This article demonstrates how to write a web application for the iPhone to perform a single activity and control its operational parameters. It demonstrates how to communicate to a web service that periodically provides message updates.
How to build a simple, near-native iPhone application using web tools and techniques.
Updated versions of some weather gDesklets with fixes and additional features.
Open source software and traditional knowledge are close cousins in the same family of shared human knowledge. In the digital age, misapplication of concepts of property rights may strain the natural harmony of the family.
Ever since the first Web application was written, developers have attempted to create dynamic user interfaces that offer an interactive experience, much like desktop applications. Traditional Web applications feel clumsy and unresponsive because every update to the interface involves a full roundtrip to the server and back. In this article, we will see how AJAX, a recent Web development technique, tackles this problem.
The government functions as both a facilitator and inhibitor of the growth of knowledge. To progress toward an Open Knowledge Society, the government must balance public and private interests by protecting the freedom of information as well as by reigning in overzealous intellectual property schemes.
A look at rsnapshot, a handy backup utility based on rsync, a well-known open source tool.
As web applications take on roles traditionally served by pure desktop applications, creating interactive user interfaces with the ‘real-time’ feel of a customary desktop, is a challenge facing UI developers today. In this article, we will explore a solution to this problem using JavaScript and the XMLHttpRequest object.
Dr Niklaus Wirth’s pioneering work on languages like Pascal, Modula-2 and Oberon are shining examples of simplicity and elegance. In a recent lecture in California, this path-breaker voiced his disapproval for the unwieldy nature of today’s programming languages and called for a return to the basics.
Review of ‘The Definitive Guide to Plone’ by Andy McKay, published by Apress.
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