Forum: Programming and Design

I am interested making my own apps, but I am a program noob, is it hard to do? I googled and saw something that you need to use Java?

Hi there. I need help. I am busy updating a website. It requires some a-z link menu. I would like this menu to appear in all the a-z pages. Instead of updating 26 different page I ewant to place menu.asp into the file page_list_a.asp. Therefor I only have to update menu.asp with the links to...

The last six months have been exciting for Digg's engineering team. We're working on a soup-to-nuts rewrite. Not only are we rewriting all our application code, but we're also rolling out a new client and server architecture. And if that doesn't sound like a big enough challenge, we're replacing...

I've had a rather irritating problem with PHP Eclipse (Galileo) after upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10. Since upgrading Eclipse gives numerous "button press" issues, in other words in some dialog boxes such as Import Project some of the buttons simply doesn't work. Other dialogs such as the Search dialog...

This essay was particularly written for software developers, and there are plenty of those hanging around at PcbG. Whether you are a software developer already or inclined to become one, I think you should read this essay. I've only posted the first part here but read the rest on Paul Graham's own...

I'm having trouble importing a database into phpmyadmin as i'm getting this error. I understand the cause of the error but i don't know how to allocate more memory for a specific script. Please help. MySQL client version: 5.1.37 Apache/2.2.12 (Ubuntu) This is the code in the...

Hi all. I don't know if anybody would be able to help me. I would like to know if it is possible to reset a gsm wavecom modem through an sms? By saying this I first would like to know if it is possible to send a at command though an sms? Thanks in advance Calvin

I hope you guys can help, this is really puzzling me and I'm going in circles. I've got a digital jobcard that I created in Word with some VB intelligence in the backend for approval, rejection, etc. Currently, I'm allowing the guys to manage the job card number/reference number themselves....

Hello peoples. I have beed doing a fair bit of JQuery development as of late and I stumbled across FlowPlayer's Tools. Its basically plug-ins for JQuery but really really awesome ones. http://www.flowplayer.org/tools/index.html Tabs, scrollers, overlays/modals.. the worx! Thought I'd...

http://labs.mozilla.com/bespin/ http://vimeo.com/3195079 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leaving the possible security issuez aside.. ZOMG! This is so freaken AwEsOmE!

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Here's something interesting for those starting with HTML: A whole bunch of examples demonstrating various HTML elements and CSS properties in action. The web pages are minimal, bare-bone examples so that you can clearly see what's going on. Just view the source. Text Headings...

Does anyone know where I can download the runtime? We've tried various ways, but it does not want to work. I'm busy using the online installer, so I hope that'll work. If I cannot find the downloaded file somewhere on my machine, I would like to download the runtime for backup.

Hey guys I am currently working on a system that would be used for version history. Although I cannot specify many details (NDA's) but I am hoping that you can help me find a good name for it. The system briefly will allow users to specify folders and files for a specific project and they can...

Firebug (http://getfirebug.com/) is a revolutionary Firefox extension that helps web developers and designers test and inspect front-end code. It provides us with many useful features such as a console panel for logging information, a DOM inspector, detailed information about page elements, and...

Exception handling is so powerful in PHP and standard in other languages that it should soon become a standard. Get yourself up to speed with this properly explained tutorial. http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_exception.asp

Being a student studying engineering I decided I wanted to build my own joystick/steering wheel. The mechanical stuff is easy, the problem I am having is the USB programming part. Any advice would be appreciated. If it works, maybe I do custom wheels for extra income...

Hello everyone. I've recently installed wordpress MU on my brand new VPS, and moved all my domains over. I have now succesfully installed ffmpeg codecs and flvtools on the server. I want to play videos on my server while users can also register and post their own blogs with the option of...

Howzit! This is a tricky one.... I am currently serializing a simple object to XML. My issue is that one of my values is a string with further (valid) xHTML ... and when serializing it, it is escaping the string - creating the need to HtmlDecode the value of the node on the receiving end of...

The most popular and best open source database is MySQL. Simple as that. It is consistently fast , reliabile and very, very easy to use. One of MySQLs main features is its cross-platform support, it will run on almost all operating systems, including Windows, OSX, Linux and many more. So, MySQL is...

I'm keen to try get back into it, just as a hobby. While Google etc almost always finds you an answer to your question, I like to have a text book for some good old fashioned reading. Please can daily PHP users recommend something from this list? Kalahari.net...