As I always mention about the various programming languages that are coming up nowdays in the Software field, having a cheat sheets(Refer my earlier posts: cheat sheet1 & cheat sheet2) is very good reference. Here I am listing few other online resources where you can refer to the code syntax and list of functions, code snippets.
These are very handy for the developers whenever they require few tweaks while developing:
Quick Reference
roScripts
Monday, December 11
Saturday, December 9
Behind the Scenes - Part1
In the present technology boom there are many programming languages, new technologies getting updated almost every day.
In my company I was asked to assist in selecting the PHP developers. My self and my collegue interviewed many prospects that the consultancy had sent. We almost interviewed 20 members in both telephonic and in person. Since the position was not closed our HR was really concerned about the way we both are interviewing the candidates and he started to join the panel during the interview.
Coming to interview you won't believe it is such a simple and basic stuff that anybody can answer.
Few questions from my collegue are
"What are the storage types that MySQL supports?"
"What is the difference between InnoDB and MyISAM ?"
Almost majority of candidates we interviewed went blank and few managed to mumble on first question and failed on the second one.
Where is the problem?
Not to blame on the sophisticated tools that are made available in the market. We are so used that we often forget the way these tools work. To explain the above scenario many php developers (OpenSource developers) use a tool called phpMyAdmin to access,edit,populate the MySQL databse and these tools will provide easy ways to create database tables, structure, just by selection, few drop downs and then click go/finish button. But we should not forget that fundamentally even the tools uses the query to carry on the commands.
While using the tools and expertising them we should also understand the logic behind it.
In my company I was asked to assist in selecting the PHP developers. My self and my collegue interviewed many prospects that the consultancy had sent. We almost interviewed 20 members in both telephonic and in person. Since the position was not closed our HR was really concerned about the way we both are interviewing the candidates and he started to join the panel during the interview.
Coming to interview you won't believe it is such a simple and basic stuff that anybody can answer.
Few questions from my collegue are
"What are the storage types that MySQL supports?"
"What is the difference between InnoDB and MyISAM ?"
Almost majority of candidates we interviewed went blank and few managed to mumble on first question and failed on the second one.
Where is the problem?
Not to blame on the sophisticated tools that are made available in the market. We are so used that we often forget the way these tools work. To explain the above scenario many php developers (OpenSource developers) use a tool called phpMyAdmin to access,edit,populate the MySQL databse and these tools will provide easy ways to create database tables, structure, just by selection, few drop downs and then click go/finish button. But we should not forget that fundamentally even the tools uses the query to carry on the commands.
While using the tools and expertising them we should also understand the logic behind it.
Friday, December 8
Mozilla Extensions #4 : My Stickies
Around starting of the year (January - 2006), I heard about one-liner saying "Goodbye to Bookmarks, stickies are here!" (something like that...)
[Stickies What is this? MyStickies is a javascript script that can draw notes on web pages and tag them. The notes are saved to an online account and whenever you come back to the page, the notes will load back up.]
I signed up for this and used it now and then. I felt there should be some other way where we can use it to the maximum extent possible. But this december (after quite a long time)when I logged into this, I was welcomed with a note -" It seems that you haven't installed the Browser Extension on this computer yet. In order to place notes on pages outside of mystickies you will need this or the bookmarklet below. "
Here it is My Stickies extension for my favorite Mozilla browser.
It is really cool one to use, this extension gives you a toolbar that gives the options to add note and so on. And few transparent arrows will be seen on right bottom of the webpage. Once you add any note to the particular website, there will be a slider that comes on mouse over of these arrows giving away the note you have given to that particular website.
Why to wait, get the extension and say bye to the Bookmarks.
[Stickies What is this? MyStickies is a javascript script that can draw notes on web pages and tag them. The notes are saved to an online account and whenever you come back to the page, the notes will load back up.]
I signed up for this and used it now and then. I felt there should be some other way where we can use it to the maximum extent possible. But this december (after quite a long time)when I logged into this, I was welcomed with a note -" It seems that you haven't installed the Browser Extension on this computer yet. In order to place notes on pages outside of mystickies you will need this or the bookmarklet below. "
Here it is My Stickies extension for my favorite Mozilla browser.
It is really cool one to use, this extension gives you a toolbar that gives the options to add note and so on. And few transparent arrows will be seen on right bottom of the webpage. Once you add any note to the particular website, there will be a slider that comes on mouse over of these arrows giving away the note you have given to that particular website.
Why to wait, get the extension and say bye to the Bookmarks.
Friday, December 1
Zamzar : Online Conversion tool
Zamzar is one such a cool online conversion tool that converts anything to anything. All you need to do is to follow the following simple four steps:
Try zamzar to convert those rare files of yours to any format you would like to see them.
