The Numeral.js JavaScript Library PRO
The Numeral.js JavaScript library assists us with getting the required formats for the numbers our program uses. The following code sample shows how simple it is to use this library in order to manipulate the format of the numeric values we use in our code. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>numeral.js demo</title> <script src=”http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/numeral.js/1.4.5/numeral.min.js”> </script> </head> […]
The Pixastic.js JavaScript Library PRO
The Pixastic JavaScript library allows us to perform various operations on images we use in our code. The following code sample shows how simple it is to use this JavaScript library in our code. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>pixastic.js demo</title> <script src=”pixastic.core.js”></script> <script src=”glow.js”></script> <script type=”text/javascript”> function changepix(img) { var newpix = Pixastic.process(img, “glow”, {amount:0.2}); newpix.onmouseout […]
The List.js JavaScript Library PRO
The List.js JavaScript library allows us to manipulate lists, tables and other similar structures in our code. Using this library we can easily filter, sort and allow the user to perform the basic CRUD operations. The following code sample shows how simple it is to use this JavaScript library. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>pixastic.js demo</title> […]
Gliffy Diagrams Review PRO
The Gliffy Diagrams application can be installed on your Chrome for free. It allows you to draw various types of diagrams, such as basic UML and flow charts. I chose to use it in my introduction to programming course. The tools itself is fairly basic and misses the finish we would have expected from a […]
jQueryMobile, Ajax, WebSockets, MongoDB & PhoneGap Free Lectures INFO
On December 20th, I am goimg to deliver 6 short jump start free lectures in Holon Institute of Technology. The first lecture starts at 0800 and it covers my personal tips for learning programming languages. I will overview my recommened tips and share my experience. This lecture is highly recommended for every person who wants […]
Debugging in Slim Framework PRO
The Slim framework allows us to enable a debugging mode. Once doing it, each time an exception is thrown the Slim framework will generate a detailed debugging message. The following code sample shows how to do it. <?php namespace Com\LifeMichael\Samples; require ‘Slim/Slim.php’; \Slim\Slim::registerAutoloader(); $application = new \Slim\Slim(array(‘debug’ => false)); $application->get( ‘/dbg’, function () { $temp […]
Logging Messages in Slim Framework PRO
The Slim Framework provides us with the Log object. Writing logging messages involves with calling various functions on that object. <?php namespace Com\LifeMichael\Samples; require ‘Slim/Slim.php’; \Slim\Slim::registerAutoloader(); $application = new \Slim\Slim(); $logger = $application->log; $logger->setEnabled(true); $logger->setLevel(\Slim\Log::DEBUG); $environment = \Slim\Environment::getInstance(); $application->get( ‘/simplelogs’, function () { GLOBAL $logger; $logger->info(“i m now starting the get handling function”); echo “<data>response</data>”; […]
Creating Filters in AngularJS PRO
The AngularJS allows us to create new filters and use them in our code for filtering data we hold in arrays. The following code sample shows how to create a simple filter. The sample includes three files. The following is the HTML file that includes a SCRIPT element for using the AngularJS library, a LINK […]
Simple Navigation Menu in AngularJS PRO
The AngularJS allows us to create navigation menus in one page web applications in a very simple way. The following code sample shows that. The following is the HTML file that includes a script element that refers the AngularJS library on Google servers. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src=”http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.4/angular.min.js”></script> <link rel=”stylesheet” href=”design.css” type=”text/css” /> <title>simple […]
The Slim Framework PRO
Slim Framework is a tiny framework that assists us with the development of REStful web services in PHP. The growing popularity of web applications that include multiple clients implementations (hybrid and native applications for touch screen devices, hybrid and native applications for desktops and one page websites) require us to implement our server side as […]