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Contents 1 Software development 2 Tableau 3 Reading notes 4 Subversion 5 SilverStripe 6 Excel 7 Android 8 Photoshop 9 VB6 10 AJAX 11 UML 12 Bookmarks 12.1 Internet Explorer 12.2 JQuery 12.3 Business Development 12.4 Cool websites 12.5 e-Books 12.6 Portfolio 12.7 Firefox 12.8 Flash 12.9 Portfolio 12.10 Usability 13 Accessibility 14 Automotive 15 MediaWiki 16 PHP 17 Apache 18 Flash 19 eZ Publish 20 CSS 21 Joomla 22 Drupal 23 Cool Videos 24 BASH 25 eZ Publish 26 Thunderbird 27 Javascript 28 Pageant 29 Dreamweaver 30 Printer administration 31 phpMyAdmin 32 Vista 33 Recipes 34 Versioning 35 Microsoft Visual Studio 36 ASP.NET 37 ASP.NET 1.0 38 Internet Information Services (IIS) 39 HTML/CSS 40 Safari 41 Windows 42 Regular Expression 43 jQuery 44 StarTeam 45 Objective 46 Command Line 47 MySQL 48 MSCMS 49 Boxing 50 Training 51 Webmin Linux VPS Administration 52 Inkspace 53 FullSync (Open Source File Syncing Application ~ The Future) 54 Linux Administration 55 GTalk 56 Recipes 57 Sharepoint 58 Flex 59 RIA/Flex/ActionScript 3.0 59.1 Change to fullscreen 59.2 Linking CSS file to .mxml document 59.3 Change app window background 60 GIMP 61 Windows XP 62 Windows Vista 63 Inspire ONE 64 Apple iPhone 65 Google Maps 66 Mac 67 Android 68 Design

Software development

• Continuous Integration (CI)

Tableau

• Connecting
• Creating reports

Reading notes

• Scrum Retrospectives
• How to pass the GMAT by Mike Bryon
• Scrum and XP from the Trenches - How we do scrum by Henrik Kniberg

Subversion

• SVN Commands
• Create SVN repository
• Create SVN project
• Setup TortoiseSVN to talk to Subversion via SSH

SilverStripe

• Errors

Excel

• Writing Macros in Excel

Android

• RemoteSMS Full - Allows you to Compose SMS / Bulk SMS to your contacts or contact groups remotely from your computer.
• APNdroid - Allows you to turn on/off GPS for all applications.
• Twidgit - Lite Twitter Widget
• How to copy files from/to Android device

Photoshop

• Do/Undo shortcuts - Ctrl + Z, Ctrl + Shift + Z
• Auto-Select - Check "Auto-Select" checkbox when you select the "Select" tool, this allows you to select different layers by just clicking on them.

VB6

• Address Formatter

AJAX

• http://ajaxload.info - Ajax loading gif generator.

UML

• StarUML - Windows Based Free UML Diagraming Tool
  Also look at Using StarUML to Generate ActionScript 3.0
  Tutorial
  Recommended by http://widged.com

Bookmarks

Internet Explorer

• HTML source viewer and editor

JQuery

• http://jquery.lukelutman.com/plugins/flash/#activex
• http://code.google.com/p/jqueryjs/downloads/list
• http://www.crockford.com/javascript/jsmin.html
• http://dean.edwards.name/packer/
• http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=827EA

Business Development

• Top ten things to look for in a naming company

Cool websites

• Design Disease
• Colour Blindness Test

e-Books

• Version Control with Subversion

Portfolio

Firefox

• YouTube Auto Replay 1.5
• Firebug allows you debug your code and interact with JS engine.
• IE Tab
• Restart Firefox Add-on
• Firebug
• HTML Validator
• Web Developer Toolbar
• Disable images in Firefox
• Restore sessions in FireFox 3
• Installing Restart Firefox Add-on in Firefox 3
• Removing Saved Passwords in Firefox 3
• Greasemonkey Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript.
• Fangs Renders a text version of a web page similar to screen reader output.

