The Next Great Language
There has been a lot of talk in the last year or two about Java losing ground to newer languages and about which language is going to replace Java as... more »
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15 Resources To Get You Started With jQuery From Scratch
Maybe you're a seasoned jQuery pro. Heck, maybe you're John Resig. On the other hand, maybe you read words like "Prototype", "jQuery", and "Mootools"... more »
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Tracks screencast: How to get things done
This great application helps you to get more organized (Something I definitely needed!). Another good thing about it is that it requires a minimum of... more »
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Stop Using FTP
This is going to sound a little weird at first considering what I do for a living, but I want you to stop using FTP. FTP is a 23 year old protocol.... more »
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Enterprise Architect - Joke or Joker?
If you put "Enterprise Architecture" and "Joke" into an internet search engine, you find a post from 2005 by one James McGovern: Government Enterprise... more »
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EXT JS 2.1 Overview
EXT JS is a feature-packed and cross-browser RIA framework built from JavaScript and CSS that seriously reduces the development time of Web 2.0... more »
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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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11 Powerful Firefox 3 Add-ons to Replace Standalone Apps
Firefox add-on developers have created some impressive applications that can replace larger, bloated programs. These add-ons can help if you have a... more »
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Awesomebar or Breach of Trust?
Make no mistakes, this is not another undocumented "feature". This is a breach of public trust. Your browser is tracking EXACTLY what you have told it... more »
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ColdFusion 8-Enhancements You May Have Missed
ColdFusion 8 is arguably one of the most significant releases of the product since ColdFusion MX (6.0) first graced our servers in 2002. The release... more »
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Internet Explorer Extinct By 2013?
Microsoft should consider this a forewarning — if the trend of the past three years continues, not one person who visits sitepoint.com will be using... more »
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Quickstart to Creating Firefox Extensions
It’s not very easy to start writing an extension in Firefox. There’s a bunch of configuration to do. It usually takes a while to even make your... more »
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Lies We Tell New Programmers
Do We tell lies to the new programmers like our kids?
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Gartner Reveals Top 10 Technologies
The good folks over at the Gartner Group have revealed the top 10 technologies that they believe will change the world over the next four years.
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Create Scalable Applications with ColdFusion Components
"This article presents an introduction to ColdFusion components (CFCs). For developers seeking to take their skills to the next level, CFCs are an... more »
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Super Fast Prototype
A couple of observations about how to increase the speed of prototype, the JavaScript framework.
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Why is MySQL more popular than PostgreSQL?
There is much discussion of why MySQL is more widely adopted than PostgreSQL. The discussion I’ve heard is mostly among the PostgreSQL community... more »
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jQuery iPod-style Drilldown Menu
We created an iPod-style drilldown menu to help users traverse hierarchical data quickly and with control. It's especially helpful when organizing... more »
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Software Developers Never Change
Whenever I am tasked with looking over a fellow developers code I always keep the following in mind, in order to ground myself: your program (n): a... more »
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Those Damn Slashes
According to A List Apart, (and who am I to disagree though here I am doing just that), all URLs should end with a trailing slash. I cannot say that I... more »
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VMWare Open BlueDragon image made available
We are happy to announce that we have made our Open BlueDragon VMWare image available. The image contains: CentOS 5.1 (with all available upgrades... more »
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Are you smarter than the crowd – be the first to solve this and win $250
This classic logic puzzle – does not require any specialized knowledge just analytical skills. Check it out for yourself and challenge your... more »
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The hidden value of processing.js
The ever wonderful John Resig finally posted his totally awesome processing.js code to the web. If you haven’t seen it, you should go take a look. The... more »
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OpenOffice.org 3 Is Near
Do you really need an introduction for OpenOffice.org?
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The Week in ColdFusion: 30 April-6 May: Is ColdFusion a programming language? blah blah blah…
There were a couple of big news items in the blogosphere this week, but making the most noise was the cf.Objective() conference. I’m not going to link... more »
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