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Bored from the div attribute of HTML? Well, I am bored myself and I have been writing HTML 4 since I was in Middle School. We have been using HTML 4 for almost a decade and it really needs an upgrade. In fact, W3C and WHATWG have been working on setting the specification of HTML 5. Major browsers companies and groups are taking part in setting some specifications of HTML 5, but I don’t think it will be done soon.

A List Apart has a really great article on HTML 5 preview which I really encourage all web developers to read it.

Look what happens when Microsoft and Ford join forces.

Roshan posted in his blog some reasons of why PHP is a bad programming langauges in his oppinion. Unfortunately, I disagree in some of the points Roshan pointed out.

1) No need to define and declare variable
2) No Strict data conversion

I can’t see how these two points can make PHP a bad programming language. PHP just let the interpreter binds the variable to a type.

In my opinion, dynamic type binding provides a great deal of flexibility in programming. You don’t have to know the type of the data input to be able to process it. However, that flexibility advantage is not free. It will cost us the speed of detecting the type of the assigned value each time a new value is assign to the variable.

4) No namespaces

Namespace will be introduced in PHP 5.3.

6) Seldom use of Framework

It depends on the developers and the size of the project. There are many Frameworks available and for free. But when some, or many, developers decided not to use Framework in their projects I can’t see how it makes PHP a bad programming language. Like any other programming languages, you can always not use framework for any kind of project.

what i think, PHP is a incomplete programming language as well as a bad programming language which gives bad practise for the programmers.

It can’t be true. PHP is one of the famous programming languages (after Java) and one of the most used. Many companies and organizations prefer LAMP developers than any kinds of web developers. PHP is still growing and you can find almost any sample of codes available all over the web.

VCP-310 test focuses on the VMware product lines and as well on the ESX server. 640-802 judges a candidate’s abilities and skills needed to install, operate, as well as troubleshoot medium size company branch network. 70-290 and 70-291 enables you to learn about connectivity needs for example connecting branch offices and individual users in remote places to the company network. The MCSE on Windows Server 2003 is a requirement and basic criteria for 70-649.

Today is the day of Muslims’ Eid ul-Adha religious festival. In this Eid some Muslims go to Haj (pilgrimage) in Mecca to worship and get closer to God. Others celebrate the Eid by visiting relatives and friends.

I don’t know if these websites provides accurate information about the festival, but here are some links to get some information about this Islamic holiday:

Wikipedia
About

Amazing commercial video

Adobe has announced the BlazeDS beta release on Adobe labs. Now you can connect data between your Flash application and any other applications whether it is made by PHP, Ruby…etc.

Now, developers can easily connect to back-end distributed data, as well as push data in real-time to Adobe® Flex™ and Adobe AIR™ applications, for more responsive rich Internet application (RIA) experiences.

Ajaxian‘s Ajax survey shows that Prototype is the most used framework for Javascript and Ajax. That’s really shocking, or at least for me, I never though Prototype is that famous. But still, Dojo is my favorite 🙂

Google announced the release of a new charting API that can be easily embedded within a webpage using the <IMG> HTML tag. You send the parameter for charting specification using HTTP request, and then Google will return the chart as a PNG images. Currently, Google provides these following charts:
• Line chart
• Scatter plot
• Bar chart
• Venn diagram
• Pie chart

To illisturate how easy it is to embed a chart to a webpage, here is an example taken from Google Chart faq:

<img src="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?
chs=200x125
&amp;chd=s:helloWorld
&amp;cht=lc
&amp;chxt=x,y
&amp;chxl=0:|Mar|Apr|May|June|July|1:||50+Kb"
alt="Sample chart" />


The boundary of web applications is over and we are now pushing forward to the next killer applications era. More and more mash-ups applications are lighten up with new unpredictable features provided for free. Google is taking the upper hand to cast aside old convention of web design and use ready-on-the-shelf professional web applications.

AppJet, a new online IDE for developing client or server sided web applications. The IDE supports syntax highlighting, editing, reviewing, and publishing the code within the web browser.

More and more web-based applications are appearing in the market nowadays. One of the greatest is Buzzword, an online word processing program acquired lately by Adobe. Also, Bungee Labs, a beautiful on-demand web based application to develope web applications for free for non-commercial projects.

So there is a web gravity to mobilize computer applications and webitize it. Hmmmm, formula for web gravity = (Web Constant) X (2007) / (Windows + Mac) – (Flash + Ajax)^2 !!!

Warning: Spoiler!
Problem 1: A nerdy web developer is attempting to create an application. He is considering two platform options to work on. One of these options is making the application a web based application. He decided the Windows factor will be 1.3 and Mac to be 1.1, however, the Flash factor is 2.875 and Ajax factor is 3.2. Answer the followings:
a) What is the web gravity value?
b) Should he invest his application on the web?

Nice Motion Graphic that I would like to share.

An Average Idea from Lindsey Testolin on Vimeo.