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Here is a new start with the support of the Y Combinator to necessarily catch they eye the abundance of Web developers: Proxino, a new service that promises to allow developers to detect errors at all their client-side JavaScript, without the need to manually move their code with errors handling commands.
First, a little high-level background. Unlike languages such as Python, which run on servers that you access the Web site, the JavaScript code is usually performed locally in a Web browser. This allows for quick response and excellent effects, but there are drawbacks: developers are much harder to find out if their sites raise problems for some users. Each browser executes the code differently — and if something goes wrong, the developers will not automatically receive the error message.
There are several ways to do so. Developers can create their own set of tests that automatically check the numerous tests for different browsers. And they also can wrap each of the functions in their code with exception handlers. But Proxino's the founders say test suites are not perfect (the worst mistakes are the ones that slip through those tests), and that many developers do not want to manually add error handling.
That's where Proxino. Developers to allocate them to the JavaScript application through Proxino in the proxy server that automatically migrates each part of the application code that generates the exception reports, so they get pinged every time the user's browser has an error. Proxy server can also reduce the code to reduce download time and caches JavaScript apps to further expedite things. And they will automatically be converted to other languages like CoffeeScript, instrumented, the exception catching, JavaScript.
Of course, the proxy servers have the potential flaw: If the server goes down, your application can go down and you are not in direct control to get it working again. To fix this, Proxino uses a backup method if the Proxino goes down, you just start the service application JavaScript from your own server as you normally would.
Proxino recognizes that there are already some tools out there to optimize JavaScript like Google's closure compiler. But they say that there aren't many tools that do a good job, allowing developers to detect bugs in browsers — and they say their competitors behave inconsistently in different browsers, such as Webkit and Opera.
Draws a Proxino charges based on amount of traffic your Web site. There is a free version for low traffic sites with less than 1000 page views per month; The first level of pay is $ 30/month for up to 10000 page views (you can see the complete price list here).
In the long term, Proxino has some pretty ambitious: they say they want to "serve the Javascript in the world".
Proxino is a proxy service that helps developers get an alert when the JavaScript on the client side, there are exceptions in the browsers of users.
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AutoIQ is a combination gadget and HTML5-based mobile application that listens to your car in order to save you money. The company sells an off-the-shelf diagnostic gadget that connects to the onboard diagnostic (OBD) port of your vehicle. There are several different payment options for the service’s users. For $50, you receive the gadget and a year of service. You can also choose to buy your own gadget from a third-party and pay just $3/month for the service, or you can choose to pay $5/month for both the gadget and the service on a subscription basis. The OBD port is a standard port, accessible on all modern vehicles without having to get your hands dirty poking around under the hood. The gadget, which the company calls the “translator,” listens to the car’s computer and then “translates” those mysterious error messages into understandable language. Messages can come to you through push notifications, text messages, emails or via the AutoIQ online service. How bad is that “check engine” message, for example? Do you really need an air filter, as your mechanic says?
CityQuest is a new (in-development) mobile application that transforms normal metropolitan landscapes into adventure-filled mini-games that “promote local commerce and vanquish boredom.” While operating in the same general space as Foursquare and Gowalla, the app doesn’t see itself as competing directly with those “check in” based networks. Its goal is slightly different – promote local discovery, encourage users to “get out of the house” and explore their city, visit popular landmarks, discover new businesses and patronize those which are their favorites.
Dropost.it, another mobile app that emerged from Tampa Bay’s first Startup Weekend, allows you to “drop” text messages and media in a geographical area for others to receive when they get there. That media can be music, video, photos, games, or any other digital file. The best way to understand Dropost.it is to think of it as sort of “location-based graffiti.” It’s not designed to be a niche experience, but rather a location-based platform for sharing media. There are several possible uses for this sort of technology, ranging from geo-fenced location-based reminders to in-store promotions where the app’s users receive discounts at local businesses. But the most intriguing thing about this app is how it attaches a real-world location to the online, virtual world.
Leads Direct, LLC is an online lead aggregator and cost-per-lead provider for multiple service-based verticals. That description is being kept fairly high-level because the company’s founders are still at their day jobs. This company is taking a different approach from the other startups in Gazelle Lab in that it isn’t disruptive in terms of the core service being offered, but in the way that the service works. Lead generation is a business that’s been around for some time, and has a sound business model, the founders explain, but the company plans on making some changes to address specific needs in each vertical they target. The company will initially target property management and real estate, where it will provide advertisers with more control over budgets, a better understaning of where ad dollars are being spent and itemized billing – all things its competitors currently lack. In short, Leads Directo will offer a Google AdWords-like toolset for acquiring leads.
Red Hawk Interactive plans to integrate restaurant listings and menu ordering systems into streaming video services. While it can’t discuss specifics, the company says it’s in talks with a well-known streaming video brand. And it’s currently reaching out to others in the same market. To give you an idea of the clients RedHawk has in mind, streaming video services like Netflix, Hulu, or Boxee are the types of targets the company is interested in talking with. RedHawk would provide a way for these service to display links to restaurants via the screen that loads before you start the movie. For example, under the movie’s description, would be a simple option that read something like “Order Food.” Clicking the link would take you to a list of participating restaurants with online ordering systems. The way this interface would look and operate is up to the streaming video provider, as this would be a white label product only.
Teburu (Japanese for “table”) provides a web-based and mobile platform for restaurants to easily manage their online and mobile ordering services. For small to medium-sized restaurants, it’s still a challenge to get the information from the ordering system to the kitchen, says Teburu. Typical third-party systems often forgo expensive point-of-sale (POS) integration and instead phone the restaurant, fax in orders or send orders via email. Teburu makes POS integration a more affordable option, or restaurants can opt for the company’s specially designed HTML5 tablet application which runs on locked-down mobile hardware and software, like a customized version of Android, for example. The app will alert order takers to incoming orders via flashes or beeps. Then staff simply inputs the order in their own system.