Filed Under: Tools
MooTools 2 Auto-Suggest
Auto Suggest for MooTools is now on SourceForge! Project tracking, feature requests, bug tracking, etc. can all be seen on the project's homepage: https://sourceforge.net/projects/autosuggestform/
This autoSuggest is built from the ground-up to provide the ability to include
key-value pairs for auto-suggest values. How is this useful?
... - To allow users to enter an item into a form in the familiar format but have the form submit the system value; (like an editable select element)
- To allow users to see only a contextually-relevant subset of the valid values for a form element
- To remind users of previously-entered values
- To avoid submitting long, repetitive select lists to forms- resulting in faster page loads
- and much more!
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Filed Under: Tools
PHP ORM consists of two components which work together to streamline the database connection portion of your web site development. PHP ORM relies on PDO and a collection of classes which encapsulate and simplify tedious database connection details such as logon credentials, query result set handling, error handling, and object-relational mapping. The components of PHP ORM (database connections & object-relational mapping) were designed to be used together but it is also possible and very easy to utilize the database connection portion alone. Details about this framework can be viewed at: http://phporm.thewittyrejoinder.com/
Current Status: Early Beta (0.0.1)
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Filed Under: Homebrew
The very next batch of homebrew is now underway! Maybe I'm starting to get a good reputation for this, or maybe not, but this is the very first batch I've made that has people waiting to try it! That, in and of itself, it an exciting proposition. The variety: Cherry Wheat. This is the beer that I wanted to make for both the Cantaré party and the Renaissance Festival brewing competition but just didn't start in time. That's alright, though, because I'm just happy to share the fermented fruits of my labor with any family and friends... read more→
Filed Under: Recipes
This recipe is going to be the next breakfast comfort food- I'm sure of it! It's very simple but makes use of several of the best comfort and soul food ingredients we've got- collard greens, bacon, eggs... read more→
Filed Under: Software
You know how it works: the sign-up process for a service is remarkably painless and quick; the process to cancel is much more difficult. I've had NetZero for many years as a dial-up Internet Service Provider (ISP). I signed up many years ago- well before I moved into my current residence. At the time, I simply needed a service provider and dial-up was my only option (DSL, while gaining ubiquity, hadn't yet made it into my home and I, a poor college student, could only afford the $10/month fees that many dial-up ISPs offered). I was happy with the service- in my experience the billing was accurate, the perceived connection stability and speed was more than sufficient- sufficient enough for dial-up, at any rate. All in all, I would recommend NetZero to anyone who needs a simple dial-up ISP account and nothing more.
The truth, though, is that I haven't actually connected into the web via my netZero service in something like three years. Just like going to the dentist and cleaning the basement, I've been meaning to cancel for some time now but just never got around to doing it- until today...
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Filed Under: Web Tutorials
Many CRUD applications display long lists of search results- perhaps showing all rows in a table. Pagination, or splitting the search results into pages, is a great way to assist users so that they don't get a mile-long list of items and saves database processing power, too! Here is a simple method for paginating search results... read more→
Filed Under: Tools
Object-oriented languages are great, aren't they? It does get tiring, though, writing all of those method stubs for the getter / setter methods for object member variables. In keeping with Larry Wall's 1st virtue of a programmer, I've created the Getter & Setter Generator. You can simply enter a white-space delineated list of member variable names and the tool will generate the method stubs for the getter and setter methods for these items. At present, only PHP is supported but additional languages will be added as I find a need to add additional languages....and for the uninitiated, Larry Wall's 3 virtues of a programmer should be memorized...
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Have you ever needed to compute the hash of a string? Perhaps you were looking for a good random sequence of characters to generate a password? This tool is here to help! With the Hash Generator you can take advantage of PHP's built-in hashing functionality. As you type characters into the text box, the hash of this string using numerous algorithms is returned and displayed below.Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Leave a comment below!
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