Archive for January, 2010

50 Inspiring Portfolio Designs

We are always looking for inspiration, specially when it comes to web design. We just can’t get tired of browsing around websites to check out layouts, colors, typography, styles and everything else that a cool site can offer. At this selection I will show you some portfolio designs. Some of them you probably already know, [...]

Java desktop links of the week, February 1

The latest Java desktop news, in particular Swing, JavaFX and Griffon.

5 Questions on Appcelerator Titanium Mobile Development

Appcelerator Titanium is a development framework for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, the iPhone, and Android-based devices. Titanium Mobile allows programmers to use web technologies to write applications that are translated to run as native code on both the iPhone and Android-powered handsets.

Global Warming Vs Clojure

Nobody who’s connected to the rest of the world, either via TV or the Internet is unaware of Global Warming — This phenomenon which threatens to destroy us all if we don’t collectively assume responsibility for the globe. Here’s my contribution to a solution in 98 lines of heavy computational Clojure!

Win 5 Pro Licenses from Oops!Backup

Oops!Backup is giving away 5 Professional License of their software, exclusively to TutZone readers. There will be 5 Winners and each will receive 1 Professional version of the software.

Oracle Hails Java but Kills Sun Cloud

Oracle’s plans for Java and the proposed Sun Cloud public computing platform became clearer Wednesday, with Oracle executives giving another big thumbs-up to Java but a thumbs-down to Sun Cloud.
With Merger, Oracle Reassures Sun Customers
Cloud Computing Definitions and Solutions
Under Oracle’s new stewardship, Java will be expanded to more application types while the public process for [...]

Can Flash be saved?

Let’s go back a few years to when Firefox was just coming on the scene. Remember that? I remember that it didn’t work with a ton of websites. Things like banks, ecommerce sites, and others. Why not? Because those sites were coded specifically for the dominant Internet Explorer back then.
Some people thought Firefox was going [...]

Create pretty CSS3 scaleable buttons

Ashley Ford from PaperMashup is a sharing a nice tutorial about creating a set of pretty CSS3 buttons that are both cross browser compliant and degrade gracefully for non CSS3 compliant browsers. Currently, compatible CSS3 browsers are Safari, Chrome and FireFox 3+. It is worth noting that if you’re using Internet Explorer you’re not going [...]

Will Oracle really make NetBeans the BEST IDE for Java

Not yet!!! But according to their webcast they want to make NetBeans the best Java IDE. This is a statement not to be taken lightly. Oracle are now investing in three IDEs which are all established in different ways. JDeveloper is Oracle’s IDE of choice, I am currently using it in my current project as [...]

6 programming project mistakes you should avoid

During my adventures in programming, I’ve been involved in many projects. Luckily, despite having made some mistakes, they’ve gone quite well. Here are a few of them, with tips on how to avoid making them yourself.