Garage Door Style Menu (using Animated Background Images with jQuery)
Having fun with some jQuery plugins and creating a really cool navigation effect. Chris shows all aspects including creating the images, HTML and... more »
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SECURITY WARNING: be careful when you install Adobe AIR applications
How installing the new version of Twhirl can be dangerous
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4 Features for C# 4.0
Plenty of powerful new language features have fairly recently become mainstream with the launch of VS 2008 in Nov 2007 that supports C# 3.0, amongst... more »
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Groovy or Scala? Don't be a Boiled Frog!
Both! Groovy is a fabulous language. Just read Groovy In Action and some of the other Groovy books. Just about every page brought a Wow response from... more »
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A bit of Lisp
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I’ve been reading this book on Lisp over at MIT press, a little at a time. Yesterday I read something that pushed me a little further along the path... more »
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Coding Horror: Dealing With Bad Apples
After reading this story, I had to resist the urge to lean forward, hand placed thoughtfully under my chin, brow furrowed, and ask -- have you tried... more »
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Geek slang perls from The New Hackers Dictionary
Over 30 amusing terms hand picked from the Jargon File (AKA The New Hackers Dictionary).
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Groovy vs. F# Showdown - Side by Side Comparison
A side by side comparison of a solution to a problem using Groovy (in a functional style) and F# (the functional OCaml derivative for .NET). A fair... more »
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8 Reasons why XML Sucks
I was once a believer in XML. Until I started working with it, that is. Now my enthusiasm has faded away - replaced by - well - bitterness or... 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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Python backing eyed for NetBeans
bloid via infoworld.com
In a not-so-surprising revelation, Sun plans to support the Python and Jython scripting languages in future releases of the open-source NetBeans IDE,... more »
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Objective-C: A case against dot syntax
I was not born an Objective-C developer. I know that in some circles that is considered a mortal sin. Before learning Objective-C and Cocoa I had... more »
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You Don’t Need a Muse: How to Get your Work Done When You’re Not Inspired
There’s this Chuck Close quote that I immediately recall whenever I need to work despite my lack of inspiration or motivation: “Inspiration is for... more »
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49 Nice And Creative Error 404 Pages
49 nice and creative Error 404 pages begging to inspire you.
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Update for Java vs C benchmark
This update compares the performance for some numerical benchmarks for Sun's JVM, IBM's JVM, Excelsior JET 6.4 and 6.0, Apache Harmony M6, LLVM 2.3... more »
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A Bot-Safe Email Link
There are many common ways of keeping email links safe from bots, most of which are rather easy to circumvent. This article shows a way to make the... more »
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NetBeans: The Ultimate Linux IDE
Why NetBeans beats Eclipse and is perfect for Linux Development
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A sample of the Minnow Programming Language
bloid via minnow-lang.org
In the next few weeks I’ll be putting together a release of Minnow with enough of the language implemented you can play with it to see what it will... more »
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The 7 Virtues of Reading eBooks
Recently I was able to publish my first two eBooks via WROX BLOX, httpModules and httpHandlers. Each of these books gave me an opportunity to share... more »
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Kilim - actors and message passing in Java (better than Erlang)
Kilim is a message-passing framework for Java that claims provides ultra-lightweight threads and facilities for fast, safe, zero-copy messaging... more »
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Chuck Norris Roundhouse Kicks JavaServer Faces
Just for a bit of Friday fun I'd like to share the following variation on those Chuck Norris emails that I received - this time relating to Java.
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How to Access Windows Forms Controls in a Thread-Safe Way?
When you write a Windows Forms application, one thing you need to keep in your mind is: You have to keep the controls in the application interactive... more »
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Java Private Constructor Cleverness?
I'll try not to bore you then. Let's get right to it... Does your project have a StringUtils class?
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Subversion 1.5 is Ready
bloid via mikemason.ca
Subversion 1.5 has just been released and has a whole raft of new features that developers have been asking for. To take full advantage of all the new... more »
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Notes for NetBeans Platform 6.5 Milestone 1
bloid via blogs.sun.com
I've been looking at recent builds for a few weeks, making changes to the JavaHelp in the NetBeans Platform area. Here are my notes, which will be... more »
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