There was a time — not that long ago, really — when I was the up-and-coming kid in the office. I was young, I was hip, I was on top of everything new. I was the one who, in 1995, went to the people running the interactive agency where I was working and said, “You [...]
JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is being used more and more for Ajax requests because it makes parsing the results pretty straightforward. In my case, I came across a need to build and parse JSON objects from Java. Fortunately, it’s pretty simple. There are a ton of implementations listed at Json.org, but I don’t have [...]
As you may have noticed, I’ve got a poll over there on the left that lists some topics I might write tutorials about. I’ve been doing a ton of jQuery work lately, so I thought I might put that on the list, but there is apparently a ton of good material out there already. Specifically, [...]
Over at Manning Press, we are building a system that relies heavily on the Subversion version control system, but more and more authors are coming in and saying that they are using Git instead. Git is not, as I had originally thought, a fork of SVN, but instead a distributed system, in which every user [...]
Today I was introduced to an incredibly handy plugin for jQuery called Boxy. You know those Facebook-type modal dialogues that pop up on a web page and grey-out everything else? Well, Boxy lets you do that with one simple Javascript command, as in: $(‘.boxy’).boxy(); It includes all sorts of options as well, including a handy [...]
As you may know if you read this blog, I’ve got my fingers in more pies than … well, than I’ve got fingers. So it’s nice when I can have fun and learn something useful. Java™ After Hours: 10 Projects You’ll Never Do at Work looks like one of those opportunities. Anybody read it? Recommendations? [...]
A couple of new additions to the Programmer How-To: Set Linux/Unix permission values Use a for-next loop (added PHP) Technorati Tags: Linux | System Administration | Programming | PHP |
Apparently I’ve been remiss in pointing to new additions to the Programmer How-To. I’ve added the following items: Automatically reload a web page Mount a floppy disk in Linux/Unix Use an array (PHP) Get submitted form values (PHP) Create a symbolic link in Linux/Unix Get the current date (Python) Format a date (Added Python) Use [...]
I’ve actually run out of room on this page for new stuff, no matter how fun I think it is. Like Today’s Hubble Image: I have no idea what you’re seeing when you look at it; it changes periodically. But at least I’ve got it here for when I figure out where to put it. [...]
After getting some inspiration from Sean McGrath, I’ve decided to expand the Programmer How-To a little bit, and add tips for those niggling things that people just generally spend hours and hours on. This first one involves Jython and numeric directory names when importing code. Sean’s right, though; if we all documented these things when [...]