Flash

• Carousel on right hand side
• Perfect Fools Flash Production Company
• Flash games
  • Newgrounds

Portfolio

• Professional Learning

Usability

• Dynamic Help in Web Forms
• http://www.rnib.org.uk/wacblog/
• http://www.accease.com
• http://www.lowvisionary.com/?p=60
• http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/
• http://www.usability.com.au/
• http://www.webrichtlijnen.nl/english/manual/development/
• http://juicystudio.com

Accessibility

• http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist
• New Zealand Government Web Standards Workshop - 01 APR 2009

Automotive

• Jump start car

MediaWiki

• Installing MediaWiki
• Change Logo in MediaWiki
• Changing access to Wiki
• WikiText
• Adding Article to Category
• Upload images

PHP

• Installing PHP on Windows
• URL Validation
• Retrieve QueryString URL

Apache

• htpassed Generator
• Apache Installation

Flash

• ActionScript Tweening
• Reading from XML file in ActionScript
• ActionScript SetInterval
• ActionScript Random Selection
• ActionScript Typewriter Effect
• Carousel Flash Widget IE7 Issues
• Flash player detection
• Firefox XML issues
• Go to URL in Actionscript
• Marking up dynamic text in Flash environment
• Flash page turn effect
• Embedding Video in Flash
• Detecting URL of SWF in Flash
• Embedding Macrons in Text Boxes in Flash
• Embedding Fonts in Flash
• Masking with ActionScript
• clickTAG in Banner Adds

eZ Publish

• Output XML in eZ Publish
• eZ Publish Fetching

CSS

• CSS Terminology

Joomla

• Menu Generation ... In order to generate Section menu items, enable the "Sections" module that comes with the default package ... in order to display categories of a particular section, then download the Content Categories Extension that loads up the categories of current section.
• Overrides
• Get current section ID
• A main_menu setup that works with tabs
• Enable Legacy Mode in Joomla! 1.5
• Custom content classes
• Users: Access Control Levels
• Drupal vs Joomla: popularity
• Joomla and Drupal - Which One is Right for You?
• Joomla's first attempt at creating content types!
• Reset a user's password through database

Drupal

• CMS Initiation
• [1] - See minute (7:00) - Shows u how to create custom "Event" custom types ... Also shows u how to setup a calendar.
• Content Construction Kit (CCK) - Allows you to create custom content types
  Video Tutorial
  Link recommended by http://widged.com
• Drupal vs Joomla: popularity
• Create new content-type for Drupal 5.x
• Joomla and Drupal - Which One is Right for You?
• Ubercart E-Commerce System
• Lighbox Photo Gallery
• Typo3 vs Drupal
• Installation
• Promote node to front page
• Change page content order
• Setting up flash video streaming

Cool Videos

• showreel conrad ostwald 2008
• Even Faster Web Sites - by Steve Souders (Google)

BASH

• BASH - Bourne Again Shell

eZ Publish

• Strings
• Logic operations

Thunderbird

• Send options
• Software Update Failed

Javascript

• Preload images with Javascript
• Javascript Form validation
• Comparing dates
• Check to see if a string contains a character - indexOf()

Pageant

• Why install Pageant

Dreamweaver

• Dreamweaver not starting up - SiteCache issues

Printer administration

• Check ink levels of HP Deskjet Printer

phpMyAdmin

• Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO)

Vista

• Get rid of Google end user license agreement windows

Recipes

• Basboosa

Versioning

• Versioning documents

Microsoft Visual Studio

• Show line numbers
• File Explorer Add-in - Allows you to browse files of a particular folder in a the Solution Explorer Panel.
• The current user account is not a member of the VS Developers group on the Web server computer

