Articles with the category "Programming"

JavaScript Frameworks Compared

JavaScript Frameworks Compared First off, if you are coding JavaScript, use a framework. You will never go back because all frameworks will help in some way. The frameworks serve more like libraries (instead of full-fledged “frameworks” as Rails for Ruby or CakePHP for PHP). For example, instead of coding the whole XMLHttpRequest thing, most frameworks [...]

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Model View Controller (MVC) and CodeIgniter

CodeIgniter is a PHP framework that helps structure your code and make redundant tasks less tedious. There are countless similar PHP frameworks, the most popular ones being CakePHP and symfony. After looking at several frameworks, the reason I chose to work with CodeIgniter first is that it is a more loosely formed framework, serving as [...]

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Create your own VPS (Virtual Server) on Ubuntu

When I was planning on starting this blog, I never wanted to get my self a shared hosting account. You have very limited control of the environment and changing the service provider is always a pain. I had heard about Virtual Private Servers (VPS). With the prices for VPSs falling and almost rivaling the rates [...]

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Desktop Blogging for Ubuntu Part – 2

Part 1 We were in the process of reviewing 7 of the most popular desktop blogging tools around. We have already reviewed Blogilo, Gnome Blog and Drivel Blog Editor. Its time to review the remaining 3. BloGTK Blog Editor BlogGTK has been designed on python using GTK libraries so it is natively supported by Ubuntu. [...]

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Desktop Blogging for Ubuntu Part – 1

I have been looking for a good desktop blogging application for Ubuntu for quite some time but without much luck Agreed, that there are quite a few available, but none of them look like a complete package which can take on most of the tasks one would expect. Some of the major Desktop Blogging Clients [...]

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Free Things Every Web Developer Should Know About

The following are a collection of a tools and links that I frequent for various aspects of web development. They either provide a physical product, web service, or knowledge that you’ll be happy to have. I’ll add more if I discover more so keep checking back. And add your own! Statistics As a web developer, [...]

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CodeIgniter vs CakePHP Which One Is Better ?

In the current world of programming on the web, CodeIgniter and CakePHP are one of the most popular platforms out there and surely there are many who have worked with these frameworks and are quite fond of them. But lets find out which one is better, I have worked a lot with these two frameworks [...]

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How to solve Ajax Problems

Ajax is awesome. Yes, it is pretty nice not having to refresh the browser. But as a developer, you probably will eventually run into an Ajax bug sooner and later. And ARGH! What is happening to your XMLHttpRequest? Ajax issues can be harder to debug because you can’t be always sure what happens to your [...]

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RIM begins their competition for application developers

The first phase of the BlackBerry Developer Awards began on Tuesday September 11. This contest is worldwide and was designed to choose the best people for content developers in six different categories: Best Free Software contribution. Active contributor in developer forums. Active contributor in the development team on Twitter. The ‘evangelist’ who should be read [...]

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PhraseExpress – 10 Reasons Why You Should Use This Text Expansion Program to Boost Your Productivity

We are all familiar with the situation where you are typing the same word or sentence over and over in your windows programs. Wouldn’t it be easier if we could simply type the abbreviation of a word and it gets auto expanded to our desired phrase? A free software program called PhraseExpress is the perfect [...]

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