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October 2009
My first application server « ActiveState Code
by karlcow
ScriptServer is a minimalist application server, handling both GET and POST requests, including multipart/form-data for file uploads, HTTP redirections, and with an in-memory session management. It can run Python scripts and template files using the standard string substitution format
September 2009
python-fedex - Project Hosting on Google Code
by karlcow
python-fedex is light wrapper for Fedex's Web Services SOAP API. The intent is to stay out of the way of the developer as much as possible, meanwhile handling some of the more repetitive and mundane portions of forming and sending SOAP requests.
Chromium Blog: Introducing Google Chrome Frame
by srcmax
& 3 others
Today, we're releasing an early version of Google Chrome Frame, an open source plug-in that brings HTML5 and other open web technologies to Internet Explorer.
With Google Chrome Frame, developers can now take advantage of the latest open web technologies, even in Internet Explorer. From a faster Javascript engine, to support for current web technologies like HTML5's offline capabilities and canvas, to modern CSS/Layout handling, Google Chrome Frame enables these features within IE with no additional coding or testing for different browser versions.
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August 2009
Duplicate Contact Manager :: Modules pour Thunderbird
by CharlesNepote
Facilitates handling of duplicates in your address book(s).
Up-conversion using XSLT 2.0
by karlcow
The paper shows case study of a multi-phase transformation taking data from a legacy ASCII-based interchange format, to XML based on a standardized vocabulary. The transformations illustrate the power of new features including regular expression handling, grouping, recursive functions, and schema-aware processing.
July 2009
Teamwork
by marcjo
Web based project management software
Teamwork is a proven, reliable and friendly web based software solution for managing work and communication in any field. Groupware and project management features are used in an integrated environment, from which you can coordinate and manage hundreds of projects at once. Teamwork is easy to use, so that an extended team can contribute; it is also capable of handling complex projects.
jQuery: The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library
by rmaltete
& 78 others
(via)
jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript.
BBC - Glow JavaScript Library
by Neewok
& 1 other
Glow is a JavaScript library which gives you...
- Simplified DOM manipulation, event handling, animations, etc
- A versatile set of user interface widgets
- Clear and comprehensive documentation
- BBC Browser Support Standards compliance
BBC - Glow JavaScript Library
by Spone
& 1 other
Glow is a JavaScript library which gives you...
* Simplified DOM manipulation, event handling, animations, etc
* A versatile set of user interface widgets
* Clear and comprehensive documentation
* BBC Browser Support Standards compliance
June 2009
Google Data APIs Overview - Google Data APIs - Google Code
by holyver
The Google Data APIs provide a simple standard protocol for reading and writing data on the web.
The Data APIs use either of two standard XML-based syndication formats: Atom or RSS. They also have a feed-publishing system that consists of the Atom publishing protocol plus some extensions (using Atom's standard extension model) for handling queries.
May 2009
Dynamically Created Radio Buttons - Another IE Gotcha
by astrochoupe
As soon as I think I have it all worked out I bump into another oddity between Firefox and IE and handling the DOM. Specifically adding a radio button (or set of them) dynamically.
My initial javascript went something like this:
# var rdo = document.createElement('input');
# rdo.type = 'radio';
# rdo.id = 'someUniqueID';
# rdo.name = 'myRadio';
# rdo.value = 1;
#
# myDocumentsBody.appendChild(rdo);
This almost worked perfectly. The input was added, it was a radio button, but it was totally unselectable. I could select it via javascript but the normal "click" event didn't cause the radio button to assume the "selected" state in IE? What gives?
Conferences Web of Data - semanticweb.org
by karlcow
current state-of-the-art regarding the handling of conference metadata and possible future developments.
April 2009
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - ASP.NET Caching vs. memcached: Seeking Efficient Data Partitioning, Lookup, and Retrieval
by ERSWeb
(via)
I recently discovered memcached which is a distributed, object caching system originally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick of LiveJournal fame. You can think of memcached as a giant hash table that can run on multiple servers which automatically handles maintaining the balance of objects hashed to each server and transparently fetches/removes objects from over the network if they aren't on the same machine that is accessing an object in the hash table. Although this sounds fairly simple, there is a lot of grunt work in building a distributed object cache which handles data partitioning across multiple servers and hides the distributed nature of the application from the developer. memcached is a well integrated into the typical LAMP stack and is used by a surprising number of high traffic websites including Slashdot, Facebook, Digg, Flickr and Wikipedia. Below is what C# code that utilizes memcached would look like sans exception handling code
March 2009
Understanding Bidirectional (BIDI) Text in Unicode
by Spone
A little-understood corner of Unicode is its handling for bidirectional text (The spec is a little dry). While English languages are read left-to-right, plenty of scripts (notably Arabic and Hebrew) are read from right to left. When only a single direction of text is used in a document, it's fairly straight forward, but when texts with different directions are mixed in one document, some difficulty arises in determining direction. This document attempts to explain how bidirectional text in Unicode works and what this means for the web.
January 2009
vvvv: a multipurpose toolkit : vvvv : a multipurpose toolkit
by karlcow
& 3 others
vvvv is a toolkit for real time video synthesis. It is designed to facilitate the handling of large media environments with physical interfaces, real-time motion graphics, audio and video that can interact with many users simultaneously.
