Personality Traits of the Best Software Developers

The best programmers are up to 28 times more productive than the worst programmers, making them the best bargains in software. Here are four personality traits to look for when hiring.

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CSS, Javascript: A New Way of Tracking Users' Browsing Habits

Clever way of seeing where the web surfer has been using Javascript.

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Threading in C# [Free E-Book]

Download This Free E-Book About Threading In C#

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A SplitBar component for Yahoo! UI

A javascript SplitBar Component, Yahoo! UI style.

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Resouces - Stock images

A list with some of the largest sites of free stock photos.

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AI-Coder - Game AI Programming Contests Idea

The internet is flooded with online communities focused on software engineering, with particularly vibrant communities focused on software engineering for the Java and .NET platforms. But there are very few online communities dedicated to computer science.

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CSS - Playing Cards with CSS

This example demonstrates using CSS to graphically display standard playing cards on a web page. An obvious use would be for creating JavaScript card games like blackjack or poker. (Story continues with JavaScript implementation.)

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AJAX - So how do you code an AJAX Web page?

Excellent article about AJAX.

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Web Development - Essential Firefox Extensions

• Dom Inspector
• JSView
• InspectThis
• Html Validator
• View Source Chart
• View Formatted Source
• Web Developer
  

C# - Tutorial Lessons and Coding Standards

Here are 13 excellent tutorial lessons that you can use to
get you started with programming in C# (C Sharp) or to help you refresh
your C# programming skills.


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AJAX - The Ajax Work Shop

Forums and Wiki, with online course (slideshows, pdfs, framework downloads, tutorials). Also an instructed online class with homework and an instructor to guide you will begin next month.

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Aptana - Javascript, HTML and 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.

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CSS - Menus

This uses just CSS 2 to turn nested lists into a working menu and does not use any JavaScript (except in IE 5+ on windows where I use the proprietary DHTML behaviours, because its CSS handling is not good enough to work this menu without script) This works in Mozilla 1+, Netscape 7+, Opera 7+, Safari build 60+, OmniWeb 4.5+, Konqueror 3.2+

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Javascript - Browser detect script

Easily extendable browser detect script by Peter-Paul Koch.

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.Net - An Intro to Nullable Datatypes

A good introduction to the new nullable datatypes introducted in the .NET 2.0 framework. If you're a .NET developer that hasn't discovered the joy of Nullable Datatypes, this is a must-read.

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JavaScript - Mouse wheel programming

Programming mouse wheel event handling in JavaScript. Works on IE, Firefox and Opera 9.

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Web Design - 15 things with Yahoo UI

Dustin Diaz shares some of his recent experiments with the Yahoo! User Interface library.

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Top 10 Web Developer Libraries

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HTML, CSS - HTML Dog

This great site has free and easy tutorials for learning HTML or CSS.

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Microsoft Releases IE7 Beta 3

Microsoft Releases IE7 Beta 3

Microsoft has released IE7 Beta 3 to the public. From TechNet Flash: 'As a result of customer feedback, IE7 Beta 3 contains some feature changes in addition to the planned reliability, compatibility, and security improvements. If you've previously installed a beta of IE7, you should uninstall it before installing this release.

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Strategic Site Migration: Planning For Success

Switching hosting providers raises many potential problems for webmasters. This article looks at some of these problems as well as workarounds for these problems.

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HTML, CSS, Javascript - HTMLSource

A great website full with up-to-date information about HTML, CSS and Javascript.

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CSS - Rounded Box Generator

Rounded Box Generator.

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CSS Tutorials

Some CCS tutorials.

Includes:

• Lists
• Floats
• Selectors
  

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CSS - The CSS Creator

The CSS Creator site is a place for you to learn about and create CSS, Cascading Style Sheets.

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Javascript - script.aculo.us

script.aculo.us provides you with easy to use Javascript libraries to make your web sites and web applications.

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AJAX, XML, DHTML - Jitsu

Jitsu is a user interface toolkit for building rich web applications.

