There are many RSS feeds that I’ve subscribed to, and some websites that I check often that don’t have feeds, for example to read comics. With all the stuff in the feeds, there’s also some things that I don’t want to see, such as newsposts in some comic feeds that I only read for the comic. It would be nice …
Working with Regular Expressions
Regular Expressions – you either love them or hate them, and usually when you hate them, you just haven’t spent enough time trying to learn them! :) They are incredibly useful, but they can often be difficult to build and test. I have previously mentioned a great tool called RegexBuddy, which is a great help. However, being a Windows application, …
Enso: A useful tool or a fancy gimmick?
I’ve installed an application called Enso on my laptop. What is it? It’s an application, which turns the caps lock key into a small command prompt, which you can use to run various commands, such as calculating, opening applications, controlling windows etc. Enso is a product of a company called Humanized, which was founded by Aza Raskin, who is the …
Setting up Windows as a PHP development server
Install a WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP) environment in 4 easy steps, one of which is optional and one of which isn’t really a step at all! ;) These days I’ve been working on Linux servers for a long time, so when I had to install all the things necessary for PHP development on Windows, I realized it isn’t necessarily …
The ultimate developer kit
I got myself a laptop, and it’s always kind of annoying to “start from scratch” – install all the applications you need, set up the browsers, set up email, install entertainment (codecs for movies, games)… Since I didn’t have anything installed, and I kind of want to save space on the laptop as it doesn’t have gazillions of gigabytes of …
Impressions on WordPress
So I’ve been using WordPress as my blogging platform for a while now. As a matter of fact, this is my 48th post with WP. I had only heard good things about WordPress before installing it, but how has it worked out?
Scripting in Windows
Many people probably know Linux and its various easy to use scripting languages, like Python, Perl and Bash Script. They are available on most systems, and it’s very easy to write little command-line scripts with them to ease various tasks. Often you could use a small scripting language like the above on Windows, and sure, it is possible to install …
How to get code-assist for your classes in Zend Studio and/or Aptana
First, <insert your favorite holiday greeting here> Been slightly quiet here now because I’ve been feeling a bit lazy, but on this time of the year it’s allowed, right? ;) I think I will start posting more regularily again after new years as I’m working on some interesting things. Now with that out of the way, we can look at …
Java based IDE = Very bad IDEa
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 …