Introduction Ever find yourself needing to do some number crunching, or create an off time rendering hook or perhaps just needing to create a separate thread for some other purpose, this is how you do it. Getting Started First things first, we need to create a separate javascript file Read more…
Introduction Implementing drag and drop in D3 (http://d3js.org/) is a pretty simple task when you know how to do it, the following is a walkthrough from setup to execution and the events along the way. Getting Started First thing we are going to want to do is setup our drag Read more…
Introduction Lua is a pretty straight forward simple scripting language that can be implemented in a number of languages. Today I’m going to show you how easy it is to embed Lua in C++. First thing you’re going to need to do is create a sane build environment by installing Read more…
Introduction I use svn quite frequently however, the standard diff tool built in with svn leaves a lot to be desired. Its output reminiscent of a command line patch. Personally, I love vimdiff (or vim -d if you prefer) when it comes to comparing files. Recently I hooked vimdiff into Read more…
Most PHP developers utilizing MVC frameworks would argue that the best approach for models are classes with a varied number of getters and setters. After a long time working with PHP and especially MVC frameworks and data mining/retrieval, I am of a completely different opinion and I will discuss why.
Foreword The following is a tutorial for creating PHP scripted daemons. All examples will be performed on CentOS linux. The daemon code itself will be written in PHP with a BASH script wrapper. Getting Started So to get started, let’s create a simple PHP file that will be executed as Read more…
Introduction Facebook “like” buttons are pretty easy to implement – if you have a straight forward site. If you are loading your content using AJAX or some other form of delayed load, you might notice a problem if you’re not using Facebook’s iframe. FBML users have probably noticed that when Read more…
Foreword The following is a quick start guide for gettting Solr configured, up and running in a few minutes. All of my examples will be performed on CentOS Linux. Getting Started First things first, make sure you have Java installed and ready. Next download a Solr release: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/lucene/solr/ Then extract Read more…
Foreword The following is a tutorial for how to convert M2TS files to WMV files for free. All the examples given are for use with Windows but should work with any operating system other than the binaries. Overview So after purchasing an extremely cool Panasonic Blueray/HD video camcorder, I realized Read more…
Foreword The following is a quick crash course in using jQuery. If you’ve never used jQuery before and want to know to how without reading a ton, this is the tutorial for you. Getting Started First download the latest version and include it in a page. Grab the minified version Read more…