blog about ajax, php, dotnet, css, flash and flex R. Schoo http://dev.base86.com/ en-GB After dozens of emails and comments regarding commercial use of the calendar I've decided to provide a commercial license. The license includes vlaCalendar version 1, version 2 and the client-side extension version 1. General http://dev.base86.com/solo/49/vlacalendar_commercial_license_available.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/49/vlacalendar_commercial_license_available.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/49/vlacalendar_commercial_license_available.html#comments Fri, 13 Mar 09 06:29:10 +0100 Here's a handy little function for easing the development process with Actionscript 3 in Flex and Flash: an equivalent of PHP's recursive print function print_r, which displays objects and arrays in a way that's readable by humans. Flash http://dev.base86.com/solo/47/actionscript_3_equivalent_of_phps_printr.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/47/actionscript_3_equivalent_of_phps_printr.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/47/actionscript_3_equivalent_of_phps_printr.html#comments Tue, 14 Oct 08 16:59:56 +0200 The initial vlaCalendar was developed for use with database data. So the calendar uses AJAX calls to PHP parsed documents. This made the calendar only usable for users who have a PHP server. Huy Do and I developed an extension that makes the vlaCalendar AJAX-less, and thus PHP-less: the client-side only extension for vlaCalendar v2.1. General http://dev.base86.com/solo/46/client-side_only_extension_for_vlacalendar_v21.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/46/client-side_only_extension_for_vlacalendar_v21.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/46/client-side_only_extension_for_vlacalendar_v21.html#comments Sat, 06 Sep 08 16:20:57 +0200 A new version of my Vista-like Ajax Calendar (vlaCalendar) has been released: version 2.1 is made compatible with mootools installment, version 1.2, and offers some new features. General http://dev.base86.com/solo/45/vlacalendar_version_21_released.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/45/vlacalendar_version_21_released.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/45/vlacalendar_version_21_released.html#comments Wed, 02 Jul 08 14:54:03 +0200 Today is the Firefox 3 download day: Help Mozilla to set a Guinness World Record by downloading Firefox 3 by 11:16 a.m. PDT (18:16 UTC) today! General http://dev.base86.com/solo/44/firefox_3_download_day.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/44/firefox_3_download_day.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/44/firefox_3_download_day.html#comments Wed, 18 Jun 08 11:49:22 +0200 At first I decided to make the vlaCalendar compatible with mootools 1.2 when its gets out of beta stage. But I've received lot of e-mails and comments from people wanting to use the calendar with the beta version, which made me decide to make vlaCalender v2 also compatible with mootools 1.2 beta2! General http://dev.base86.com/solo/43/vlacalendar_v2_compatible_with_mootools_12b2.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/43/vlacalendar_v2_compatible_with_mootools_12b2.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/43/vlacalendar_v2_compatible_with_mootools_12b2.html#comments Wed, 04 Jun 08 17:41:17 +0200 A new version of the Vista-like Ajax Calendar (vlaCalendar) has been released! The vlaCalendar is a unobtrusive web version of the slick and profound Windows Vista taskbar calendar, by use of the mootools javascript framework, AJAX, XHTML, CSS and PHP. Now with datepicker functionality and cleaner and more developer centered CSS, PHP and javascript code! General http://dev.base86.com/solo/29/vista-like_ajax_calendar_version_2_released.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/29/vista-like_ajax_calendar_version_2_released.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/29/vista-like_ajax_calendar_version_2_released.html#comments Thu, 01 May 08 20:00:00 +0200 As you may have noticed: the site has a new look. I've gotten tired of the old design, it's useless features and crappy code. This new design has a reduction of 40% lines of HTML code and uses the lightweight mootools javascript framework, instead of the heavyweight Protoype, combined with script.aculo.us, framework. General http://dev.base86.com/solo/42/redesign.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/42/redesign.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/42/redesign.html#comments Tue, 01 Apr 08 12:50:23 +0200 When testing relatively simple web projects, as 'simple' website developers, it usually comes down to basic functional black box testing. But have your ever endlessly tested registration forms by filling out hundreds of fields by hand? And have you ever changed a minor detail and later came to the conclusion it broke the whole form process? If this sounds familiar automatic testing brings the solution. General http://dev.base86.com/solo/39/automating_functional_web_testing.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/39/automating_functional_web_testing.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/39/automating_functional_web_testing.html#comments Tue, 18 Mar 08 16:58:00 +0100 Yesterday Microsoft unveiled the first beta version of Internet Explorer 8. Three days ago the Web Standards Project (WaSP) released the new Acid 3 testst. DrunkenFirst.com took some screen shots of browser Acid 3 test scores, and it happens to be that IE 8 scores crap. General http://dev.base86.com/solo/38/ie_8_beta_1_and_acid_3_released.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/38/ie_8_beta_1_and_acid_3_released.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/38/ie_8_beta_1_and_acid_3_released.html#comments Thu, 06 Mar 08 15:03:00 +0100