We’ve been using Drupal at MPOW for almost three years, but I feel like there’s still tons to learn. Drupal is really hot in libraries right now and it seems like everyone is talking about it. Below are the Drupal posts and resources I’ve come across in just the past week or so. Drink it [...]
Category Archives: Programming
Optimizing SQL Presentation by Jay Pipes
June 23, 2008 – 11:34 am
Last week I got to see Jay Pipes speak at a local PHP users group meeting. He did a 2-part talk on optimizing SQL (Join-Fu, as he calls it). I managed to keep up and follow part 1, but I have to admit that part 2 was largely over my head. Below are some of [...]
Google Doctype Helps Web Developers
May 26, 2008 – 10:57 pm
Google recently unveiled Google Doctype. It’s an online encyclopedia for web developers. Many aspect of development are covered such as CSS, Javascript, security, and performance. Google Doctype is basically like Wikipedia for web development. Anyone with a Google account can add content. So the site will get better as more people contribute. I’ve spent some [...]
Firefox for Development
August 23, 2007 – 8:54 pm
Firefox is a great web browser, but it also makes for a great development environment. With the right extensions loaded, you can really save some time tracing through code, finding bugs, and optimizing your site. Below are the extensions that I have loaded in Firefox. ColorZilla This extension puts a little eye dropper tool in [...]
What is Web 3.0?
August 9, 2007 – 10:57 am
Many months ago, I linked to a video that tried to answer the question, “What is Web 2.0?” Recently, someone asked Google’s CEO “What is Web 3.0?” Here is a 2-minute video of his response. [youtube=http://youtube.com/w/?v=T0QJmmdw3b0] Key points from his definition: Applications that are pieced together The data is in the cloud Can run on [...]
