Category Archives: Web Development

Best WAMP for Web Development (2013 Edition)

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Lex

I just wanted to put out there one guy’s opinion on the best WAMP package in 2013. I’ve had the chance to use all of the following, and here’s my rating from best (1) to worst (5). I should say first thought … Continue reading →

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Some Tips on How to Use Google Search

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Lex

Here are some tips that I often use in searching for information on Google, and after talking to my dad a month or so ago, I realized that these are not obvious things, but they do make my life a … Continue reading →

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WampServer vs XAMPP

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Lex

This is not an Earth shattering post. Moreover, it’s not an objective one, that is, it is based on my experience and my experience only. WAMP is a bundle of Apache, MySql, and PHP (though often also Perl and/or Python) … Continue reading →

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LaTeX and Google Docs

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Lex

I came across a project called latexlab which seeks to develop a web-based LaTeX editor by utilizing the Google docs base editor and Google Web Toolkit. I played around with it for about 30 minutes and am very impressed. You … Continue reading →

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Exploring Database Tables with jQuery

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Lex

I woke up this morning tired of phpMyAdmin, and decided to take a stand. phpMyAdmin is a web-based tool that most big hosting companies use for their shared hosting plans. It’s powerful in terms of the set of features it … Continue reading →

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Commas in a PHP For Loop

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Lex

When generating a string that lists items (e.g. for a MySQL query) with a for-loop in PHP, you often need to add commas after every element except the last one. It may be trivial advice, but instead of having an … Continue reading →

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Markdown: Throw Away Your Mouse

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Lex

Markdown is a markup language that’s used by StackOverflow and many other sites that I absolutely love. It converts **bold** into bold, `code` into code, etc. You can check out the official Markdown Syntax for more details and examples. For those … Continue reading →

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Janrain and Gigya: Sign in with Facebook, Google, etc

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Lex

Janrain Engage and Gigya are two leading providers of “social sign-on” services. If you want users to use Facebook, Google, Twitter (or OpenID, etc) to log into your website for a “personalized experience”, it can be a pain in the … Continue reading →

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PHP IDE: Avoiding Emacs

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Lex

I love Emacs. I consider this a problem, because while it’s an exceptionally powerful and productive environment for a programmer, I feel like it’s a tool that has a good chance of being left in the dust of quickly developing … Continue reading →

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CRUD: Create, Read, Update, and Delete

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Lex

CRUD are the four basic operations commonly performed on a relational database. In MySQL for example, the four operation are implemented by INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE, and DELETE, respectively. The reason for this post is that I’ve had to program these … Continue reading →

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