Software Developer Janis Miezitis is going to speak at Front-End Conference
Janis will speak about getting rid of runtime errors with Elm. Janis believes it is difficult and time-consuming to write error-free code with JavaScript. He says: “Even with an extensive test suite, you can never be sure that you won’t see “undefined is not a function” popping up somewhere in your production environment. This is […]
Should you migrate to React v16?
DiatomEnterprises is a company providing Software Development Services using React Framework. The Article below explains the question about the migration to React v16. In September 2017, Facebook announced the release of React v16.0, and soon, in November 2017, React v16.2.0 has been released. So, what is new in v16, what has been changed and why […]
Diatom Enterprises expands the React/Node.js development team
Diatom is a company – experts in react Development Services. Our main goal is to expand Diatom Enterprises development team with new strengths and invite new developers to an existing international project, related to European railway communication. Our business development director, Darja Krizska-Popova says, “This project is a great opportunity for us to meet new […]
Development of web site for the Ronald McDonald House Charity
Case Study Development of web site for the Ronald McDonald House Charity Diatom Enterprises participated in the development of the website for the Latvian Chapter of Ronald McDonald House Charity, supporting the Care Mobile program – a vehicle providing free medical care in remote areas of Latvia. The website allows visitors to view content dynamically […]
Creating native apps with react native and expo
DiatomEnterprises is a company providing React Software Development Services. In this day and age, it would be hard for most of us to imagine living without our mobile phones and all of the applications they provide. Among other things, mobile technology helps us find information and keep in touch with our friends and family, and […]
Baltic Outlook about the the company Diatom Enterprises and Robot Pepper
A polite and pleasant host, an attentive and compassionate listener… Already sounds like you’d want to hire this person as your company’s receptionist, salesperson, or client assistant? First of all, this is not a person, but a robot. Pepper is the first humanoid robot capable of reading and responding to human emotions. Pepper will interpret […]
Diatom’s 2017 Year in Review
This is actually one of our favorite activities, because memories, words, sometimes even things done are forgotten and lost over time. However, that which is written with a pen – or in today’s world, with the keyboard – stays if not forever, at least for a long time. The year of 2017 has been varied. […]
The 4th episode of the Pepper vlog is out
It is so incredible to see how the robot Pepper has developed. When we first met, the only thing he could do was to say ‘Hello’ to everybody. Now, we can see him talking to himself, joking or even predicting the future, just like a human being. Of course, this is thanks to those who […]
Responsive or adaptive design: which is best?
As you may know, there are four types of website layouts: static, liquid, adaptive and responsive. The type of layout users should use for their website depends on their designer’s specific needs and requirements. Some people prefer to build websites using only a static layout in order to save time and money. Other people prefer […]
November Events: Riga Comm 2017
The two-day Riga Comm 2017 event will be held on November 9–10, 2017, at Kipsala International Exhibition Centre in Riga, Latvia. We will be glad to welcome you to the A15/A17 booth and tell you more about our custom software development services. Additionally, we would love to introduce you to our special team member, Robot Pepper, […]
November Events: ELM workshop at Diatom
The event will take place on November 4 (Saturday) in our office, which is located at Straupes iela 5, k-1 in Riga. We are very excited that this meet-up will be organized together with Google Developers Group Riga (GDG Riga). We have long been dreaming of organizing something useful and fascinating together since both organizations […]
Testing mobile apps with SpecFlow and Appium
Just 10 years ago, a majority of users were surfing the internet on their PC. Today, according to statistics, most visits come from mobile versions of a website or mobile applications. Therefore, the requirements for the stability and quality of these applications are very high. Usually, the quality of the software being developed is monitored […]
Must Visit: Top IT Events This Fall/Winter 2017
We at Diatom Enterprises strongly believe that one of the best ways to learn more about innovations and changes in your industry (in our case, software development and everything related to information technology) is to attend events such as exhibitions, seminars and conferences. In a small city like Riga, developing yourself in this manner used […]
Containerization with Docker: How Does it Work?
Back story A few years ago, I started working with Node.js applications. Recently, I was assigned to an existing project. When I opened the Readme file, I found out that at least five applications had to be downloaded in order for the project to start working: Node.js, Image Magic, Gulp, Postgress, create default database and […]
Latvian companies are a reliable partner for the U.S. businesses
We are frequently asked by people about the business reason for Diatom’s membership in the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia (AmCham Latvia). Today we would like to share some of the clear benefits of being members of AmCham Latvia, describe our experience collaborating with US companies, and describe why, in our opinion, those companies […]