Main features:

• Open Source
• Compiled Xml Presentation Language
• Client-side Data Binding

Jitsu contains an integrated set of tools to enable developers to build and deploy user interfaces for web applications. These include an Xml markup language, page compiler, data binding engine, JavaScript runtime, control library, runtime inspector, animation engine, cross-platform library, Ajax, and back button support. Jitsu apps use DHTML and run in most modern web browsers.

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AJAX - AJAX Widgets

A good resource for AJAX wigdets. It includes widgets for:

• Image Galleries
• Calendars
• Contact Forms
• Keyword Suggest
• Login Systems
• Slideshows
• Surveys
• Tabbs

Widgets
Tutorials

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C#, Javascript - Script#

Script# brings the C# developer experience to Javascript/Ajax world.

Essentially the Script# compiler is a C# compiler that generates Javascript instead of IL. A key driving goal of the design is to produce readable Javascript that you may have authored yourself.

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Gliffy - Visio-like online application

Gliffy is a Visio-like online application.

Features:

• Diagramming in your web browser without downloading additional software
• Desktop application feel in a web-based diagramming solution
• Add collaborators to your work and watch it grow
• Link to published Gliffy drawings from your blog or wiki
• Create many types of diagrams:
• Flowcharts
• UI wireframes
• Floor plans
• Network diagrams
• Any simple drawing or diagram

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Web Design - How design choices can cripple a Website

An indepth article about the effect of website design.

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CSS - CSS Galleries

A single RSS feed of all of the major CSS showcase and gallery sites (CSS Mania, CSS Drive, Unmatched Style etc.). Indexes all featured sites into one simple feed, with thumbnail.

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Development - How to make IT Staff Less Angry

Insider view of an IT Staffer about management problems and what they are doing wrong.

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DHTML and AJAX - DHTMLgoodies.com

A library of DHTML and Ajax scripts.

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IIS - IIS Tips, Tricks & Resources

A great resource on Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS).

Main site
Forum

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Development - How to set up a virtual development environment

An elegant way to to set up your own agile and complete virtual development environment containing various compilers and IDEs in one virtual machine.

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CSS - CSSPlay.co.uk

Lots and lots of CSS stuff...

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Web Design - 9 Ways to Misunderstand Web Standards

Some people just misinterpret how the web should be used/designed.

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Design - New version of Inkscape (v 0.44)

Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor that uses the SVG file format. Supported SVG features include shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, patterns, and grouping. Inkscape also supports Creative Commons meta-data, node editing, layers, complex path operations, bitmap tracing, text-on-path, flowed text, direct XML editing, and more. It imports formats such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and others and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats.




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Web Design - Open Source Templates

Open Source Templates has a large number of tutorials to help non profit organizations and single users to easily download and create a looking site in a matter of hours.

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Mobile Graphics Card Comparison Chart

A great resource for info on mobile graphics.

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Ultimate Game Programming Guide

This is one of the best resources for game programmers out there.

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IT - 3D Desktop with integrated physics

This video shows you a new way to display and organize your desktop. It's 3D, physics-ruled environment looks more like your actual desktop, which may force users to clean and organize it more often.



Videos:
Quicktime
WMV
YouTube

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Web Design - iBox - Flexible Overlays (Images, Divs, AJAX)

Web Design - iBox is a compact and easy to use overlay script. Smaller than other scripts, it supports images, inner divs, and even external pages.

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The COMPLETE command line list for Linux, Windows, Oracle, and MacOS

Complete list of command line tools you would need. Check it out!

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Preparing For a Software Engineering Interview

Written by Google employee, Niniane Wang: "Of the 300+ software engineers I interviewed for Google (and previously Microsoft), some of them really shone, and others seemed ill-prepared.. Below are some tips that I've gathered over time"

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Vista performs as good as XP on same hardware

CNET ran a few performance tests in Vista Beta 2 and XP on the same hardware, and results showed that Vista, even in its beta stage, can perform as well or potentially even better than XP!

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