- Introduction to the jQuery Mobile Framework
- Aug 8, 2012
- Phllip Dutson shows you how to add jQuery Mobile to a web page and how jQuery Mobile runs with the use of data roles. Learn to create a basic page with HTML and make it a mobile page using jQuery Mobile. Finally, he'll cover the pageinit function and the difference between it and the standard jQuery $(document).ready() function.
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- An Overview of Dart, Part 2
- Aug 6, 2012
- David Chisnall continues his look at Dart, focusing on some of the features that make the language distinct from JavaScript.
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- Testing Your JavaScript/CoffeeScript, Part 1 of 2: Setting Up a Test Framework in Ruby on Rails
- Aug 6, 2012
- Are you part of the vast majority of people who don't bother with testing their JavaScript code? Mark Bates, author of Programming in CoffeeScript, has written in JavaScript for years, but admits that he only recently began testing it. In part 1 of this series, see why your familiar arguments against testing your JavaScript no longer wash.
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- An Overview of Dart, Part 1
- Jul 30, 2012
- David Chisnall takes an initial look at Dart, a language from Google designed as a possible replacement to JavaScript in for rich web applications.
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- Capsicum: Lightweight Isolation for FreeBSD Processes
- Jul 9, 2012
- David Chisnall looks at Capsicum, a new capability-oriented security model in FreeBSD 9, and how it can be used to implement reduced and separated privilege with small modifications to existing applications.
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- Get Started Using Spring MVC and Hibernate for Your Java EE Applications
- Jun 5, 2012
- Programming expert Jesse Smith shows the easy way to get started with the popular Spring MVC framework with Hibernate. Learn how to build a simple application with a registration page.
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- JavaScript: The Web Assembly Language?
- Apr 16, 2012
- People are increasingly generating JavaScript from other languages instead of writing it directly, making JavaScript the assembly language of the web. David Chisnall looks at the language's suitability to this role.
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- Core Python Applications Programming: Multithreaded Programming
- Mar 15, 2012
- Wesley J. Chun explores the different ways you can achieve more parallelism in your code, including the difference between processes and threads, some multithreaded programming features found in Python, and some examples of how to use the threading and Queue modules to accomplish multithreaded programming with Python.
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- VirtualBox: Making the Most of Any Operating System You Choose
- Mar 7, 2012
- John Traenkenschuh demonstrates how a free tool like VirtualBox can allow you to run multiple Operating Systems (OS) on a lot of PCs — including his MacBook Pro.
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- A Python Reading List by Wesley Chun
- Mar 4, 2012
- Wesley J. Chun, author of Core Python Applications Programming, 3rd Edition, offers a list of his favorite Python books for everyone from complete beginners to experienced programmers.
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- Using Fuzzy Matching to Search by Sound with Python
- Mar 3, 2012
- When you're writing code to search a database, you can't rely on all those data entries being spelled correctly. Doug Hellmann, developer at DreamHost and author of The Python Standard Library by Example, reviews available options for searching databases by the sound of the target's name, rather than relying on the entry's accuracy.
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- Practical Object Oriented Design in Ruby: Interfaces
- Mar 2, 2012
- This chapter explores creating flexible interfaces in Ruby that allow applications to grow and change.
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- Making New Linux Workstations from Old Windows Machines
- Feb 29, 2012
- John Traenkenschuh helps you consider new uses for older computer equipment running the latest Linux distros.
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- Ubuntu Command-Line Quickstart (2012 Edition)
- Feb 20, 2012
- This chapter looks at some of the basic commands that you need to know to be productive at the command line
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- Remote Control Software Solves "Friends and Family" Support Issues
- Jan 10, 2012
- In this lively autobiographical article, Ed Tittel describes his long-distance quest to help his father diagnose and fix computer issues.
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- David Chisnall Presents a Developer's Reading List
- Jan 4, 2012
- Expert programmer David Chisnall provides a list of the 5 books he believes every programmer should read.
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- Secure Your Linux Workstation Now!
- Dec 12, 2011
- Security writer John "Tränk" Traenkenschuh, CISSP-ISSAP, explores several easy-to-use security improvements you can make to your Linux workstation, using two very popular distributions as models: Ubuntu 11.10 and Fedora 15.
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- Creating Cross-Platform Java and JavaScript Games with Amino, Part 2
- Dec 1, 2011
- James Williams, author of Learning HTML5 Game Programming, continues his examination of how to use Amino to create cross-platform applications in JavaScript and Java. Learn how to use Amino to start and end a 'War.'
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- The Official Ubuntu Book, 6th Edition: Ubuntu-Related Projects
- Nov 15, 2011
- This chapter provides an overview of some Ubuntu's officially supported derivatives, recognized derivatives, and other projects that are part of the international Ubuntu ecosystem.
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- The Official Ubuntu Book, 6th Edition: Introducing Ubuntu One
- Oct 21, 2011
- This chapter introduces you to Ubuntu One, a cloud storage solution created and managed by Canonical.
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