JQuery 1.1.3 is 800% Faster; 20 KBJuly 13th, 2007 This is what I call quality programming! John Resig released JQuery 1.1.3. The key improvements are:
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Tutorial: Learn Python in 10 MinutesJuly 13th, 2007 Poromenos, a greek student, has written a nice tutorial on Python, a rapidly growing and ever popular Web 2.0 language. I think it will take you somewhat longer than 10 minutes to go through all the examples.
Translator Plugin Pro 5.0: Guidelines & Notes for Current CustomersJune 14th, 2007 Translator Plugin Pro 5.0 is a new release in many refreshing ways. One of the first thing you will notice is that the Translator options page have moved under Options menu.
Fun Java Programming PuzzlesMarch 12th, 2008 Amazon.com WidgetsCheck out this excellent video of Java puzzles from Google tech talk. There is also a nice book on Java puzzles by Joshua Block & Neal Gafter.
Free e-Book: Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible January 29th, 2009 Covering the most popular Linux shells (such as bash, ash, tcsh, ksh, korn, and zsh), this reference book shows how to use commands to create scripts within each shell and demonstrates practical applications for shell scripts (including retrieving information from Web sites and sending automated reports via e-mail). For each shell, the author discusses the commands available and explains how to use these commands to create scripts that can automate common functions and reports.
Discussion & Examples: Java enums versus public static finalSeptember 23rd, 2008 Should we use to represent a constant String such as browser's user agent or simply use public static final String as before?
Using public static final as enum has many problems, such as:
Not typesafe - Since a type is just an int you can pass in any other int value where a particular type is required, or add two types together (which makes no sense). This is particularly noticeable in C programs where you will find strange constants being used in un-related place and yet it seems to work, simply because the required constant and the provided constant share the same int value.
Java Application Security Through Static AnalysisJune 28th, 2008 Extendable (by plugins, ...) Static Analysis tools like FindBugs can enhance the security of your Java applications (web as well as standalone or client-servers applications) in several significant ways. Enforcing security policy compliance
Security policies are espoused by security experts such as OWASP and mandated for compliance by many regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley that require organizations to demonstrate they have done "due diligence" in safeguarding application security and information privacy.
Software Review: Hosted Subversion Analytics ServiceJune 20th, 2007 I was contacted by ProjectLocker to review their new service: Subversion Analytics. I took the service through the paces using their demo account.
The Power And Versatility of JSON (Over XML)July 16th, 2007 It is never a good idea to mix syntax with semantics. When comparing JSON with XML this is what first came to my mind.
Comment Guard Pro (WordPress Comment Spam Protection Software) ReleasedMarch 3rd, 2008 I am very happy to announce the much-awaited release of Comment Guard Pro for WordPress blogs. Comment Guard Pro is designed to unobtrusively protect your blog against all types of comment spams - trackback spam, pingback spam, robotic spam using comment form, human submitted spam (where the spammers actually goes to your site to spam you; they are the hardest to detect), referrer spam etc.
(WordPress) Translator Plugin Pro Version 5.2 ReleasedJuly 21st, 2008 Translator Plugin Pro (for WordPress blogs) provides automatic machine translation of blogs in 13+1 languages (many more will be added soon) - German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Dutch, Greek, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional and optionally Norwegian (note: we provide 32 languages with Translator Plugin Gold). We provide unlimited free updates and upgrades and 6 months of free support.
(WordPress) Translator Plugin Gold Version 1.2 ReleasedJuly 21st, 2008 Translator Plugin Gold (for WordPress blogs) provides automatic machine translation of blogs in 32 languages (more will be added soon) - German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Arabic, Dutch, Greek, Russian, Norwegian, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Latin American Spanish, Filipino, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian, Swedish, Welsh, Turkish and Latin. We provide unlimited free updates and upgrades and 6 months of free support.
10 Free Java ebooks for YouDecember 20th, 2008 Java is a programming language originally developed by Sun Microsystems and released in 1995. But its been more than 10 years from then and the popularity has taken Java to an enviable height.
How to Prevent CyberTerrorism and Software Piracy Through Validy SoftNaos - A Technical PerspectiveNovember 22nd, 2008 Cyber terrorism, data theft and piracy are three of the most concerning factors for any software developer or a learned internet user. We have always looked forward to numerous softwares as they claim to prevent any trespasser but in vain.
January 5th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
[...] Today was a quite a heavy, dare I say tough, day. I’m even more so pleased to end it by discovering, while browsing through today’s referer list for Lisa Pram’s website, that Lisa’s interactive barcode website has been chosen as number 1 in taragana.com’s article: 5 examples of jquery navigation at its best. [...]