http://code-a-day.com Better code, one day at a time Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:20:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A coworker just pointed out a cool JS speed test to me today. The folks over at MooTools have a handy dandy speed test to compare the top three JS framework libraries to each other. As you can see, Prototype seems to be optimized for Firefox, JQuery for IE and ... http://code-a-day.com/2007/12/10/javascript-framework-speed-tests/ Every time I connect to a mysql server, I see the "Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer." notice but just ignore it. This morning I decided to '\h' just to see what the in-line help was and found a score of useful commands I ... http://code-a-day.com/2007/10/04/page-mysql-query-results-through-your-favorite-pager/ Terry Chay writes another hilarious post about PHP vs. Ruby “I’m really low on my scatological count here…I’m sorry I didn’t crack enough jokes or use enough [cuss words], but I’m sure people will forgive me. They can just attend one of my talks and get their ... http://code-a-day.com/2007/09/24/terry-chay-why-php-triumphs-over-ruby/ Every once and a while, I find that I need to compile code on a machine where many other more important things are running. In my case, I generally find myself recompiling PHP on a machine that also runs my very active forum website [http://forums.reebosak.net] in addition to many other ... http://code-a-day.com/2007/09/15/being-nice-with-long-processes/ Ever wished there was a way to echo or print a PHP Object as if it were just a string and have it print something more usefull than Object id #1? In PHP5+ there is a Magic Method __toString() that will allow you to specify how you want your Object ... http://code-a-day.com/2007/09/11/auto-converting-php-objects-to-strings-using-the-__tostring-magic-method/ I just ran across this article about using PLT Scheme to write web applications. It's a great read and a good introduction to Sceme and how it can be used to write "real" programs, not just academic assignments. From time to time people ask how to develop for the web with ... http://code-a-day.com/2007/08/26/web-development-with-plt-scheme/ From http://www.poromenos.org/: So, you want to learn the Python programming language but can't find a concise and yet full-featured tutorial. This tutorial will attempt to teach you Python in 10 minutes. It's probably not so much a tutorial as it is a cross between a tutorial and a cheatsheet, so it ... http://code-a-day.com/2007/07/12/learn-python-in-10-minutes/ The simple task of getting a working XMLHTTPRequest object can quickly turn into a mess of if/then browser checking. With the help of one of my favorite operators, the ternary operator, this becomes a simple one-liner: reqObj = window.XMLHttpRequest ? new XMLHttpRequest() ... http://code-a-day.com/2007/05/30/the-one-line-cross-browser-ajax-request-object/ In my day to day work, I edit code on one machine, then move the new code to a different machine to build packages for installation and testing. Until recently I was doing one of two things: 1) Mounting an SMB/NFS share and editing the remote files directly 2) Using rsync to ... http://code-a-day.com/2007/05/04/easily-syncing-remote-files-in-komodo-with-unison/ Tired of trying to figure out that perfect Perl-style regular expression when all you need to do is a simple match? Well, toss away that ereg or preg_match call you've been working on for the last 20 minutes and use your new friend fnmatch(). fnmatch will let you match using ... http://code-a-day.com/2007/01/26/an-easier-way-to-do-simple-matches-with-php/