May 2006
Simon blogmarked PHP’s new(ish) __halt_compiler function which, according to the packet; … halts the execution of the compiler. This can be useful to embed data in PHP scripts, like the... Read More
Yahoo! has announced the first updates to the Yahoo! UI Library and the Yahoo! Design Patterns Library (see JavaScript Libraries and Patters: Yahoo! Does AJAX). As expected, the update to the Yahoo!... Read More
Alex Bosworth has compiled a list of “gotchas” that new AJAX developers seem to fall prey to on a regular basis. He has also posted the list on a wiki so that readers can contribute their... Read More
If you're looking to delegate your site's link development tasks, you'll face the question of whether to use in-house staff or outsource the work. In this hands-on primer, Rae explains the key... Read More
If you've been focusing on Google to the exclusion of other major search engines, it's time to get your head out of the sand! In this insightful article, Greg shows how MSN is building a platform... Read More
This weekend my wife and I saw the movie “Thank You For Smoking,” a hilarious film about a tobacco lobbyist and his brilliance at pushing tobacco. What does this movie have to do with web... Read More
I got quite frustrated with my experience with Yahoo!’s Overture advertising service yesterday when loading up terms for a new site. I don’t know if you agree with me, but I find... Read More
Rails plugins can help you do all sorts of things. Installing them is a lot simpler than you might think, deploying them is easy, and they’re a neat way of packaging and reusing your own code.... Read More
Chalk and cheese. Oil and water. For all the recent talk about AJAX, no one has fully explored whether these analogies can justly be applied to the combination of AJAX and screenreaders ... until... Read More
Personally, I can’t stand Donald Trump. His values are the opposite of many of mine. He is unfaithful in relationships, relishes fame, and seems to be a sad character in his ongoing craving for... Read More
My brother-in-law (call him Bill) moved down to Florida this year, and took a job managing a local auto parts dealer. Within a few months, he had increased sales by over 25%. He is not a natural... Read More
Of the many interesting arguments raised during our recent discussions centering around Greg’s Spiffy Corners and markup in general, one point was difficult to argue — ’If you say... Read More
Adobe (formerly Macromedia) JRun 4 was released in 2002. Since then, Java web development has moved on somewhat. JRun 4 supports Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2, while most servers are now on Servlet 2.4 and... Read More
It is always a good idea to review where your current projects have come from, so you can build on what works. For instance, an IT services client of mine contacted me recently. He has noticed that... Read More
