Development Archives • Five

How to Make a Bot Behave More Human?

Have you ever had a conversation with some kind of AI (it’s totally fine if you didn’t)? Most of the conversations with the bot (or flows as we call them) require the user to only click the buttons. The user can always write a freeform input into the bot, but, depending on how well the […]

Dario Sikirica

Development

The Bullseye: How We Fitted a Piece of Hardware to Any Device

Let me tell you a story about the Moonlite App. An app that turns your mobile phone into a storytime projector and works seamlessly with the hardware extension, providing modern parents to tell stories like never before. When we first encountered with the Moonlite idea, to be honest, it sounded a bit like a fairytale. […]

Mihael Franceković

Business, Development

Five is Now Officially a Google Developers Certified Agency

Five officially became a certified member of the Google Developers Agency Program, an elite group of agencies around the world that have demonstrated excellence in creating Android apps. To be eligible for this prestigious certification program, as Google explains on their web page, an agency must satisfy many factors, including demonstrated expertise in using Google […]

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Development, Java

International NodeSchool Day 2016 @ Five

Over 24 hours, the NodeSchool community came together and hosted events in 27 cities around the globe. Five was the host and sponsor of the International NodeSchool day held at our Zagreb headquarters.

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Development, iOS

Functional Programming in Swift

There were a lot of discussions recently about functional nature of Swift. People are arguing whether Swift is a functional language, can we do functional programming in Swift etc. Swift is certainly not a functional language, but doing functional programming doesn’t require a pure functional language. No matter what language we use, programming in a […]

Danijel Lombarović

Development

Code Review, Five Style

Code review. That dreaded moment when a team gathers around for a series of soul-crushing criticism, indulging in fist fights even, over the legitimacy of their own ugly, but still their own, code. Except it’s not like that at all. Here at Five we take code review as part of our standard workflow. We have […]

Saša Branković

Development, iOS

How to create an interactive blur effect in iOS8

iOS 8 introduced an interesting visual effect. Want to learn how to use it?

Tomislav Grbin

Android, Design, Development, iOS

Cipele46: A recap of our first community hackathon

More than 40 volunteers have laboured long and hard to create cipele46.org

Android, Development

The Android Cookbook

From small and affordable to powerful and large, nearly 80% of all newly shipped smartphones in the world use some version of the Android operating system. Primarily designed to be flexible, Android adapts to all types of mobile devices. Regardless of whether the device is a tablet or a smartphone, regardless of the screen size […]

Šime Amižić

Development

Git tips and tricks

In a few short years Git became one of the most popular source control management system, especially for newly started and open source projects. If you’re a developer, you’ll eventually cross paths with Git. Here is a list of a few Git tips and tricks, starting from beginner and progressing to more advanced levels. These […]

Merlin Rebrović

Android, Development, iOS

Developing for Chromecast, a $35 Internet-to-TV streaming stick. Worth your while?

It`s been over two months since Google made a splash with Chromecast, a 2-in gizmo that plugs into your TV`s HDMI port and can be controlled by more than one device – phone, tablet and computer – if they`re on the same Wi-Fi network as the Chromecast. One of our projects at Five minutes involved […]

Matija Kovačić

Design, Development

Hackathon no.2: Hacking with duckies

There is always something happening in Five Minutes. The beginning of December was a time for another internal hackathon. The spirits were still high from our first one and we wanted to use that before holidays.

How to Make a Bot Behave More Human?

How to Make a Bot Behave More Human?

The Bullseye: How We Fitted a Piece of Hardware to Any Device

Five is Now Officially a Google Developers Certified Agency

International NodeSchool Day 2016 @ Five

Functional Programming in Swift

Code Review, Five Style

How to create an interactive blur effect in iOS8

Cipele46: A recap of our first community hackathon

The Android Cookbook

Git tips and tricks

Developing for Chromecast, a $35 Internet-to-TV streaming stick. Worth your while?

Hackathon no.2: Hacking with duckies

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