A rather geeky/technical weblog, est. 2001, by Bramus
The evolution of web technologies in the last several years has blurred the line between what we usually call backend vs. frontend development. On the other hand, expectations put in front of developers highly reflect that rather rigid distinction based on technology, instead the one that would be based on processes in software production. Is …
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Two.js is a two-dimensional drawing api geared towards modern web browsers. It is renderer agnostic enabling the same api to draw in multiple contexts: svg, canvas, and webgl. Two.js is deeply inspired by flat motion graphics. As a result, two.js aims to make the creation and animation of flat shapes easier and more concise. At …
Spark Inspector will offer you an entirely new debugging perspective. With a three-dimensional view of your app’s interface and the ability to change view properties at runtime, Spark can help you craft the best apps on earth. Wiring your app together with notifications? Spark’s notification monitor shows you each NSNotification as it’s sent, complete with …
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The ‘Trend of Convenience’ doesn’t make things more convenient. Instead it mostly eliminates limitations that prevent change from happening in the first place. Take the horse carriage versus the car. Many people think of the car as a more convenient horse carriage, but why is that? Is it because it’s faster? Is it because it’s …
LESS Compiler written in PHP. Usage is simple: <?php require “lessc.inc.php”; $less = new lessc; echo $less->compile(“.block { padding: 3 + 4px }”); Of course one can take files as input too (define a 2nd argument to cache on disk): <?php echo $less->compileFile(“input.less”); Also ships with an extra shell executable script plessc $ plessc input.less …
Google Reader inspired self-hosted RSS reader, based on JAX-RS, Wicket and AngularJS. Might actually form a good alternative to Google Reader which is about to disappear. Too bad it’s written in Java though (as a PHP developer you might guess what I prefer) Commafeed Demo →Commafeed Source (GitHub) →
grunticon takes a folder of SVG files (typically, icons that you’ve drawn in an application like Adobe Illustrator), and outputs them to CSS in 3 formats: svg data urls, png data urls, and a third fallback CSS file with references to regular png images, which are also automatically generated and placed in a folder. Just …
Great to see that Google App Engine and Engine Yard now both support PHP (v5.4) on their cloud platforms too. GAE could use some more loaded extensions, but it’s a good start. Google App Engine for PHP →Google App Engine: PHP: Getting Started →Google App Engine: PHP: Detailed Documentation → Google App Engine for PHP …
Been playing around with the new version myself and must say it’s a great step forward. Here’s the official Google Promo Video: The new Google Maps draws you a tailored map for every search and click you make. So whatever you’re trying to find or wherever you’re trying to go, you’ll always have a map …