ASP.NET

• Foreach statement
• Building a website
• Creating a new Structure (strucut)
• Adding a new class to your project
• Read/Write to files
• ASP.NET QuickStart Tutorials
• Web Forms tutorial
• Tutorials
• Session states
  • http://en.csharp-online.net/ASP.NET_State_Management%E2%80%94Session_State
  • http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/87069683(VS.71).aspx
  • Tabs implementation using User Controls
• Essential examples
• AutoPostBack
• Adding JavaScript to ASP.NET Web Server Controls
• Wizard type web forms and Modifying wizard Next/Previous buttons and Wizard validation issue
• Repeater example (For example implementing Add/Remove rows on Wizards)
• Creating a user control
• Free IDE's:
  • Visual Web Developer - Express Edition
  • SharpDevelop
• Handle session timeouts
• You can use a Disassembler to decompile DLL's, a popular disassembler for .Net 2.0 is Reflector, to have the ability to decompile a DLL into C# (.cs) source file, you will need to use the FileDisassemble Reflector Add-In, for step-by-step instructions on how to do this read this blog.
• FileInfo
• Reusing code across multiple forms
• Rendering LinkButton and/or ImageButton controls in Firefox
• Implementing custom validation in ASP.NET with the CustomValidator class and CustomValidator
• Handling session timeouts
• Creating a Transaction Log
• How To: Use Regular Expressions to Constrain Input in ASP.NET
• Character limit validation
• JavaScript Custom Validation (RadioButtonList Example)
• Parsing String to int
• Adding files to your project
• View .aspx form in browser
• Migrating from .Net 2 to .Net 1
• Server.Transfer vs. Response.Redirect
• Loop through files in a directory

ASP.NET 1.0

• Send Email

Internet Information Services (IIS)

• Overview
• Customising Default Website Properties

HTML/CSS

• Lorem Ipsum

Safari

• Forced refresh

Windows

• Spyware removal
• Repairing Windows Audio Service
• Problems accessing other other PC's on the network
• Task Manager is located here: C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe
• Change drive letter of removable storage

Regular Expression

• Regular Expression Library
• Regular Expression Cheat Sheet

jQuery

• Form Validate Plugin (Download package/demo here), you also have the option of overriding default behaviour by changing the options.

StarTeam

• Creating a new project
• Creating working folders
• Associating files within a project

Objective

• Updating documents
• File check-in and check-out

Command Line

• A-Z Index of the Windows XP command line

MySQL

• Cheat sheet
• Reset DB password
• Change Database
• Set Privilages

MSCMS

Boxing

• How to Tie Hand Wraps

Training

• 2310C - Developing Web Applications Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

Webmin Linux VPS Administration

• Adding a VirtualHost
• Setting up a DNS server with OpenHosting
• Setting up mail forwarding
• Setting up mailboxes
• URL Redirect
• Start Webmin with:

/etc/init.d/webmin start

Inkspace

• Resize Textbox

FullSync (Open Source File Syncing Application ~ The Future)

• Getting Started

Linux Administration

• Setting Multiple Virtual Hosts - This explains how setup multiple domains on VPS
• Showing full path in terminal

GTalk

• Disable all notifications

Recipes

• Em-Tubbug Simach

Sharepoint

• Chnage site logo
• Change site theme
• Delete site
• Assigning user permissions

Flex

• Unit Testing (TDD with Flex Unit 4)
• ASDoc Documentation
• Missing dll msvcr71.dll
• Creating a project with Robotlegs and SignalCommand
• Setup Subclipse with Flash Builder 4
• Creating an SWC Component library
• AS3 Signals
• Installing Subclipse in Flash Buider
• Implementing WebService purely in ActionScript
• HTTPS/SSL/IIS/E4X
• Date Formatting
• Getting _blank target links to open up in new windows
• Embedding HTML
• Form Validation
• Skinning scrollbar
• themeColor CSS property - Sets the theme colour throughout the application.
• Easing Effects
• Shortcut event.keyCode converter - Converts letter into keyCode.
• Create web service in actionscript
• EventDispatcher / Binding to functions, Objects and Arrays / Two-Way Binding
• Create a login system with Flex and PHP - This tutorial also looks at States
• [2]
• Form example
• Laying out components - You can use mx:HBox and mx:Spacer to layout things horizontally ... and use mx:VBox and mx:Spacer to layout things Vertically.
  Reference: Positioning and laying out controls
• Skinning MenuBar
• Shared Objects (Similar to Browser Cookies) | Where Shared Objects get stored
• Skinning LinkBar in Flex
• Getting started
• Read/Write to files - Transaction Logging

