File upload is a common feature for web sites, yet for some reason a lot of frameworks make it hard on you. JSF doesn’t even support it by default; it requires the installation of additional libraries. In Ruby on Rails it worked pretty well out of the box, but with a catch. File uploads are
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Do you use your keyboard’s Menu key? The one with a picture of a menu and a cursor. All it does is bring up the context menu. It was introduced at the same time as the Windows key but didn’t get the same press, probably because its effect couldn’t compare to the indignity of having
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Robert Biswas-Diener wrote an article on CNN coining the term “incubator” for people who seem like procrastinators but are actually a different breed. I felt that this article described my own work habits perfectly. Incubators have a clear sense of deadlines, gets things done on time, and produce quality work. Before performing an important task,
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Back in college, I had a professor pose an interesting question on an exam. It was worded like this: “On the back of this paper, write out every keystroke and mouseclick you would take to add five spaces at the beginning of the first 10 lines of a file in a text editor.” Naturally, some
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I went to a great talk by Douglas Crockford today. If you’re a JavaScript programmer and haven’t read any of his articles, head over to his site and get started. It’s more important than reading this blog. Seriously. Alright. I want to show an example he used that doesn’t seem to be included in any
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