Random XQuery Stuff
Part of my new gig includes working with a Mark Logic content server, which is basically an indexable, query-able, heavily indexed collection of XML documents.
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Below you'll find all the Uncategorized articles on the site, followed by a chronological listing of the same. You may also browse the 8 series directly via the following links. Miscellaneous Magento Articles, SugarCRM for PHP MVC Developers, Magento 2: Advanced Javascript, Magento 2 UI Components, Accelerated Mobile Pages, Pestle, Sylius for Magento and PHP Developers, and, Containers, Containers, Containers.
Javascript Plus Plus
My first year of programming in college, which was my third year in college, was taught in c++. I was part of a new experimental major at RIT christened Information Technology. It was trying to find a happy space in-between hardcode Computer Science and
astormUsing jQuery and the Object Literal Singleton/Module Pattern
Prior to getting into jQuery, I was a big fan of the YUI (still am) and found myself using a lot Yahoo/Crockford like coding patterns, specifically the module/singleton pattern.
astormMacBook Battery Woes
Desperate for content, I'm pilfering posts I've made to message boards, mainly to give me a reason to link to the very nifty coconutBattery, an application that lets you monitor how much of your (Apple) laptop battery's ability to hold a charge has degraded
astormThe PHP Market
So, from a working developer standpoint, the PHP market has segmented into three distinct units.
astormIE 8 Update
It looks like Micorsoft relented somewhat on their version targeting strategy. If IE 8 detects a "standards friendly" doctype, the default rendering mode will be the most up-to-date version available. Previously, without the presence of a version targeting meta tag, the plan was for
astormEmail Progress
I did some major email cleanup, archiving about 6 years worth of mail and starting with a fresh, empty email client (still Mailsmith, although that might be changing soon)
astormMacworld Thoughts
I'm primarily interested in the "Sub-Notebook" rumors. I'm still waiting for the modern computer I can carry around with me as easily as I would a paperback book. The iPhone is the best internet enabled phone I've ever used, but it's still just a
astormURI Roundup
I did a little bit behind the scenes plumbing here over the weekend. It should be smooth sailing, but if any problems crop up you know what to do.
astormThe State of SEO
If you have an infinite number of monkeys trying an infinite number of "SEO strategies", one of them is bound to hit on something that works.
astormEveryone is a Test Driven Developer
There's surprising number of programmers who scoff at the idea of test driven development, probably because it's packaged up with other, less valuable ideas and concepts, (lack of discipline masquerading as Agile, for one).
astormJavascript Command Line Scripts
Update for 10.5 Users: While I was setting up my new laptop, I noticed that Lepord (OS X 10.5) had done away with ~/Library/Java/Extensions. It wasn't there by default and creating it manually didn't trigger the magic "classpath but not classpath" behavior
astormASCII Codes
Even in this Brave New iso-8859-1 UTF world, sometimes you still need the numerical ascii character code for a character. Anytime I google for this I end up on a page with a giant image of the ASCII table, useless for copying and pasting
astormThe Email Situation
My email's been more or less horked for the past few years. Alanstorm.com and my various other domains are setup with a catch-all email configuration. This means I get all email for any address sent to my domains.
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