Tag : Web

• About This Site April 19th 2007 Web I love programming. With code, the idea takes form as soon as you've fully expressed it; it becomes real. Mathematicians and philosophers never get that ...
• Django at 30,000 feet April 23rd 2007 Python Web > Note: this essay is quite dated. I'm working on a re-write; in the meantime I'd recommend looking elsewhere for an overview of Django.-Oran Ok, ...
• How to Transform XML into Dynamic HTML June 7th 2007 Web Tutorial You know what I like about XML? The tools. It's not "you could write a program to do that," but "there's a standard tool to ...
• Requiem for an HTML Application June 17th 2007 Silly Web Once upon a time, I had to conform to a [coding style that demands elaborate headers][BCS] for every function, no matter how small. Worse, the ...
• JSON Rex November 27th 2007 Coding Style Web Aristotle writes on tragedy: > The protagonist should be renowned and prosperous, so his change of fortune can be from good to bad. This change ...
• Editing ColdFusion with VIM December 21st 2007 Web Tutorial This is a quick how-to tutorial for configuring VIM for maximum productivity when Editing ColdFusion files. Not to keep you waiting, here's the configuration file: ...
• Make CSS Sprites with the Python Image Library January 12th 2008 Python Web Tutorial Popular I'm going to show you how to write a Python script to automatically rollup icons into a single sprite image. The CSS to use those ...
• Clone() In JavaScript January 23rd 2008 Coding Style Web Tutorial Popular I recently did a google search for "javascript clone", and noticed there's a lot of confusion about *cloning* vs. *copying* out there. Every function called ...
• Django File Uploads March 24th 2008 Python Web Tutorial Popular > This essay is obsolete. Django 1.0 introduced new features and documentation. Please see [Django File Uploads][DFU]. [DFU]: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/file-uploads/ This tutorial provides a concrete example ...
• Function Scope in JavaScript May 21st 2008 Coding Style Web Tutorial JavaScript's `this` keyword doesn't have to be confusing. This tutorial will help you use it correctly and effectively. JavaScript is designed to support true object-oriented ...