Archive for the ‘tools’ Category

Here’s another new website – WebWait. I wanted a portable, consistent, way to benchmark Ajax web apps, that would show how long the wait is (though it’s useful for any app, especially if there were a lot of images, for instance). Using a command-line tool like curl is an improper simulation and doesn’t cut it [...]

I use software on my computer like Eclipse PDT, Aptana, WinSCP, and Putty, as many developers would. But as I was working a couple weeks ago, I wondered what kind of web-based tools other developers use. There are a couple that I use for planning, documentation, and testing, but it’s not often I hear of [...]

In several web servers (most commonly Apache) .htaccess is the default name of directory-level configuration files. It provides the ability to customize configuration for requests to the particular directory. However, creating a .htaccess files can be tedious. Now you can create .htaccess files easily online with .htaccess Editor. Simply fill in the form provided, you [...]

This updated accordion script is powerful and lightweight at only 1.4kb. It now includes multi-level support, the option to allow multiple panels to expand concurrently, and a hide/show all toggle. I have reverted the markup to a div based structure to eliminate any validation issues with the definition tables in the previous version. Check back [...]

Get complete feature comparisons at the fantastic site CMS Matrix. It was once the case that a staple of any web developer’s job was to provide ongoing content updates for their clients. However, in a “web 2.0″ world of ever expanding, dynamic content, this model has become obsolete and often unsustainable. Developers’ time is best [...]


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