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 critique of Outlook 2007/2010's poor HTML email rendering due to its use of the Word engine, causing major cross-client compatibility issues.
A developer's postmortem analysis of creating 'Jonas IceCream Stand,' a game built in 7 days, covering GUI challenges, art, and gameplay balance.
A retrospective analysis of the alternating public reception of major Windows OS versions, from Windows 95 to Windows 7.
Explains how to use a Python metaclass to solve recursive class definition issues when modeling a C++ API, similar to Django's approach.
Guide to using the Client Object Model in SharePoint 2010 for client-side development with .NET, Silverlight, and JavaScript.
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.
Introducing consul.js, a JavaScript logging abstraction that wraps console functions for easier debugging and cross-browser compatibility.
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.
A guide to configuring Mercurial to hide inactive branches by default using a custom alias in the .hgrc file.
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.
A final review of the 'Python Essential Reference' book, highlighting its in-depth coverage of concurrency and network programming.