Handling Keyboard Shortcuts in JavaScript
by decembre
& 8 others
Despite the many JavaScript libraries that are available today, I cannot find one that makes it easy to add keyboard shortcuts(or accelerators) to your javascript app. This is because keyboard shortcuts where only used in JavaScript games - no serious web application used keyboard shortcuts to navigate around its interface. But Google apps like Google Reader and Gmail changed that. So, I have created a function to make adding shortcuts to your application much easier.
Safe C String Library v1.0.3 (January 30, 2005)
by parmentierf
(via)
The goal of the SafeStr library is to provide a rich string-handling library for C that has safe semantics yet interoperates with legacy library code in a straightforward manner. Additionally, porting code that uses standard C string handling should be straightforward. The library should work on all modern Unix-like platforms, as well as any 32-bit Microsoft Windows OS.
The overt security goals of the library are as follows:
1. Buffer overflows should not be possible when using the API.
2. Format string problems should be impossible when using the API.
3. The API should be capable of tracking whether strings are "trusted", a la Perl's taint mode.
The API is meant to provide rich functionality and be easy to use, all the while improving security.
jQuery: » jQuery 1.3 and the jQuery Foundation
by srcmax
First, we have an excellent new release of jQuery ready for you to enjoy. The big features of this release are:
* Sizzle: A sizzlin’ hot CSS selector engine.
* Live Events: Event delegation with a jQuery twist.
* jQuery Event Overhaul: Completely rewired to simplify event handling.
* HTML Injection Rewrite: Lightning-fast HTML appending.
* Offset Rewrite: Super-quick position calculation.
* No More Browser Sniffing: Using feature detection to help jQuery last for many more years to come.
December 2008
YouTube - Examining the Japanese Sword
by Takwann
Proper etiquette for handling and examining the Japanese sword.
November 2008
Tom Hume: W3C processes
by karlcow
It's interesting. There's no monolithic tool handling everything, and there's a vague sense of duct-tape lurking in the background, but it all hangs together rather nicely, in a quirky way, and feels quite human - a bit like the web in general, I guess.
OpenInviter - Contacts importer integration with CMS like PunBB, JamRoom, Joomla and many more
by camel
& 1 other
Open source OpenInviter (Open Inviter) is an free import contacts (addressbook) script from email providers like Lycos, GMX.net, Rediff, IndiaTimes, KataMail, AOL, OperaMail, Yandex, Terra, Rambler, Mail.com, Mynet.com, Yahoo!, Inbox.com, GMail, Libero, Mail.ru, Live/Hotmail, FastMail or social portals like Flickr, LinkedIn, Twitter, Bebo, Friendster, Facebook, Last.fm, Hi5, MySpace, Flixster, Perfspot, Orkut, Skyrock. This contacts importer script is integrating with content management systems (aka CMS) like Joomla, JamRoom, Drupal, SimpleMachines Forum (SMF), Wordpress, Social Engine, PunBB, Joomla1.0, PhpBB. Open Inviter is written in PHP 5 (no database required but cURL or wget required) and running on any webserver (tested on Apache) offering advanced tell a friend features. OpenInviter is a free self hosted solution that does not use a third party gateway (or API) to import contacts.
Sounds cool! How much?
OpenInviter is totally free and open-source solution. You can download it, change it, write plugins for it. Everything for free. What are you waiting for? Grab your OpenInviter today! Go to the Download section now!
Features at a glance
* Easy access to your visitors address book in all major email providers and social networks around the world.
* Completely painless and easy way of integrating in your website. It takes virtually not more than 5 minutes to have your own OpenInviter up and running on your site.
* Constant updates so that you can sit back and relax and always have access to the latest ways to get your visitor's address book.
* WGET-ready! Yes, you read right! OpenInviter is the only contacts importer supporting both WGET and cURL as methods of handling requests (since version 1.2) so now you can use it on ANY server you want without the hassle of installing libcurl!
* Real time access to the service statuses so you can know if there is an email provider that is not working right with OpenInviter.
Re: Comments on HTML WG face to face meetings in France Oct 08 from Boris Zbarsky on 2008-11-17 (public-html@w3.org from November 2008)
by karlcow
Type d'erreursError detection: Noticing that there is an error. Error handling: Deciding what to do with the error Error recovery: Skipping over the error and continuing with parsing. Error correction: Doing what the author "really meant".
FatFreeCart - Free shopping cart for Google Checkout and PayPal
by camel
& 1 other
(via)
FatFreeCart is a free shopping cart developed by the team behind E-junkie shopping cart. Get Google CheckoutIt works inside your website, your blog and will even work from your MySpace page. It is simply a copy-paste cart and does not require you to register with us or install anything.
It works with PayPal and Google Checkout. Get PayPalIt supports product variations, shipping, handling and sales tax.
If you are already using PayPal shopping cart, you will find the button code is similar. On top of being certified by PayPal and Google, it has been successfully tested on humans and they absolutely love it (which means higher conversion rates for you). FatFreeCart is also the only serious cart with a somewhat funny name.
