PHP and Web Service Back End Stuff Part 1
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- Last Updated on Tuesday, 08 May 2012 13:58
Today at lunch time I'm going to look at putting a bit of PHP back end code behind the Apache URL rewriting settings that I messed with last Friday. I'm calling this 'part 1' because I expect that this work will take a while and go through a number of phases of evolution before it is done. It seems that a (really pretty simple once it is working) rewriting rule sends all requests under a specific path to my PHP code. Now if the PHP code can fetch the real URL (and I'm pretty sure it can) and parse that for the pieces it needs to figure out what the request really is then I should be able to prototype a bit of this work.
Javascript and LIbraries
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- Last Updated on Monday, 07 May 2012 13:27
Around and about other things that have been going on today I've been looking at Ajax/JavaScript libraries. So far what little Ajax-like messing about I've done has been on the bare metal. I've known for some time that there are support libraries (some very popular and widely available) that make building responsive web pages easier...and as HTML5/Canvas becomes the norm, I may become very interested in JavaScript on the client.
There are lots of options to choose from. Some of the more popular/interesting (in kind-of order of interest to me) are:
- jquery seems to be almost ubiquitous.
- mootools is something that I first ran into references to in some Joomla extensions.
- ext js Seems to be somewhere between open source and commercial. At least an older version is licensed under the GPL...newer stuff seems to be commercial only with a 45 day evaluation version out there.
- dojo
- YUI appears to be Yahoo's javascript framework released as FOSS.
- prototype
I'm going to push this out in somewhat incomplete form as I don't have time to elaborate much right now. I'll most likely write something more as I get to the point where I'm actually coding JavaScript for page content and start trying to use one or more of these libraries in my content. Right now I'm trying to spiff up my PHP/mySQL to the point where I can get the initial spin of web service code working on the live site and kick over to some client back-end coding for user interface...
Oracle vs Google and Craziness...
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- Last Updated on Monday, 07 May 2012 13:23
I've been following the Oracle vs Google court fight around Java and Android for some time now. The descent into insanity that Oracle has been taking in order to try to wring money out of Java (and Android) in this action is really pretty terrifying.
As long as they were primarily suing over patent claims and claims of actual copied code in Android (and particularly in Dalvik, the virtual machine that runs Android code) they were at least on familiar ground. A win here would hurt the Android platform (which I think would be bad as Apple needs some competition) but would not change the intellectual property landscape all that much. I think these things tend to be damaging to innovation as they are currently put together, but folks have figured out how to manage them in their current form.
Games Project Thoughts
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- Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 May 2012 13:57
I'm starting to think about the details of hosting and coding board game content.
I've long loved board wargames, but once I graduated college the people I used to play with stopped being available on a regular basis and the few attempts I made at gaming with folks generally foundered on the rocks of scheduling conflicts and travel time. I've been thinking about putting something together that could host and manage these sorts of games for some time. I'm finally looking at the details and I'll keep blogging about progress here as I find time to make progress.
of GIT and other things source control
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- Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 April 2012 19:38
I've been taking a serious look at GIT as a source control system for personal projects. Until recently I've used VSS for this sort of thing...between the fact that VSS is very long in the tooth and that it is a commercial product I've been looking for a good alternative.
Rambling a bit...April 9, 2012
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- Last Updated on Monday, 09 April 2012 17:32
Given that I'm finally getting some of the framing cleaned up on this site, I'm going to try to start writing a bit more regularly. I expect that at first it will almost certainly be somewhat rambling, bumping around various aspects of what is going on and things I'm messing with or that have caught my attention. At this point I'm thinking that getting something written and posted every few days is better (even if it winds up being less than crisp) than posting once a month when I find time to sit down and write a well focused article (and this is likely to remain the difference between my blog entries and things that get called 'articles').
There are so many things that I want to get done 
Been a bit fuzzy for the last of the winter...partly a bit overloaded with cruft going on, partly just winter stuff I think. At this point though I want to get some of this stuff rolling again. This is likely a partial list, but I've got to end the ramble at some point...
web site cleanup, Technical web stuff, RepRap 3D Printer, Photo duplicate elimination, Wargames and Role Playing Games, Photography, Games Programming
Progress...slow but steady...
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- Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:26
I finally noticed that there is a configuration panel for the default template on Joomla. I've pulled the banner image and set something that makes more sense here for the moment. I think that I can put together a real new template that is more interesting, but this will do for the moment. One of the real goals here will be to fins a way to partition the site better as well. I want to be able to host a 'Kyle's Software Engineering' area, a 'Friends and Family Blog' area and a 'Fun Stuff' area that are largely logically separate. Particularly I want them to have separate menu structures (probably with a 'main site' link in each area) where games and personal stuff menus don't show up on more straight laced areas and vice-versa.
Cameras
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A friend of mine is looking into getting a better camera soon. I thought I'd try to write up what I know in as short a form as I can to (perhaps) help out...the following is the current form of that...