Open Source

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It's too late to upgrade to Firefox 9 - version 10 has been released. While we're becoming used to lightweight sets of new features, Craig finds a surprising number of additions in the new browser.Read More
 
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For many years I used a code editor that is now discontinued by its developers, and the introduction of HTML5 and CSS3 led me to look for an editor that supports the new tags and properties. In this... Read More
 
Sometimes the idea for an article strikes me out-of-the-blue, like a lightning bolt or an airborne toxin. The quality of these sudden onset ideas varies greatly, and it usually directly proportional... Read More
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If you've been holding off installing Firefox 8.0, you're too late - Mozilla released Firefox 9.0 on December 20, 2011. Craig looks at the new features and future prospects for the browser.Read More
 
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Craig reveals how you can run WebGL applications in Firefox even if your graphics card has been blacklisted. It's dangerous, but worth the risk to play X-Wing!Read More
 
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Craig looks at the new features in WordPress 3.3 - the web's most widely-used Content Management System.Read More
 
Twitter Bootstrap is a great way to quickly build a very polished web site. By now, we’ve all seen Twitter Bootstrap – it’s a great CSS and Javascript library open sourced by Twitter that... Read More
 
There I was, sitting at my desk looking over the upcoming article schedule for Rubysource, when I realized I had inadvertently published TWO articles on Wednesday. The immediate consequence of my... Read More
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We’ve finally arrived at the moment of the map. For the last several articles in the Loccasions series , I have promised things like “in the next post we will deal with the map” and “I will... Read More
 
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Git is a (distributed) version control system. What is that? A version control system is software that allows a programmer to track and manage the history of a project, where such a project could be... Read More
 
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In Part 4 you learned how to use gettext for one of the most complex aspects of localization a developer can face, plural forms. In this, the final part of the five-part series, I’ll teach you how... Read More
 
 
If you’re ever stuck on a problem, Google it and you’ll find a swarm of users have most likely experienced the same issue and have already shared their solution. If it’s not out there, ask in... Read More
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If you’re ever stuck on a problem, Google it and you’ll find a swarm of users have most likely experienced the same issue and have already shared their solution. If it’s not out there, ask in... Read More
 
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Will open source be sustainable in tomorrow's software development industry? Eran Galperon fears not - unless it can be supported by a commercial framework. Read More