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27 Jul 2008

Adding ARIA roles and states to an Accordion widget

I've been working on adding ARIA to my YUI Accordion widget for better accessibility. Since documentation is still a bit hard to find and what's there can be a bit ambiguous at times I figured I'd write down what I've done so far and ask you all to... (posted on 27 Jul 2008 by The Net is Dead)

29 May 2008

Visual Studio Express 2008

A while ago, I wrote a tip about the Visual Studio Express editions and how I recommend them for any level developer. Well, Microsoft now has their 2008 editions of the Visual Studio Express family of products available for download. These free products... (posted on 29 May 2008 by PCMech)

5 May 2008

Custom Development is Dead! Long Live Custom Development!!

When you talk about how best to run a software business, we tend to hear one line again and again. “Build a product! There’s no future in custom development anymore!” I, myself, have been guilty of recommending this course of action to quite a few... (posted on 5 May 2008 by Green & White)

4 May 2008

Modify Resources In An EXE File

Do you want to change the icon, graphics, dialog or sounds used in a particular program? If so, this is typically not possible unless you have access to the source files, but through the magic of Resource Hacker, you now have the ability. This free... (posted on 4 May 2008 by PCMech)

2 May 2008

Great Computing Forums

I’ve just become a moderator at a new, upcoming forum called Coding Under Ground. Its going to grow into a great forum with topics in Programming, Computers, Databases and more. Head on over to get in before the rush. (posted on 2 May 2008 by The Computer Zone)

23 Mar 2008

What Advice do you Give to Young Programmers?

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Programming is an excellent field to go into, and good Programmers are a hot commodity. That reminds me… if anyone out there is above excellent at working with Drupal, shoot me an email to... (posted on 23 Mar 2008 by Chris Pirillo)

21 Mar 2008

Programmers in the Wild

I just read an interesting essay by Paul Graham titled You Weren't Meant to have a Boss. It is a little long but an excellent read if you have the time. An analogy that he uses that caught my attention is his comparison of animals in the wild and... (posted on 21 Mar 2008 by Enterprise Topics)

19 Mar 2008

Extreme Programming Getting Stagnant

Kent Beck says that XP is in the danger of getting stagnated because of a combination of limited adoption and no opposition. It has become like the standards, which everyone accepts in principle, but no on adopts in practice. I like XP, it was like a... (posted on 19 Mar 2008 by iface thoughts)

13 Mar 2008

iPhone SDK may block Firefox, Ruby, Python and several other frameworks

Section: Apple, Communications, iPhone We’ve all heard about how good the iPhone SDK is, but what about the downsides. Some major developers have been wanting to create apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch, but Firefox, Java and apps that run in the... (posted on 13 Mar 2008 by Appletell)

12 Mar 2008

The Inheritance And Composition Duel

Reginald Braithwaite’s reminds us of the inhertiance and composition duel, and it is a good reminder. The biggest misconception that lot of programmers come out with, and I was part of the mob when I graduated, that the biggest benefit of inheritance is... (posted on 12 Mar 2008 by iface thoughts)

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