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Hi, Tech
Timers!
Spending my holidays on the sunny beaches of Brisbane and Sydney was
certainly pleasant, but my Canadian sensibilities were definitely
confused. It felt a bit like a rain storm on a bright, sunny day, if you
know what I mean!
Much of the SitePoint staff is still on holiday, but I'm here as promised
with a look back on 2003 with an eye to the technical world of Web
development. Enjoy, and have a great new year!
Kevin Yank
techtimes@sitepoint.com
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Editorial
Coming
soon to Windows near you... Java 2
On December 23rd, while many of us were jet setting about visiting family
and friends, or braving the crowds to pick up those last-minute gifts,
representatives of Microsoft and Sun were in court hearing the first
ruling in Sun's private lawsuit against Microsoft.
I discussed this lawsuit back in Issue 48 of the Tech Times, where I explained the background,
reasons for it and the possible consequences.
With this first ruling, Sun have won their bid for a temporary injunction
forcing Microsoft to make the latest version of the Sun Java Runtime
Environment (JRE) available through Windows Updates and to supply it with
new copies of Windows, Internet Explorer, and any product that includes
the .NET Framework. They have 90 days to comply.
This ruling will only be in effect until the end of the trial, but if Sun
wins it will almost certainly become a permanent measure. Whether you
agree with this or not, it does open up more possibilities for developers
seeking to build cross-platform applications with a modern programming
language.
The current version of the JRE is 1.4.1_01; however, Java 1.4.2 is
expected for release within the first few months of 2003.
MS must ship
Sun's Java - Judge from The Register
Looking back at 2002
2002 was a big year for the Web! It seems almost impossible, but a year
ago .NET was still in Beta, Mozilla 1.0 was 6 months away, and Apache 2.0
was still a glimmer in the eye of its developers.
On the client side, all the popular browsers saw major new releases in
2002 except for Internet Explorer 6, which saw fit to rest on its laurels
amidst a steady stream of security patches. Many new browsers made their
debut as well thanks to the general availability of the open source Gecko
rendering engine, which sits at the heart of Mozilla.
MozillaZine
Review of the Year 2002 provides a comprehensive yet concise account
of all Mozilla-related developments and releases in 2002.
On the server side, ASP.NET got off to a strong start with its rich and
well-planned architecture and the release of not one but two integrated
development environments from Microsoft (Visual Studio .NET and the free
Web Matrix Project), not to mention a plethora of 3rd party tools such as
CodeCharge Studio and Macromedia Dreamweaver MX.
Speaking of Macromedia, their new 'MX' product strategy of pushing rich
client interfaces to server-based Web applications produced a range of
souped-up and slicked-down products: Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, Fireworks
MX and ColdFusion MX. Can they really get developers to abandon HTML and
start thinking in rich client terms? That remains to be seen, but
Macromedia's year-end release of their new static HTML site maintenance
product, Contribute, would appear to be a concession on their part to old
way of doing things.
The developers behind PHP were far from idle this year either, with the
release of PHP 4.2 and 4.3. The former signalled a fundamental change in
thinking on their part, as they sacrificed ease of coding and backwards
compatibility in the name of security and protecting inexperienced
developers from their own mistakes. Many a PHP book (including my own) is
being re-written as a result of that release!
PHP
Look Back by Derick Rethans is a somewhat long-winded account of PHP
development in 2002 from the point of view of the php-dev mailing list
(which is quite active) -- right down to the petty arguments and
personal grudges that sometimes took place behind the scenes.
In contrast, the year ahead is looking remarkably quiet... Who knows,
maybe we'll all get some real work done!
At your service in the year ahead,
Kevin Yank
Editor, The SitePoint Tech Times
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Quick Tip
Have a
Happy New Year!
On January 1st 2001, the relatively new (at
the time) design at SitePoint.com very suddenly showed a rather serious
weakness: all the copyright notices in the site still read "Copyright
© 1998-2000". The two hours I spent tracking down every single
hard-coded copyright notice across all our sites are two hours I will
never get back.
Ever since, I have never hard-coded a copyright notice again. With a
simple snippet of code, you can automate the ticking over of your
copyright notices in almost any Internet development language.
In ASP (VBScript):
Copyright © 1998-<%=Year(Date)%>
In ASP.NET (VB.NET):
' In Page_Load
yearLabel.Text = DateTime.Now.Year
<!-- In the document body -->
Copyright © 1998-<asp:label runat="server"
id="yearLabel" />
In ColdFusion:
Copyright ©
1998-<cfoutput>#Year(Now())#</cfoutput>
In JSP:
<%@ page import="java.util.Calendar" %>
...
Copyright ©
1998-<%=Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR)%>
In Perl:
printf('Copyright © 1998-%d',(localtime)[5]);
In PHP:
Copyright © 1998-<?=date('Y')?>
And if all else fails, in JavaScript:
document.write('Copyright © 1998-' +
(new Date()).getFullYear());
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New Technical Articles at SitePoint.com
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Article
Read and Display Server-Side XML with JavaScript
By Premshree Pillai
Internet Explorer has plenty of tricks up its sleeve, but one of its
lesser-known capabilities is working with XML in JavaScript. Premshree
Pillai shows you all the features you need to know, then applies them to
build an XML-powered DHTML news ticker!
Full Story
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Build Accessible Online Forms
By Ian Lloyd
The unique elements in your online forms can make them pretty
temperamental when it comes to accessibility. Ian shows how to build
accessible forms, and what catches to look out for as you go.
Full Story
Review – HTML and XHTML, The Definitive Guide
By Patrick O'Keefe
If you want to learn HTML, this is the book for you! As Patrick
explains, it covers everything from HTML basics, through XHTML, to CSS -
and is ideal as a reference for the more experienced, too!
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Build a Reusable Datagrid to Make Life Easier
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Still toiling with classic ASP to build administration modules for
your clients' sites? Throw off the shackles - and save time and money -
with John's step-by-step guide to building your own reusable datagrid.
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Using Regular Expressions in PHP
By James Ussher-Smith
Are you getting stuck on PHP's regular expressions? Look no further
than James' down-and-dirty how-to, which tells you all the basics you need
to know, and shows how to put them to good use!
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