Step 1
Select the files to convert(up to 100MB in size):Step 2
Choose the format to convert to.Step 3
Enter your email address to receive converted files:Step 4
Convert (by clicking you agree to Zamzar Terms of Service)Try zamzar to convert those rare files of yours to any format you would like to see them.
Saturday, November 25
FormSpring - Make your forms online!
Nowdays, there are many desktop applications are turned to and made available online as web applications. Featyres like Google spreadsheets, Google calendar ofcourse few to name. In the same line we have a facility to make forms online using form generators and share with the friends anywhere, collegues withing organisation. Form generators like blueform , FormLogix, and here is the new one FormSpring.
Typical features include:
Typical features include:
- Completely web-based control panel so you can create and configure forms with a web browser No need to install additional software.
- Supports Internet Explorer 6, Firefox and Safari.
- Allows to add any kind of form widget (text fields, select lists, radio buttons, check boxes, etc) to your form, and change settings like sizes and layout. All without having to know HTML or scripting.
- Easily create multi-page forms with skip/branching logic to hide non-applicable questions.
- Use the FormSpring form importer to automatically generate forms from an external webpage or HTML file.
- and more...
Wednesday, November 8
Cheat Sheets - 2
I was mentioning about the cheat sheets and how helpful they are to developers to quickly refer back the syntax/functions ... In my earlier post Cheat Sheet I did give few cheatsheet links(appetisers). Here is the full meal about all cheat sheets possible. The Menu includes ASCII code cheat sheets to Ajax cheat sheets. Have a nice meal...
Thursday, November 2
Buzz - Websites that helps to find jobs
There are quite few websites that help to find jobs that help in building their career.
JobNeters is a new type of job board based on a social network of referrer who are asked to refer their friends for the jobs placed in JobNeters. The social aspect is reinforced by the fact that those referrers are motivated by a reward, and they are encourage to share this reward with a charity.
WhoToTalkTo is a job referral exchange.
And not only this, there is one search engine Indeed!
Indeed is a search engine for jobs - with a radically different approach to job search. In one simple search, Indeed gives job seekers free access to millions of employment opportunities from thousands of websites. Indeed.com includes all the job listings from major job boards, newspapers, associations and company career pages - and we continue to add new sites every day.
JobNeters is a new type of job board based on a social network of referrer who are asked to refer their friends for the jobs placed in JobNeters. The social aspect is reinforced by the fact that those referrers are motivated by a reward, and they are encourage to share this reward with a charity.
WhoToTalkTo is a job referral exchange.
And not only this, there is one search engine Indeed!
Indeed is a search engine for jobs - with a radically different approach to job search. In one simple search, Indeed gives job seekers free access to millions of employment opportunities from thousands of websites. Indeed.com includes all the job listings from major job boards, newspapers, associations and company career pages - and we continue to add new sites every day.
Thursday, October 26
Permanent Innovation: 10 Principles, and 1 Free E-book
This article deals with the innovative prinicples. Author Langdon Morris offers 10 principles of innovation, as summarized by Fortune's Business Innovation Insider blog. Morris's goal is to help companies make innovation a matter of strategy that has a predictable method and becomes a management habit.
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- Innovation is essential to survival, and all innovation is strategic;
- There are four types of innovation (e.g. incremental, breakthrough);
- The longer you wait to begin innovating, the worse things will get;
- Innovation is a social art - it happens when people interact with one another;
- Innovation without methodology is just luck;
- All four strategic innovation viewpoints are critical to success;
- Great innovations begin with great ideas;
- Ready, aim, aim, aim, fire;
- Prototype rapidly to accelerate learning;
- There is no innovation without leadership.
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Friday, October 20
The Art of Complex Problem Solving
Recently I was interviewing few candidates from php background. Of course, I will not be talking about the interview. I found in one of the candidate's resume saying "Capable to solve complex problems".This just one liner triggered my thoughts from that day and I was curious to know as to how to enhance the problem solving capabilites and how to approach the complex problems.
I was discussing about this with quite a few people around me and I found a link that deals with exactly te same, "The Art of Complex Problem Solving".
This article deals with the following:
For the benefit of Software Developers, please find the following links to strengthen your Troubleshooting skills and Foundations.
From TechMasala
I was discussing about this with quite a few people around me and I found a link that deals with exactly te same, "The Art of Complex Problem Solving".
This article deals with the following:
- Kinds of Problems
- Seeing the System
- Filling the vaccum
- Visual Modeling
- The Problem-solving System
- Process
For the benefit of Software Developers, please find the following links to strengthen your Troubleshooting skills and Foundations.
From TechMasala
Choice overload in Books? Solution is available: Launching MySuggestica
On the launch of Suggestica, there was a promise made by Suggestica founders to simplify the choice overload problem. The first step towards it is already available for the users.
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