Articles in the Programming category

1. Perl, ntop and Odd Hash Assignments

   Posted on October 19, 2007 in Programming

   This is a silly mistake that can be easily avoided.

   I was working on a Perl script that grabbed network traffic information from my ntop server and reported on it. ntop provides an <acronym title="Application Program Interface">API</acronym> that specifically supports Perl. Although I was seeing the data …

2. Get Subversion Updates via Email

   Posted on August 28, 2007 in Programming

   Sometimes it seems like a great idea to receive updates whenever someone commits something to your Subversion repository, right? This has definitely seemed like a good idea to me, but it's only nice if you work in a small shop with only a few developers. Too many developers make this …

3. Get The Most Out Of Ruby on Rails With Railscasts

   Posted on May 11, 2007 in Programming

   I recently came across Railscasts via Digital Media Minute (that name might sound familiar thanks to Jim's XHTML Character Entity Reference).

   Ryan Bates hosts individual episodes three times a week delivering tips and tricks for Ruby on Rails. Each screencast is less than ten minutes long and requires Quicktime for …