.NET Development and Gotchas
On a recent project, I had to learn and develop some code using [.NET] [1]. This was my first experience using a Microsoft framework for anything. I wouldn't call it an entirely pleasant experience,...
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A web host a client is using (who shall remain nameless) has been messing things up for us. Long story short, I needed to install my own copy of PEAR on the server, without SSH access, and without...
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That about says it, doesn't it?I was building a module for a site I'm working on, and I gave a module the same name as the current theme. One of the modules purposes was to make some blocks for the...
View ArticleBuilding A Full Site With WordPress
Most of the time when I build a website and use a content management system, I use Drupal. I recently finished a site that had basic needs, and decided to give WordPress a go. As I was going through...
View ArticleAnimating jump points in Smooth Div Scroll
I'm using the jQuery plugin Smooth Div Scroll on a site right now, and it's filling my needs nicely. The site is built on Drupal 6, and SDS requires jQuery 1.5, so some jiggery-pokery is needed to get...
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New JavaScript Courses Available
If my training library were a treasure chest, it would be splitting its sides and busting its lock. Two courses on JavaScript are now available: Introducting the JavaScript Language and Getting...
View ArticleGood Software: Dash and Pester
I want to mention a couple small pieces of Mac software I use often, but think are very good: Dash and Pester.Read more
View ArticleBreakpoints Aren't Just For Breaking
A debugger is essential for helping understand how code works. In my lynda.com course Debugging The Web: JavaScript, I go over the essential parts of learning how to use one. These concepts are the...
View ArticleConfiguring PhpStorm to debugging command line PHP scripts
Working for years with Drupal's command-line tool drush, and more recently with Laravel's artisan, I've had occasion to interface with Xdebug in my favorite IDE, PhpStorm. Here's how I am currently...
View Article.NET Development and Gotchas
On a recent project, I had to learn and develop some code using [.NET] [1]. This was my first experience using a Microsoft framework for anything. I wouldn't call it an entirely pleasant experience,...
View ArticlePEAR installation on a shared host
A web host a client is using (who shall remain nameless) has been messing things up for us. Long story short, I needed to install my own copy of PEAR on the server, without SSH access, and without...
View ArticleDrupal Development: Don't Give Modules and Themes The Same Name
That about says it, doesn't it?I was building a module for a site I'm working on, and I gave a module the same name as the current theme. One of the modules purposes was to make some blocks for the...
View ArticleBuilding A Full Site With WordPress
Most of the time when I build a website and use a content management system, I use Drupal. I recently finished a site that had basic needs, and decided to give WordPress a go. As I was going through...
View ArticleAnimating jump points in Smooth Div Scroll
I'm using the jQuery plugin Smooth Div Scroll on a site right now, and it's filling my needs nicely. The site is built on Drupal 6, and SDS requires jQuery 1.5, so some jiggery-pokery is needed to get...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New JavaScript Courses Available
If my training library were a treasure chest, it would be splitting its sides and busting its lock. Two courses on JavaScript are now available: Introducting the JavaScript Language and Getting...
View ArticleGood Software: Dash and Pester
I want to mention a couple small pieces of Mac software I use often, but think are very good: Dash and Pester.Read more
View ArticleBreakpoints Aren't Just For Breaking
A debugger is essential for helping understand how code works. In my lynda.com course Debugging The Web: JavaScript, I go over the essential parts of learning how to use one. These concepts are the...
View ArticleConfiguring PhpStorm to debugging command line PHP scripts
Working for years with Drupal's command-line tool drush, and more recently with Laravel's artisan, I've had occasion to interface with Xdebug in my favorite IDE, PhpStorm. Here's how I am currently...
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