Hoping they will learn… Usability!
A critique of automatic website localization that ignores user language preferences, using examples from Twitter, Facebook, and Windows Mobile Marketplace.
A critique of automatic website localization that ignores user language preferences, using examples from Twitter, Facebook, and Windows Mobile Marketplace.
Fixing a specific Oracle OBIEE SELinux error: 'libnnz10.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied'.
Explores integrating semantic web standards like RDFa into content management systems to make web content machine-readable.
A critical analysis of the CAF migration tool for Oracle BI, discussing its risks and unsupported status in production environments.
Explains a Rhino Mocks unit testing exception and solution for methods requiring a return value.
A guide to diagnosing and fixing connectivity errors between OBIEE Presentation Services (sawserver) and the analytics plugin.
A session recap on cloud computing basics and the Windows Azure Services Platform, covering components and architectural challenges.
A developer recounts attending Microsoft's invite-only Web Development Summit 2009, focusing on dialogue between Microsoft and the PHP community.
A JavaScript developer proposes a shorter, regex-based function for reading browser cookies, criticizing verbose mainstream solutions.
Introducing PHPMEF, a Managed Extensibility Framework for PHP inspired by .NET's MEF, enabling declarative application extensibility.
A developer's postmortem analysis of creating 'Jonas IceCream Stand,' a game built in 7 days, covering GUI challenges, art, and gameplay balance.
Explains how to use a Python metaclass to solve recursive class definition issues when modeling a C++ API, similar to Django's approach.
Explores using Unicode characters like @ and ․ to hide email addresses from spambots, offering a less common alternative to traditional methods.
A developer explores using Unicode ligatures to shorten tweets, creating a script called 'ligatweet' and analyzing browser support for special characters.
A beginner's guide to writing basic tests for Django applications, covering view responses and form handling.
Explains Django's migration strategy from Python 2 to Python 3, detailing version support deprecation and future compatibility plans.
Explains the removal of the Meta.using option in Django's multiple database support and the search for a better, more reusable API.
Explains how to handle multiple submit buttons in an ASP.NET MVC form using an ActionNameSelectorAttribute, without requiring JavaScript.
A review of the book 'Zend Framework 1.8 Web Application Development,' covering its MVC focus, application design, and testing practices.
A guide to installing Microsoft Security Essentials on Windows Server 2008, with warnings about unsupported methods and potential risks.