to be the official “bible” for all Starling developers, with lots...

For many of you, the holiday season is coming up. You’ll meet your loved ones, unwrap a present or two and hopefully have some time for yourself, maybe read a book? While I can’t give you the Starling Handbook quite yet (it’s going to be out sometime in Q1 2017),...

UPDATE May 2017: In the meantime, the Starling Handbook is available! Find out all about it here. Do you know the feeling? When you’re extremely familiar with a library or framework, it suddenly steps out of the way, allowing you to focus completely on your actual application. That’s when you...

The last Starling release, version 2.0, left almost no stone unturned. You can imagine that I was quite anxious about how everything would work once it was out in the wild! Would the new API really move your projects to the next level — or would it crumble once confronted...