Posts tagged Programming

How to use FileMerge with Git as a Diff Tool on OSX

As I’m migrating from Subversion brainwaves I’ve been slowly adapting my workflow into Git’s. Problem was i was finding it hard to double check changes in my working folder to that of what was previously committed. In other words I missed the love of FileMerge.... [+]

JotPad - TextMate Theme

JotPad – TextMate Theme

Recently i started playing with TextMate because of all the hype and the billions of shortcuts it has. This was a big shift from the editor Coda.app on the Mac. Immediately i was taken by the ability to have themes! So i decided to create... [+]

CakePHP Vs. Ruby on Rails

CakePHP Vs. Ruby on Rails

My CakePHP Learning Experience

I first got into CakePHP roughly 3-4 months ago. It was a result of me dropping the Python & Django books and running back to the PHP world, which I was already familiar with. I simply didn’t have the time to wrap my head around... [+]

My First Contact With CakePHP

My First Contact With CakePHP

If you have been reading the blog lately you will of noticed that I have changed my development path from Django using Python to CakePHP, tada, using PHP. I spent quite alot of time attempting to elarn both Python and the Django framework together. Much... [+]

CakePHP: Using Apress & Packt

CakePHP: Using Apress & Packt

I love buying books. Taking one look at my bookcase makes this quite obvious. I do have quite a large selection of computer related books. I find that by reading into the subject matter, especially for programming, before acting on ideas or tasks provides a... [+]

Using CakePHP Elements &...

Using CakePHP Elements & RequestAction

This problem arose while i was trying to get a random phrase from a database into the <title> HTML elements across all views. Being fairly new to CakePHP i was overwhelmed by some people’s solutions to accessing models site wide. However they forgot what CakePHP... [+]

Python Wallpaper

Python Wallpaper

I wanted to support my current love for Python. So i made these wallpapers from a logo i grabbed from the Python wikipedia page. Enjoy! Let me know if you use them

My Cocoa IRC Channel

My Cocoa IRC Channel

I have just created an IRC channel for discussing topics about Cocoa development. You can join via: Server: irc.p2p-irc.net Channel: #cocoa See you there!

I Bought it – Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X 3rd Edition

So i bought it today! I had to

Learning Objective-C

Learning Objective-C

I am struggling here learning objective-c for programming with cocoa! You see I came from a procedural type language, PHP. Yes PHP can be considered quite a newbie language however without it most of my sites would simply not have been built. Now going to... [+]

Tutorial: How to build a poll system with PHP and mySQL

If you have been doing the other tutorials on this site you will notice that I have been teaching PHP and mySQL through projects. Projects that you can slot into your website, or if you are building a project, code that you can use within... [+]