HTML5 is a Big Deal for Enterprise Developers
I was recently made aware of HTML5's canvas element and I believe that this could render Silverlight, JavaFX and Flex obsolete. The "canvas" tag... more »
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How to become a programmer
A lot of people aspire to learn programming, and it's not an easy task (there are countless pitfalls that aspiring programmers typically parade into... more »
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JavaFX for Designers and Developers
JavaFX is the best way to create expressive, feature-rich content. Building on the Java Platform, JavaFX delivers a compelling mix of ubiquity,... more »
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Become a Better Developer: Give Only One Responsibility to Each Class
How to improve your classes so that they have only one major responsibility.
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20 useful Flash API's and Tools
Reading the MochiAds Forum I have found an interesting post containing a bunch of useful Flash API's and Tools. I elaborated it a lil bit and here it... more »
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Source Code of Several Atari 7800 Games Released!
Remember the Dig Dug or Centipede or Robotron? They used to be favorites when Atari’s 7800 series was still around. Now since the era of those... more »
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W3C dumps XHTML 2 in favor of HTML 5
Looking to focus on the budding -- and game-changing -- HTML 5 specification, the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) said Thursday it plans to increase... more »
Don't make them think
On the importance of paying attention to small details.
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Broaden Your Horizons: Web Projects
Why should you just stick to freelancing? When work is rare, it's good to have some kind of side project to keep yourself busy, and help you progress... more »
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Clever JPEG Optimization Techniques
"In this article, we’ll show you a different approach to image optimization, based on how image data is stored in different formats. Let’s start with... more »
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Maximized form layout
After my article on minimal form layout I thought it would be fair to explain a little about my preferred way to layout a form. Or at least, the form... more »
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How to: Capture browser close button event or exiting the page in javascript.
How to: Capture browser close button event or exiting the page in javascript.
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Internet Explorer 6 finally falls
This week, Internet Explorer 6 has finally been surpassed by Internet Explorer 8. This is a huge event for the Web. IE 6 is now the least popular IE... more »
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StackExchange - The Stack Overflow Knowledge Exchange Platform
Designed by Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky, Stack Overflow has rapidly become the best place for programmers to get answers to technical questions. Now... more »
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Linux kernel design patterns - part 3
In this final article we will be looking at just one design pattern. We started with the fine details of reference counting, zoomed out to look at... more »
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Rubinius By The Book
Rubinius, which you've no doubt heard lots about over the last few years, is an implementation of the Ruby language written from scratch using cutting... more »
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Microsoft: Bad User Experience Is Cultural
What idiot at Microsoft thought this would be a good idea? What group of idiots let it continue for years?
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Ajax Script – Dragable content
This script enable elements draggable by assigning them to the class “dragableElement”.
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Is HTML the new PL/SQL?
In the future, hopefully every programmer will be relieved from the horrible pain of dealing with HTML, browser compatibility issues, CSS quirks and... more »
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We got elephant out, now what to expect in JavaFX 1.3/1.5(post-marina)
A discription of what was in marina and what can be included in next iteration.
E4 – A New Area For RCP/RIA Applications
I’m on the road to prepare my example for the E4 talk I’m delivering on the Eclipse-Developers-Day in Karlsruhe and I have to say that in my eyes E4... more »
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Screenshot in 2 Clicks using .NET
As a developer, I take lot of screenshots and its time consuming to press the screenshot button, paste it in MSPaint or any other Image editing... more »
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Keyboard Enabling Web Applications
It’s time to bring the keyboard back! When we first started doing things on the web, there wasn’t much to do. There were documents with hyperlinks... more »
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Caught Between Two IDEs
I seem to be caught between two IDEs: Eclipse and IntelliJ. I abandoned Eclipse a couple of years back, partly based on wide spread recommendations... more »
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Data Paging with Flex and PHP in Flash Builder
Flash Builder 4 can really speed up the development of data-driven applications. There are new wizards that can help you create the data service and... more »
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