http://www.devshed.com Dev Shed - RSS Feeds en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:55:33 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:55:33 -0400 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:48:56 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/BrainDump/Milepost-GCC-Speeds-OpenSource-Development/?kc=rss - SmarterTechnology reports that the Milepost project at www.milepost.eu, in conjunction with IBM Research, has developed an intelligent, open-source compiler that essentially uses collaborative development as it's source to produce compiled code 10x faster. Yes, your compiler has joined the BORG, bu...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/BrainDump/Milepost-GCC-Speeds-OpenSource-Development/?kc=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:00:46 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Using-Directory-Iterators-to-Build-Loader-Apps-in-PHP/?kc=rss - Among the bunch of useful features that were incorporated into PHP 5 a long time ago, aside from the improved object model, there's also a set of functions and classes that comprise what's commonly called the Standard PHP Library (SPL). As you may have heard, this library permits you to perform sev...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Using-Directory-Iterators-to-Build-Loader-Apps-in-PHP/?kc=rss Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:00:46 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Using-the-splautoload-Functions-to-Build-Loader-Apps-in-PHP/?kc=rss - As the passionate PHP developer that you probably are, you know that building file loading scripts is mostly a process that relies on the set of “include()/include_once()” and “require()/require_once()” functions, which youve surely used hundreds of times before. Nevertheless, its feasible to creat...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Using-the-splautoload-Functions-to-Build-Loader-Apps-in-PHP/?kc=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:00:46 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/XML/Working-with-Flex-and-Datagrids/?kc=rss - Creating a Basic Data Grid Flex provides an MXML tag to create a DataGrid. Here is our application, with the DataGrid colored in blue: lt;?xml version= quot;1.0 quot; encoding= quot;utf-8 quot;? gt; lt;mx:Application xmlns:mx= quot;http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml quot; layout= quot;absolu...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/XML/Working-with-Flex-and-Datagrids/?kc=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:00:46 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Flash/An-Overview-of-Flash-and-ActionScript/?kc=rss - Flash has become one of the most recognizable technologies used on the Internet today. There is good reason that this individual developers tool is so well-known; websites designed with Flash have a tendency to stand out and simply look much better than those that do not feature it. Flash websites a...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Flash/An-Overview-of-Flash-and-ActionScript/?kc=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:00:46 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Working-Out-of-the-Object-Context-to-Build-Loader-Apps-in-PHP/?kc=rss - Building small programs with PHP that can load a specified file or resource is an easily-tackled process for many developers with only average experience in the language. However, things can get more complex when trying to add some useful characteristics to these programs, such as recursive file...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Working-Out-of-the-Object-Context-to-Build-Loader-Apps-in-PHP/?kc=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:00:47 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Using-the-autoload-Magic-Function-to-Build-Loader-Appps-in-PHP/?kc=rss - There are a number of tasks that PHP developers must tackle on a regular basis when building well-structured web applications. One of these is creating scripts that load a certain number of resources and dependencies required for those applications to work as expected. While developing these fil...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Using-the-autoload-Magic-Function-to-Build-Loader-Appps-in-PHP/?kc=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:00:46 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/The-Destruct-Magic-Function-in-PHP-5/?kc=rss - To be frank, learning how to implement and use the magic functions that come included with PHP 5 isnt as hard as it may seem at first glance. The entire process requires knowing which event triggers a particular function, and then giving that function a concrete definition in accordance with the ...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/The-Destruct-Magic-Function-in-PHP-5/?kc=rss Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:00:47 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/The-Autoload-Magic-Function-in-PHP-5/?kc=rss - So, if youre a PHP developer who wants to learn how to put these magic functions to work for you in a truly effortless way, or wishes to fill some gaps in your knowledge regarding their correct implementation and usage, then this group of tutorials might be the guide that youre looking for. And now...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/The-Autoload-Magic-Function-in-PHP-5/?kc=rss Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:00:46 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Developing-a-Recursive-Loading-Class-for-Loader-Applications-in-PHP/?kc=rss - Developing PHP programs whose main task is to dynamically include files required by a specific application isnt as difficult as it may seem at first sight. In these cases, the logic that drives those programs is implemented around the set of “include()/include_once()/require()/require_once()” nati...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Developing-a-Recursive-Loading-Class-for-Loader-Applications-in-PHP/?kc=rss Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:00:46 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Smartphone-Development/Debugging-Your-BlackBerry-Applications/?kc=rss - It is because of this fact that learning how to debug your applications is such an essential and crucial part of the development process. Here we will cover the best way that a developer can debug their app and eliminate any frustrating problems from the get-go. Essentially, “debugging” means findi...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Smartphone-Development/Debugging-Your-BlackBerry-Applications/?kc=rss Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:00:46 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/The-Sleep-and-Wakeup-Magic-Functions-in-PHP-5/?kc=rss - Ranging from overloading properties and methods of a class, including automatically overloading classes and triggering specific processes before destroying objects, magic functions can be used for doing all sorts of clever things. Some of these have been rather overlooked by many developers, quite...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/The-Sleep-and-Wakeup-Magic-Functions-in-PHP-5/?kc=rss Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:00:46 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Using-the-Clone-Magic-Function-in-PHP-5/?kc=rss - Undoubtedly, the release of PHP 5 quite some time ago brought with it a significant advance in the way that web applications are developed nowadays. This is despite the high level of backward compatibility it maintains with its venerable predecessor, PHP 4. Certainly its not breaking news that P...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Using-the-Clone-Magic-Function-in-PHP-5/?kc=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:57:23 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/BrainDump/Learn-These-10-Programming-Languages/?kc=rss - Topping the list of eWeek's top 10 programming languages were four open-source languages, and only 2 our of the 10 were Microsoft based languages (C# and VB.Net, specifically). Rothberg gives some depth to the article as well, explaining in brief why each language was chosen and showing the number...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/BrainDump/Learn-These-10-Programming-Languages/?kc=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:00:46 -0400 http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Including-Files-Recursively-with-Loader-Applications-in-PHP/?kc=rss - And now that youve been introduced to the main goal of this series, its time to summarize the topics that were discussed in the last tutorial. In the previous part I went through the development of a file loading class in PHP 5. This class was capable of searching recursively for a determined fil...]]> http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Including-Files-Recursively-with-Loader-Applications-in-PHP/?kc=rss