My Stupid Site Killing Mistake
Ever do something really stupid that it brings down a production server? Well, I did this morning. Check it out so you can learn from my mistake.
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LLVM bindings for Ruby
I've hacked together Ruby bindings to the LLVM C++ API to allow generating LLVM bytecode, JITing, etc. The bindings already connect up a good chunk... more »
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Develop PHP in Visual Studio
If you love Visual Studio and develop with PHP, you should check VS.PHP, that adds PHP projects to Visual Studio.
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John Resig - JavaScript Benchmark Quality
JavaScript Benchmarks aren't adapting well to the rapid increase in JavaScript engine performance. I provide some simple tests for verifying this and... more »
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Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2 now available for download
The second developer milestone of the next release of Firefox - code named Shiretoko Alpha 2 - is now available for download. Shiretoko is built on... more »
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Using the Flex Builder 3.x Profiler
I've been getting lots of questions about memory leaks lately. I finally found some time to put my techniques for analyzing memory leaks into... more »
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The Google Full Monty: Chrome + Canvas + Gears + GWT + App Engine
Me thinks Google Chrome is the most significant and worthy app that Google has produced since Gmail. It's remarkable on its own merits. What do you... more »
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Shinmun, a small and beautiful blog engine
Shinmun is a tiny blog engine in Ruby in about 250 lines of code. It supports RSS feeds, category listing and listing by date.
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Using Visual Studio to Debug Mono
The following screenshots shows Visual Studio debugging a remote Mono process running on a Linux box.
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Better window management with ElScreen
GNU Emacs - multiple window setups in one frame
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Top Job Boards for Web Developers and Designers
There are loads of job boards out there, but how many of them are actually built for web developers and designers? And How many of them are acutally... more »
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IE8: Robbing Peter to pay Paul
For those of you unfamiliar with the idiom, it should be taken to mean "benefiting one at the expense of another. In this case, Paul is the end-user... more »
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Learn HTML & CSS at the HTML Playground
The HTML Playground offers XHTML and CSS references by example. The site is still in beta at version 0.4, but offers an easy to use interface that... more »
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Develop Web apps with the Java Persistence API
Find out how the Java Persistence API (JPA) provides a means to persist data in your applications. Although it is traditionally used with Enterprise... more »
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Python API to the VirtualBox VM
One of the important advantages of the VirtualBox virtualization solution is powerful public API allowing to control every aspect of virtual... more »
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Getting started with Maven and Spring
This guide is a quick introduction to getting started with Maven and Spring, and shows the making of a "Hello World" application. The only... more »
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Test your Website: A 57-Point Checklist for Maximum Usability
So you've got a website, but do you know whether it's usable or not? The answer to this question can make the difference between a successful site and... more »
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John Resig - JavaScript in Chrome
However the most important question, to JavaScript developers, is: How will this affect my normal development routine? I've done some research, talked... more »
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Chrome's process model explained
Chrome's process model is extremely sophisticated. The web comic only mentions the default behavior, but you can configure Chrome to manage processes... more »
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The Problem with Python
A few idiosyncrasies I've encountered with Python. The problems with Lambda's, Scoping, and Number handling.
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Behavior-driven development with easyb
Behavior-driven development offers many of the benefits of test-driven development, but without the tight coupling to specific implementations. In... more »
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9 Amazing Firefox Add-Ons That Will Save Your Time
Firefox is a fastest growing popular web browser. There are lots of ease provided by the firefox and this is the main reason for its popularity. There... more »
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NetBeans Support for Cake PHP, Symfony, Prado, Zend Framework, Smarty or ... ?
Which PHP frameworks should NetBeans support?
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Asynchronous Database Access in Ruby
Benchmarks of the latest MySQLPlus, EM/MySQL and DBSlayer libraries for asynchronous database access in Ruby - with surprising and promising results!
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Visual programming
I have a strong interest in visual programming. Many programmers say it is not practical but they are ignoring its big success in CG. Almost every... more »
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