Good Software Takes Ten Years. Get Used To it.
The Oracle RDBMS has been around for 22 years now. Windows NT development started 12 years ago. Microsoft Word is positively long in the tooth; I... more »
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How to write a well structured CSS file without becoming crazy
This is a descriptive post about how to write a well structure CSS file and be simple, "elegant-code" oriented and methodic in this process
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Repair A Crashed MySQL Table
To repair a MySQL table, log into your database using phpMydmin web client. Select you database from the database drop down on the left hand side. At... more »
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Announcing Codegeist III: Be The Code You Seek
Coders, start your development engines! It's time for Codegeist III, the 2008 edition of the Atlassian plugin competition. Once again, the contest is... more »
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Realistic Flame Effect in AS3
This is my first attempt at creating a realistic flame effect in Actionscript 3.0 so be gentle.
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Code generation in JavaScript, or "eval() considered useful"
If ever a feature of JavaScript was considered harmful, it's eval(). It's so commonly abused that if I'm interviewing a JS web developer, I... more »
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AppleScript 2.0 Language Guide Updated!
It’s been a long wait, however, as of today you can now get your hands on the latest update to the AppleScript Language Guide. The copy that I’ve been... more »
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Don't Be A #f00! Get the Red Out!
One element of a website that involves direct user to website interaction is web forms. Web forms can be extremely helpful in getting customer... more »
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GraphicsBuilder: Groups Recieve a Facelift
when I created groups in GraphicsBuilder I was looking for a way to define a set of operations that would be related somehow, perhaps share some... more »
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Spring in Small Doses
Spring is a well organized framework and IoC container that can be used in a modular way. In this article we are going to see how Spring can help us... more »
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glTrail - realtime website usage visualization
View real-time relations and activities from any logfile on any server with SSH, in an entertaining way.
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GraphicsBuilder: nodes at a glance
I've been working to get the next release of GraphicsBuilder ready, which now includes the full range of Jerry's filters, here is a list of all... more »
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Create refrigerator magnets with css
CSS to create refrigerator magnets, and javascript to make them movable.
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How to build a GWT application for an existing database
This article demonstrates how to build a GWT application for an existing database using HiberObjects Import DB Pro, a commercial extension to... more »
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An Interview with Jeremy Sydik - Designing Accessible Websites
I recently finished reviewing Design Accessible Websites by author Jeremy Sydik and as I was reading the last couple of pages I thought to myself, "I... more »
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Spring Web Flow 2.0 M4 - Feedback Requested
The Web Flow team has been working hard on Web Flow 2. We just reached our 4th milestone and will enter release candidate status as early as next... more »
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BitNami's JRubyStack = JRuby + Rails + GlassFish Gem + MySQL all bundled together
BitNami provides easy-to-use, integrated and multiplatform install bundles for different open source apps. They released JRubyStack last week which... more »
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Meta out the wazoo: Monads and Monoids
Since I mentioned the idea of monoids as a formal models of computations, John Armstrong made the natural leap ahead, to the connection between... more »
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Creating Resizeable Buttons in CSS
Have you ever designed a page for a web application and wanted to make a nice button for the application? You probably opened your photo editor and... more »
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Flex Accordion Rss Reader
This is a Flex Feed Reader widget. Both the Flash file and the Source (open source) is on the post. It is very useful simple reader. Use it as an... more »
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Learning Ext JS: Many Resources Available
The Ext Learning Center is one of the best places to get material to learn about Ext. The tutorials cater to both new and experienced Ext developers... more »
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JXInsight 5.5.1 - OSGi, WAS PMI, Apache Struts
JXInsight 5.5.1 has been released today. With this release we have packaged a large number of AspectJ (Java 5 only) based extension packs for OSGi and... more »
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F# for Visualization update
F# for Visualization has been updated and now provides advanced interactive 2D function plotting capability with typeset mathematics.
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jQuery slideViewer 1.1
slideViewer is a lightweight (1.5Kb) jQuery plugin wich allows to instantly create an image gallery by writing just few lines of HTML such as an... more »
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The Secrets Of Grunge Design
Shiny and glossy design elements are now officially outdated. Just like retro is becoming trendy again, grungy look appears to rapidly gain on... more »
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