Why Object-Oriented JavaScript is so confusing

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Any of you who has used OOP in any “traditional” language, such as C++, Java or PHP and then tried to apply the stuff you know in JavaScript probably know that… things just don’t work like you’re used to. But what are the things that actually are causing the confusion and how to avoid the problems?

Find an application’s icon with WinAPI

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I was working on some C# code today, and had to figure out how to find a specific application’s icon. There’s a lot of basic information on this, including messages like WM_GETICON in MSDN, but it just wouldn’t work.

I like pie… menus

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Pie, just like pie menus, is great. What is a “pie menu”? If you don’t play games, you might not be very familiar with this great type of menu, as it isn’t really used anywhere outside games as far as I know. Pie menu is a menu, which opens around your cursor, or crosshair in games, and shows menu items …

Getting rid of Ajax development nuisances

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Everyone who has worked with Ajax probably knows how annoying it used to be sometimes to get the code working in some browsers (*coughiecough*) This thing is now mostly a thing of the past, thanks to various great JavaScript libraries/frameworks providing excellent Ajax-functionality. There’s another thing too, though. A lot of people don’t realize it, but often making a website …

The future of browser widgets

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My definition of a widget: a small web application inside your browser. Opera has had widgets for a while now, and I’m sure Firefox has a plugin which provides similar features. But what is the future of widgets? I’m a widget developer – I have made quite many widgets and even made money with them – yet I don’t even …

Are DB layers like Zend_Db making people forget SQL?

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While possibly a great help and a way to speed development up, are database access classes like Zend_Db and others making people forget about SQL? ActiveRecord, Table Row Gateway and whatnot, are people trying to constrain their thinking inside the bounds given by these implementations?

Java based IDE = Very bad IDEa

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Have you ever used Eclipse or any Eclipse-based IDE, such as Zend Studio Neon or Aptana Studio? All fine tools, but they have a big problem: Java Note: this post is a bit old (late 2007), and IDEs have gotten better since then. For example, NetBeans 6.5 is a personal favorite of mine now. If you still want to read …

Are spammers masking themselves with innocent posts?

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I had recently been getting increased amounts of spam comments and I was wondering why. You probably hadn’t noticed this, though, thanks to WordPress’ excellent spam detection which has so far made a very good job in detecting suspicious comments. Up until today. Today, a single spam comment got through the detection. I had received comments exactly like this one …