RIA/Flex/ActionScript 3.0

• Installing Adobe AIR 2 SDK with Flex 3.5 SDK
• MVC
• States machines in actionscript, nice and easy
• Finite State Machine in ActionScript
• Threads in Action Script 3
• Badge Installation
• Exploring runtime styling with the Native Window Explorer in Adobe AIR
• Merapi Bridge
• From Flash to Flex: Creating ActionScript Components for Flex
• HTTPService vs URLRequest
• Working with file upload and download
• Working with AIR, files and XML configuration: tips & tricks
• How to Generate a Flex/Air Configuration File
• HTTP Authentication with URLRequest
• Create buttons
• fscommand "exec" from AIR ~ Not supported & AS3 - fscommand
• .air to exe or an MSI package?
• Can you access the windows registry from Adobe Air?
• Silent Installation of AIR Runtime and App
• Using XMLSocket
• mx.core.Application.application.lblSomeLabel.text
• Data Binding
• Adobe® AIR™ Runtime Distribution
• CSS in Flex is not real CSS at all
• Embeding Fonts in Flex
• ViewStack navigator container
• Degrafa Skinning

Change to fullscreen

Call "load()" on creationComplete.

import flash.display.StageDisplayState;
function load():void{
	addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, doAddedToStage);
}
private function doAddedToStage(evt:Event){
	//set the scale mode to noscale and the alignement to top left
	stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN;
	//call the initialization function
	init();
}

Ref: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/267560

Linking CSS file to .mxml document

# Create a "styles.css" file under src.
# Link the CSS file to .mxml document:
<mx:Style source="styles.css" />

Change app window background

This is done through CSS

WindowedApplication{
	background-color: #fff;
}

Ref: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=WorkingWithWindows_2.html

GIMP

• Download page
• Change canvas size
• Installing an .scm plugin

Windows XP

• Turn Off the Annoying Windows XP System Beeps
• Rename files to start with dot
• Customizing Windows XP - This explains tweaking Windows XP to make it more usable!

Windows Vista

• Resolving IE7 Issues that causes Vista to freeze

Inspire ONE

• Find model number
• Battery will not charge

Apple iPhone

• Installing Applications

Google Maps

• Setup

Mac

• RedQuits - A lite handy app that quits application when the last window is closed.
• RightZoom - A lite handy app that maximises the window horizontally as well as vertically in response to the green plus button being clicked.
• Niqu - A nice Dock skin that give your dock a 2s look.
• Dock separators - [3]

Android

• Device not detected in ADB - If device is not detected via ADB, i.e. list of devices returns an empty list, try (1) adb kill-server followed by adb devices will often cause the offending device to show up again. (2) Disable EasyTether if installed (sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/EasyTetherUSBEthernet.kext) then restart if necessary (sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/EasyTetherUSBEthernet.kext) ... or to permanently remove (sudo kextunload ... then ... /System/Library/Extensions/EasyTetherUSBEthernet.kext ... sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/EasyTetherUSBEthernet.kext).
• Parse error - See Resolving signing issues ... also see important points about signing applications ... also see Android note on signing your application
• Create splash screen - How to create splash screen

Design

• Import vector graphics in documents (Such as letter heads, invoices, etc) - OpenOffice allows you to insert EPS pictures from files. Note: You will need to print as a PDF file as opposed to export to PDF otherwise the image will not be exported (This OpenOffice limitation is documented here: [4]).
• Write Arabic text in CS5 - Download Adobe's Template to edit and Create Arabic Text