After a certain point, i think every single web developer has to evolve to a point where you become well versed with the command line.
Whether you are on linux, unix, windows, android and everything in-between then it is essential to the craft.
You can sync and migrate thousands of files much faster using rsync or svn than ftp, as well as maintain better source control, migrate a large MySQL database in a few minutes vs Continue reading
When its time to scale, its time to scale! Among other things scaling includes redundancy.
One way to achieve better results is with MySQL database replication. I think as far as “how-tos” go in terms of detail this is a pretty good example and walk-through.
This is from http://www.howtoforge.com/
I think that with the more popularity that CSS3 gains and the more standard it becomes, one of the mysteries is what browsers support is offered for the new features in the release.
Luckily if you are looking for a pretty cool, and up-to-date compatibility listing of CSS selectors and pseudo selectors browser compatibility, then i think that this is a good link to take a look at.
They offer a pretty in-depth look at all the various css selectors, with their releases from 1 to 3, and lets you know EXACTLY if there is explicit support for that particular browser. Continue reading
As the big year in web development continues HTML5 is getting even closer to becoming more standard. This has been helped by Google’s Chrome browser has scoring high marks on an the HTML 5 compatibility test according to geektechnica.com.
It is an interesting site where you can read about some of new developments in HTML 5 and try the browser compatibility test page where you can see how your browser stacks up out of a total score of 160 points. 
It was interesting to note that Chrome finished first with 137/160, Safari second with 113/160, Opera third with 102/160, Firefox a sluggish 100/160, and the usual suspect Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8), Internet Explorer 9 (IE 9 )scoring a blazing 19/160 points.
The finals results were: Continue reading
So i have to admit that one of my favorite new applications is Screener. What screenr allows you to do is to easily, quickly and painlessly record a desktop session, whether you are on a Mac, PC, or linux computer using a java applet (which is pretty fast).
Once you record your screencast, you can then manage and administer your own channel similar to a Youtube or Vimeo channel. You get the benefit of a sleek player that clearly distinguishes itself from the rest, simple and has basic sharing capabilities.
Here is a demo by Netuts of an editable list that takes advantage of HTML 5 and the localStorage attribute and works with compatible browsers. Continue reading
Recently i was working with the Facebook AP again, before i did my presentation at the Seattle PHP meetup . At the time one of the potential ideas was the linkedIn API and how to integrate linkedIn to your site, but obviously facebook was the API in demand.
As i was playing around with the linkedIn API and i managed to stumble upon the widgets that are one the developer site, and thought it would interesting to add them to your WordPress site.
I am sure that this is ideal for portfolio or sites, real-estate agents, companies adding some social networking flair to their site Continue reading
Unfortunately today i read some bad news as SC magazine (April 9th 2010) reported that indeed some WordPress blogs had indeed been hacked! A while ago did write about security and permissions, and this came after working finding a malicious theme that attempted to execute and hack into a WP site from the the themes functions.php.
It seems that Themelab aptly wrote an article called “Dirty WordPress Hack Going Around, Cloaked to Search Engines” , as they noticed there was indeed a vulnerability and potential for SQL injection, or in lay man’s terms “hacking“. The article is dated March 1st 2010, and at the time they noted that,
This particular hack uses some particularly dirty methods which include inserting spam keywords into your own content, which is probably to control your keyword density.
They also point to a trick known as cloaking to inject data into your content, Continue reading