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Entries from September 26th, 2008

Free Alternative to Flex Builder

September 26th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Flex, Tools

It’s been a long time since I last played with Flex. I feel like starting from square one.
This also means that I have a more difficult path ahead of me, with my Flex Builder trial license already expired.
Fortunately, it’s not that hard to setup basic mxml auto complete functionality with a plain Eclipse installation with [...]

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SEO basics

September 19th, 2008 · No Comments · PHP, Tools

I’ve been creating web applications for quite some time but never got interested in SEO (or Search Engine Optimization) until now.
The primary reason I think is that most (if not all) of the web applications I’ve been developing are for internal use only (think Java and banks).
But this outlook changed as my wife and I [...]

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Debugging cron tasks

September 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Tools

Being a *nix noob, I found it really hard to figure out the problem I had with a cron job last week.
The fact that sendmail was disabled in the machine I was working on also didn’t help (no emails were sent during failed cron task execution).
To workaround the problem, I found a useful tip from [...]

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