Best new features in OpenBSD 4.3

In May 2008, OpenBSD 4.3 will be released. Check the new features of OpenBSD 4.3 for a full list. These are the features that I like best:

• New tools: snmpd(8), implementing the Simple Network Management Protocol.

• New functionality: The periodic security(8) reports now include package changes.

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65 Excellent jQuery Resources

65 Excellent jQuery Resources.

How To Create Form Posts with Ajax

Now that Ajax is becoming a standard for handling interactions on the Web it's time to use it to update form submissions. In this article you'll learn how to create a reusable Ajax process which can be used with all forms.

Top 10 Javascript Frameworks

Javascript libraries have become fundamental to good web design, almost all ste nowadays have some element of javascript or Ajax present. It is probably the main element in developing the Web 2.0 movement.

There are many Frameworks, which do you prefer?

Visitor’s language detection in php

Is your site translated into more than one language? In case it is, you will find this topic really interesting, since it will allow you to automatically adapt your site’s language to the user’s.

In case your site is not translated, you can always use this to know the visitor’s language… I’m sure you’ll be able to find a good use for that information.

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Easy payments using Paypal IPN

There are several PHP scripts and classes to process PayPal payments using their native IPN (Internet payment notification) feature. Because the whole process is based on the data you need to send via a web form to the PayPal payment processor these script look very similar.

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kernel.org machines from Fedora to FreeBSD 7.0

After much deliberation, research and argument in #korg (along with screaming matches between HPA and I over dinner) we are upgrading the kernel.org machines from Fedora Core 5 to FreeBSD 7.0.

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Top 10 tips to get better PHP jobs

This article presents top tips that may help you getting better PHP jobs.

Expand-collapse toggle pane using jquery

In this post, I’ll show you how easy it is to show expandable and collapsible toggle panel using jQuery. When you click on the heading, the content gets displayed by sliding and when you again click on the heading again, it gets collapsed.

10 things IT needs to know about Ajax

The introduction of any new Web technology will affect a network's infrastructure in ways that range from inconsequential to earth shattering. Ajax is one of the more disruptive new Web technologies traveling across networks today. To help you minimize future surprises on your network, we've outlined the 10 things you should take to heart about Ajax.

Multithreading in PHP with CURL

Most PHP developers have heard of the CURL extension for PHP or even used it. However it is mostly used in a basic form: to retrieve content from other websites or (RESTful) webservices. Ofcourse PHP itself offers several functions (like fopen or fsockopen) for getting this content, but they are all very basic. It is easy to run into limitations, for example you might want to define the request method or set another user agent (if you're building a webspider). This is where the curl extension kicks in. It is a separate library that has to be compiled with PHP in order to use it. The Curl extension has many functions and options which offer the developer more flexibility than the standard PHP functions.

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Wireshark 1.0 Released

After almost 10 years of work, Wireshark 1.0 has been released.

Reading and Writing Spreadsheets with PHP

In this article, I'll introduce you to two packages that make it surprisingly easy to hook your PHP scripts up to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and extract the data contained therein. I'll also show you how to dynamically create a new spreadsheet from scratch, complete with formulae and formatting, and import data from a spreadsheet into a database. So come on it, and let's get started!

Opera and Safari Pass Acid3 Test

The development teams for Opera and WebKit (which powers Apple’s Safari browser) both announced in the past week that their browser rendering engine had achieved a score of 100/100 in the Acid3 test for JavaScript and DOM standards compliance run by the Web Standards Project.

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Change Your PHP Pages to ASP

I don't know a lot of PHP developers that think very much of ASP. This, of course, sets the stage for a great April fools trick: we're going to change all of the links on our website from ".php" to ".asp" and see how many coworkers we can confuse the hell out of. Granted, most developers with a just few years of experience would figure out the method within a few minutes, but you can probably get the noob with this one.

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FreeBSD 5.5, 6.1, and 6.2 EoLs coming soon

On May 31st, FreeBSD 5.5, FreeBSD 6.1, and FreeBSD 6.2 will have reached their End of Life and will no longer be supported by the FreeBSD Security Team. Since FreeBSD 5.5 is the last remaining supported release from the FreeBSD 5.x stable branch, support for the FreeBSD 5.x stable branch will also cease at the same point. Users of any of these FreeBSD releases are strongly encouraged to upgrade to either FreeBSD 6.3 or FreeBSD 7.0 before that date.

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