Using Chrome Profiles for Development setup

Part of a being developer is doing a lot of research on the net. However, i find myself quiet annoyed many times when personal tabs and work tabs get intermingled. Chrome has an elegant solution to this - user profiles. This allows you to have multiple chrome windows, each within a specific context. For instance, I have 3 profiles Personal - this is where i'm signed into Facebook, Gmail etc... Work profile - All my work related...

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DDMT done wrong

oh IE - why do you do this to yourself ? While every other brower (chrome / firefox) is intelligent enough to detect OS and version, the India IE site does not even provide a link to the x64 version. I downloaded the incorrect version and had to hunt for the x64 version. Which then downloaded the installer of the installer. Of course, restart required. Not cool, IE .. not cool. ...

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The DMMT (don't make me think) principle done right

I've been looking to upgrade my ram on the laptop and the first step of the process is figuring out compatibility options. Its this sort of stuff that pushes people to Macs away from PCs. The choice and options are as astounding as they are incompatible. Crucial has a good solution for this problem. Simply download their scanner and it will give you the compatible options for the laptop. the scanner is a non-bloatware targeted program...

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Sample Indian Data

I've been prototyping some stuff, and hate using foreign names and address for sample data input. So - i created my own. Enjoy! https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxHZTpcWRBHiTExpQnVEM2pQajQ/edit?usp=sharing There are some random name generator out there but none of them seem to cater to Indian names. Also - refer this thre...

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Mashups

Last month I did a fair bit of research into mash-up options for developing a framework that collates widgets from different sources. A couple of articles on the oracle site (that strangely seem to have been de-linked)  are a good starting point - Mashup Overview and Server Side mashups - http://192.9.162.55/developer/technicalArticles/J2EE/mashup_1/ Client side mashups - http://192.9.162.55/developer/technicalArticles/J2EE/mashup_2 My...

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Discourse away

If you are a programmer, the chances are that you visit StackOverflow at least once a day (if not, then you must be in the '90s and using your boxed set of MSDN DVDs for reference). I'm a huge fan of The StackExchange platform and all the work done by the team. Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror fame was the co founder of Stack overflow and when he stepped away from it last year with this post, I was more than a little concerned about him retiring...

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do you even curl, bro ?

I took far too long to discover curl, the command line tool for transferring data via different protocols. Now, I'm dependant on it. It's part of my journey to get closer to the nuts and bolts of the web. And curl -v does just that. You could use one of the GUI tools to form a request, but that hides away some of the most interesting aspects of the communication. I'm developing a a very un-microsoftish love towards command line utilities...

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https, Whoa !

found this detailed article on what happens during the first few milliseconds of https connection. Reading through the entire article is a like a crash course on Public-Private key system and transport protocol basics. http://www.moserware.com/2009/06/first-few-milliseconds-of-https.html Summary of steps https translates to 443 as per RFC 2818 Client sends Hello which contains UTC time + random bits Session ID (if any) Cipher Suites Server name extension Server sends Handshake that contins Hello  UTC...

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Yahtzee

This man validated my gaming preferences. For many years, I didn't feel like a real gamer because I wasn't into MMPORG, Sports Games, RTS, driving and simulation games. Our preferences converge on a narrow but deep appreciation of gore, fast paced violence and outdated things like, y'know - pacing, good plots, narration and general awesomeness. Yahtzee reviews are an acquired taste, and you may have to hold on to your tears when he...

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Javascript Frameworks

Over the last couple of weeks, I've been looking into a lot of javascript frameworks. And there are a LOT out there. A couple of sites I've found useful for evaluating the frameworks - http://addyosmani.github.com/todomvc/ - This one has the same sample application coded up in the different frameworks for comparison http://codebrief.com/2012/01/the-top-10-javascript-mvc-frameworks-reviewed/ - a great starting point for comparison based on features.  After playing around with a few of the frameworks, I'm sure that...

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