Simple Ruby on Rails search with Xapian
Step by step instructions for getting Xapian running in Rails with the acts_as_xapian plugin.
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Design Patterns - Iterator Pattern
Time for the next part in our series, the Iterator Pattern. Let's start with the definition: "Provide a way to access the elements of an aggregate... more »
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The Best Firefox Developer Extensions Around
Firefox offers a lot of advantages over other browsers, namely Internet Explorer. One of the greatest advantages it offers, is the ability to install... more »
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3 Great Open Source Software Website Enhancements
Open source software is software in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design.... more »
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How to convert Firefox Extensions To Firefox 3
Guide to convert Firefox extensions so they work with Firefox 3
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What a Git!
Linus Torvalds put the cat-among-the-pigeons after his rather clumsy attack on Subversion, CVS, Perforce and anything else that was specifically not a... more »
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jQuery.UI Messenger\Outlook like message notification Widget
Messenger like notification widget using jQuery.UI, following Matt Berseth post about ProgressBar Widger using jQuery.UI
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Design Patterns - Command Pattern
What’s a lonely geek to do late in the evening? Write about the Command Pattern of course… Let’s start with the definition: “Encapsulate a request... more »
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25+ Inspiring Designs by Land, Sea and Air
"I constantly come across excellent designs that feature various elements of nature and I’ve been collecting samples for a while now. Some use photos... more »
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The Wonderful Awful Browser
When a desktop programmer tries to write database applications for the browser, he faces a great many challenges, both technical and cultural. Both... more »
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Density map tutorial—Prototype, Google Maps API and the HeatMapAPI
A tutorial on how to create a density map with Prototype, the Google Maps API and the HeatMapAPI. The final product is a density map of liquor... more »
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Lightbox and Clones
Very good List of Lightbox and its Clone Scripts.
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JavaScript is dead, long live JavaScript
Y'know, a long time ago I decided that I hated JavaScript, then I realized that I didn't hate JavaScript the language, what I hated was the lack of... more »
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Web-Based Tools for Optimizing, Formatting and Checking CSS
"Stylesheets can get large real quickly, both in terms of length and file size. To ensure that your web pages render correctly and quickly, here’s a... more »
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Floating message box using jQuery
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make the message box which clings on the top of the browser even though you scrool the window of the web page.... more »
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jQuery Column Filters
I built this jQuery plugin for a quick way of allowing table columns to be filtered by the user. It will add text box's to the top of each column in a... more »
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How to Videos: Windows Presentation Foundation
I am starting to research Windows Presentation Foundation for a demonstration that I am working on and one of the resources that I was pointed to... more »
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Coding Fonts: Not just an endeavor in aesthetics!
Having recently discovered the plethora of coding fonts available online, it occurred to me that quite a bit of thought has been put into something I... more »
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Top 10 CSS buttons tutorial list
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That’s obvious: Buttons are a very important part of a website: They’re the most common way your visitors can trigger an action and interact with your... more »
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Rails acts_as_redeemable Plugin
Adds redemption capability to a model for items like coupons, invitation codes, etc. Each redeemable gets a unique code upon creation that can be sent... more »
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CSS-Styled Lists: Demo
A simple demo to showcase some of the most used design blocks styled differently and enhanced to give us a nice and clean design blocks using... more »
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Linux: The easiest way to search and replace in files
Search for a match to the regular expression given in pattern.
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List of Firebug Extensions
Have you ever been interested in what extensions are available for Firebug? If yes, take a look at what I have found. Frankly, I was quite surprised... more »
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Adding Google Maps To Your Rails Applications
Although there's nothing preventing you from linking to Google's mapping JavaScript API and referencing the library directly from your views, jumping... more »
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