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  • FireBug – FireFox Plugin

    Ajax

    Here’s a cool plugin for Firefox which allows you to debug Ajax code. FireBug is a new tool that aids with debugging Javascript, DHTML, and Ajax. It is like a combination of the Javascript Console, DOM Inspector, and a command line Javascript interpreter. Other fun features: * XMLHttpRequest Spy – Ever wonder what all them [...]

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  • ReactOS

    Tech Stuff

    Came across this interesting project while surfing today – ReactOS I wonder why a lot of OSS projects are still blindly copying Microsoft Windows GUI, when they can come up with much better GUI and features than what Windows provides! “The ReactOS project is dedicated to making Free Software available to everyone by providing a [...]

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  • Microsoft working with OSS??

    Linux

    Here’s an interesting read. Looks like Microsoft’s Sleeping with the Enemy ! “An investigative report into the Linux lab at Microsoft has revealed some interesting twists to Microsoft’s often stormy relation ship with the world of Open Source Software (OSS). The lab, which opened last September, is run by Bill Hilf, a former programmer for [...]

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  • PHP 5.1.2 Released

    PHP

    The PHP Team has announced that PHP 5.1.2 has been released with a few feature enhancements and bug fixes. Three security issues fixed in this version are: HTTP Response Splitting has been addressed in ext/session and in the header() function. Header() can no longer be used to send multiple response headers in a single call. [...]

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  • AJAX Magazine: AJAX Tutorials Archives

    Ajax

    Here’s a good source for Ajax Tutorials, here are some of the topics covered here: AJAX Experience AJAX Mobile AJAX Tutorials AJAX and J2EE Ajax and .NET PHP and AJAX Link: AJAX Magazine: AJAX Tutorials Archives

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  • Ajax File Upload

    Ajax

    Here’s a cool Ajax based file upload implemented in PHP. Source code is also available at the site Link: Asynchronous image file upload without AJAX(posted this link by mistake) Correct Link: AJAX File upload Progress

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  • Maintaining History in Ajax Application

    Ajax

    Here’s a good article on how to maintain back and forward browser history in Ajax applications. “While Ajax and Web 2.0 are all the rage at the moment one of the most frequent criticisms of Ajax is the lack of the browsers back and forward history functions when using Ajax powered applications. There have been [...]

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  • Images smaller than JPEG

    Tech Stuff

    Here’s an interesting piece of news. Someone’s come up with a loseless image compression algorithm which compresses images up to 300% smaller than JPEG images ! Ernst and Young have also verfied that the image compression is indeed loseless and compresses more than JPEG. (Link to results at Matrixview.com) “25-year-old Arvind Thiagarajan, co-founder of Singapore-based [...]

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  • Advanced CSS Layouts

    CSS

    Here’s a good article on advanced layouts using CSS. In this article they aim to create a layout which looks like the following: “Rogelio Lizaolo improves on Kwon Ekstrom’s CSS version of WebRef’s tabled home page. Months in the making, the final design successfully duplicates WebRef’s layout without the use of tables. Numerous bugs were [...]

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  • 5 Regular Expression Tutorials for PHP

    PHP

    While looking around for training material on Regular expressions, I came across the following tutorials on Regular expressions in PHP. PHPBuilder.com, the best resource for PHP tutorials, templates, PHP manuals, content management systems, scripts, classes and more. Zend: Using Perl Compatible Regular Expressions with PHP SitePoint: Using Regular Expressions in PHP Mastering Regular Expressions in [...]

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