February 2007
Coding PHP Mailboxes (Part 1)
This article describes how to use PHP to connect to mailservers, and display emails on a webpage. In the case of Microsoft Exchange based systems other details such as Calendars, and Tasks can also be retrieved and displayed.
January 2007
Software Quality and Testing
Testing is one of the fundamentals of Quality Assurance, it outlines where the defects are in a measurable form and helps to make an application "bug free". Remember though that software testing never reveals the absence of bugs, only the presence of them. The purpose of this guide is to help promote the ideals of software quality, and illustrate why it is a good thing.
December 2006
Detecting Users Online using PHP
After recently having seen a way of showing the number of people currently visiting your site by recording IP address I thought I'd demonstrate my own way of doing it that also includes the ability to show which users online, and number of users/guests online.
C++ Lesson 3 - Classes and Conditions
No programming language is complete without being able to make choices in conditional statements - this guide covers the use of these in C++ and also the use of classes.
C++ Lesson 2 - Using Inputs and Types
In this second lesson you will learn how to capture input, and what the different data types available are. Those who have used other languages before should be reasonable familiar with the datatypes that C++ offers.
November 2006
Regular Expressions and Validation
Regular Expressions are a popular way of performing complex string matching on variables. To anyone who is relatively new to them though, it can be daunting. This guide shows how to use them, with examples for using them in validation techniques.
JavaScript Best Practices
JavaScript for some is the bane of web development technologies - but it should not be feared or hated. As long as proper practices are followed it will not have any affect on the accessibility or function of the website other than to enrich the user's experience.
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