The Top Digg Programming Posts for the month of July 2006
AJAX Developer Resource Center
Great
source of AJAX info from Sun. Your first stop for AJAX related
material. Obligatory quote: "Get ahead of the curve and start
developing AJAX applications today. This is your source for Java tools,
technologies and expert advice." 21 comments blog this email this
Free 10 Week Online AJAX Course by Sun Microsystems
A free 10-week "AJAX Programming" online course is about to start from August 4th, 2006. This course is for anyone who wants to learn AJAX for the first time or increase their knowledge on AJAX. In this 10-week course, students learn basic concept of AJAX as well as how to use various AJAX frameworks and toolkits.... 34 comments blog this email this
Dreamweaver Killer: Cross Platform Open Source (Javascript, HTML, CSS) IDE
Aptana
is a robust, JavaScript-focused IDE for building dynamic web
applications. Highlights include the following features: Code Assist on
JavaScript, HTML, and CSS languages, including your own JavaScript
functions Outliner that gives a snapshot view of your JavaScript, HTML,
and CSS code structure Error and warning notification. 182 comments blog this email this
Javascript Boot Camp Tutorial (from OSCON 2006)
Amy
Hoy gave a 3-hour tutorial session on Javascript fundamentals on
Monday, and today posted her entire slide stack, source code, and
links. From her session's description: "This talk is for everyone who
feels their JavaScript skills just aren't up to snuff." 32 comments blog this email this
Huge Collection of Programming and Computer Cheatsheets!
This
website contains a large collection of quick reference materials
ranging from HTML and CSS to Python and Perl. All of the links are up
to date and all of the cheatsheets are free to download. 25 comments blog this email this
Learn HTML or CSS fast
This great site has
free and easy tutorials for learning HTML or CSS for programmers who
are new to it 25 comments blog this email this
5 Tips For a Beginning Programmer
A collection of tips for the beginning programmer regardless of the language. Learn how to build a strong foundation that will make learning languages in the future easier. 51 comments blog this email this
Library of free database models
The
library includes hundreds of sample database schemas for tons of topics
– ranging from “Airline Reservations” to
“Organizations and People” to
“Car Servicing” to “Pizza
Delivery”. 40 comments blog this email this
How to Normalise Your Database
Normalisation
is part of successful database design.Without normalisation, database
systems can be inaccurate, slow, and inefficient and they might not
produce the data you expect. 54 comments blog this email this
Five common PHP design patterns
This
article explains five widely used design patterns in PHP with sample
code to demonstrate each pattern. Intermediate level. 51 comments blog this email this
Top 30 Ruby on Rails Tutorials
Awesome tutorials. Here is hub of the best Ruby on Rails
Tutorials. 20 comments blog this email this
19 Rails Tricks Most Rails Coders Don't Know
Some good rails tricks for everyone who is interested in
rails. 14 comments blog this email this
Performance Tuning MySQL for Load
This
article goes over the fundamental tuning techniques used to sustain
very heavy database load. A useful MySQL performance script is
included. 38 comments blog this email this
Stiff asks, great programmers answer
"I
asked 10 questions to a bunch of programmers that I consider very
interesting people and I respect them for various things they created."
Interesting interview with Linus Torvalds, Dave Thomas, David
Heinemeier Hansson, Steve Yegge, Peter Norvig, Guido Van Rossum, James
Gosling and Tim Bray. 34 comments blog this email this
The camel has two humps" - Programming Aptitude Test (PDF link)
warning this is a PDF link! "Learning to program is notoriously difficult. A substantial minority of students fails in every introductory programming course in every UK university. Despite heroic academic effort, the proportion has increased rather than decreased over the years." 75 comments blog this email this
Virtualised Systems: The New Reality For Developers
They assume that the OS they are writing to is stable, that the amount of memory they have available is static, and that the amount of CPU utilization is static. But in a world where virtualisation is the norm all of this is changing and developers will have to learn how to optimize their apps to meet the needs of a changing environment. 17 comments blog this email this
Microsoft make MSDN Library free to download
Great news has arrived for anyone who programs with Microsoft tools and a Microsoft language: the MSDN is now free to download. 68 comments blog this email thisPopularity: 7% [?]
