01 August 2007 13:00
YUI 2.3.0: Six New Components and a Prettier Face » Yahoo! User Interface Blog
by 2 others (via)We’re pleased to announce today the release of YUI version 2.3.0. This release features six new additions to the library as well as a new skinning architecture and a new visual treatment for most of our UI controls. All of this, plus 250 enhancements and bug fixes, is available for download immediately.
31 July 2007 19:00
Blogging Hyperic » Hyperic Releases Alfresco Plugin
With today’s release of the Hyperic HQ for Alfresco plugin, Hyperic HQ becomes the only monitoring system to natively support Alfresco deployments on every platform and architecture.
31 July 2007 09:00
White Paper: Intelligent Updates to Configuration Files - Spike Developer Zone
In this paper, we provide a new twofold solution – automated merging of changes that are done by a software provider after installation and manual merging of changes performed by the user thereafter. While some manual intervention is required in this approach, it is a more reliable solution. This approach also includes a tool to ease the manual file comparison and merge process.
Error Buddy - Spike Developer Zone
Do you have an error message from your application? Then find the answer with Error Buddy. You can search over 40000 source code files and troubleshooting documents using our beta lucene/nutch search interface or if you prefer, search as normal using google. With LXR technology you can drill right down into the line of source code where it came from with full cross-referencing.
31 July 2007 08:15
Software As She’s Developed » Blog Archive » The only thing wrong with GoF Design Patterns is …
(via)Jeff Attwood recently pointed out the difference between Gamma et al’s Design Patterns and Alexanders’ equivalent and outlined a critique of the former which characterises it as “replacing actual thought and insight with a plodding, mindless, cut-and-paste code generation template mentality”.
GOsa project - Home
GOsa is a GPL'ed PHP based administration tool for managing accounts and systems in LDAP databases. It administers users and groups, mail distribution lists, thin clients, applications, phones and faxes.
Library of Free Data Models from DatabaseAnswers.org
by 5 others (via)Here are about 450 very useful 'Kick-Start' Data Models that I have created since I started 5 years ago
30 July 2007 10:45
MySQL AB :: How to write a successful patch
(via)Submitting patches to Open Source code doesn't come naturally to everyone.
26 July 2007 08:15
Namespaces in action - Stubblog
(via)Keep your fingers crossed that we will get a PHP5.3 with namespaces!
27 June 2007 08:00
HTML Purifier - Filter your HTML the standards-compliant way!
by 19 othersHTML Purifier is a standards-compliant HTML filter library written in PHP. HTML Purifier will not only remove all malicious code (better known as XSS) with a thoroughly audited, secure yet permissive whitelist, it will also make sure your documents are standards compliant, something only achievable with a comprehensive knowledge of W3C's specifications.
CSS Media Targeted JavaScript | iBloom Studios
(via)With the ever increasing use of alternate media types I feel there is a need to deliver JavaScript targeted to these types of devices. This would allow alternate and modified content, as well as a customized user experience through the use of modern AJAX techniques.
22 June 2007 16:00
Mike Davidson: How To Keep Widgets From Slowing Down Sites: WEDJE
(via)WEDJE is similar to the innerHTML method above except it creates what is effectively a cross-platform, cross-browser defer, enabling your script to load and execute asynchronously across all environments.
21 June 2007 08:00
James Carr » Blog Archive » TDD Anti-Patterns
by 1 other (via)Recently I began to write a paper on TDD Anti-Patterns, and decided to first quickly jot down some of the most common ones that others or myself have encountered “in the wild.”
18 June 2007 07:15
Zend Framework | Carsten’s Random Ramblings
(via)There were just enough “this will be in an upcoming version” comments to make me believe that the project hasn’t really come very far despite it’s 1.0 tag. Judging by some of the questions people asked, I was obviously not the only one with that reaction.
18 June 2007 06:45
ONLamp.com -- Why Do People Write Free Documentation? Results of a Survey
(via)A unique survey ran on O'Reilly's web site during the first three months of 2007, aimed at people who contribute free documentation to online mailing lists, web sites, and other forums. The survey garnered 354 responses, which in itself indicates the thriving state of free documentation and the dedication of the people who write it.
07 June 2007 19:45
Achieving Openness: a closer look at ODF & OOXML
While ODF is revealed as sufficiently open across all four key criteria, OOXML shows relative weakness in each criteria and offers fundamental flaws that undermine its candidacy as a global standard.
07 June 2007 15:30
MySQL and the The Death of RAID « Kevin Burton’s NEW FeedBlog
(via)RAID is dying. Shocked? The prediction might be a bit early for some folks. It’s still somewhat conventional for some people to think that RAID is a conservative way to scale your IO.
06 June 2007 08:15
WADL waffling
(via)Joe Gregorio answered some questions about WADL in his post "Do we need WADL?". Also note that Leonard Richardson has chimed in recently on the WADL issue. And I of course have some different thoughts. :-)
04 June 2007 13:00
25 May 2007 10:45
Premature Optimization » Zend_Search_Lucene talk slides
by 2 othersI think that my main goal, which was to show how easy it is to start indexing existing content, was acheived and several people came to me and said they thing Zend_Search_Lucene is one killer component.
21 May 2007 07:45
OSS Watch - Open Source Maturity Model
(via)The Navica Open Source Maturity Model (OSMM) was developed to help IT procurement managers to better compare and assess Open Source Software (OSS).
18 May 2007 07:45
06 April 2007 09:45
phpsh -- an interactive shell for php
(via)phpsh is an interactive shell for php that features readline history, tab completion, quick access to documentation. It was developed at Facebook and ironically, is written mostly in python. It is open source.
