Recently, I needed to use a color picker with predefined color palette for my work. Thanks to many enthusiastic developers, there are several popular, sophisticated color pickers already exist for jQuery. However, most of these plugins looks complex as if they are made to be used in a online image editor. They are overwhelming […]
They say pen and paper is the best way to manage a todo list. Following the popular norm, I also started tracking my todos with pen and paper. But after several unsuccessful attempts of finding a pen or deciphering tasks from torn or soaked paper, I felt keyboard and the pixel-screen would be more accessible […]
Yesterday along with its feature rich 2.2 release, SilverStripe has officially released the 3 modules I worked in the GSOC. This is a great achievement for me than successfully completing GSOC project itself. It’s a great pleasure to see people around the globe consuming the my code to get the things done.
The 3 modules […]
I released a new widget for SilverStripe CMS, which allows you to show your Twitter status in your SilverStripe based blogs. More Info and Instructions for usage.
There will be more interesting stuff coming up for SilverStripe along with the 2.2 release. With the new version SilverStripe further simplifies your effort in building and managing […]
GSOC 2007 finally came to an end on last 20th, providing loads of experience and lots of other good things to take with us. It helps to create passion for Open Source software among students, by providing an opportunity to work with more than 100 OSS projects in their summer holidays. Even it implies as […]
Jonathan Schwartz has announced that SUN microsystems is going to change their stock trading symbol from SUNW to JAVA. This move gives an implicit meaning that the Java technology is going to be traded and people would be fooled to believe they are going to own the shares of JAVA technology not SUN microsystems. One […]
Refactoring holds same level of importance as coding the behavior. I enjoy refactoring my code as it leads to much cleaner code and also gives you the knowledge of how to do something better. But identifying what and where to refactor is something that a programmer gains through the practice.
Recently I found a great catalog […]
First of all, I beg your pardon for not updating you with my summer of code experiences as I promised. Once I get busy with coding I tend to forget all other essential stuff which needs to go along with hacking. Yeah I know that’s not a good practice as a FOSS developer and trying […]
This is a collection of sites, which I recommend for daily use for the people who are eager to pimp their web design/development skills. This was initially prepared to send to my fellow batch mates at the university, but later I thought why not share it with the rest of the world too :) These […]
As most of you may aware (or not) Google Summer of Code for 2007 has been announced. This year I’m eager to apply for a project, eventhough I’m not sure whetehr I will get accepted. Anyway project ideas of accepted mentoring organizations will be released only on 14th March and student application period will be […]
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