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Javascript libraries

Lots of Javascript libraries and frameworks have come up. It has been made to make the life of developer really easy. Here is the list of all available Javascript frameworks, http://www.javascriptlibraries.com/ But, I have got a very big question to ask, “are these framework making the life of Developer really easy?” With the increase in the speed and number of the javascript framework, its getting difficult for the developers to decide which framework is to be used where. Here, http://mootools.net/slickspeed/, you can test the speed/validity selector test for some of the major frameworks...
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Debug PHP on Windows

Following are the steps to debug your PHP code using Zend Debugger on Windows machine via WAMP, 1. Download http://downloads.zend.com/pdt/server-debugger/ZendDebugger-5.2.12-cygwin_nt-i386.zip or check for new version at http://downloads.zend.com/pdt/server-debugger/ 2. Locate ZendDebugger.so or ZendDebugger.dll file that is compiled for the correct version of PHP (4.3.x, 4.4.x, 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 5.2.x) in the appropriate directory. Get debugger from folder called “5_2_x_comp” or you may receive some errors about a non-thread   safe debugger if you take it from “5_2_x_nts_comp” 3....
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Sharepoint on Windows Vista

Many people have this question “Does Sharepoint gets installed on Vista?”. The answer is yes. I installed MOSS on my Vista machine yesterday successfully. All you need to install Sharepoint, WSS or MOSS, on Vista is You must select the Advanced option during install. If you want to run on SQLExpress, manually install it first.  Get it here. You have to manually enable IIS7 with the proper options. Web Management Tools and World Wide Web Services. Enable at least the following options in IIS. Download Vista Helper file from here, and run the setup file WssVista.msi. Sharepoint...
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Qualities of Successful Manager

No. 1: Ability to assess needs All IT managers need to know how to assess the needs of their company as it relates to their technology responsibilities. It doesn’t matter what level you are; you have to be able to discover what the real needs and issues are so you work on the “right things.” Too many managers develop an “IT agenda” because they don’t make the effort to discover the objectives and tangible issues of the company. Developing the ability to quickly assess the technology for your area of expertise positions you for more responsibility. Managers who...
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Visual Studio Higher to Lower Version Converter

Many a times we find it diffucult to switch between various versions of Visual Studios available. Visual Studio does an excellent job of converting files from older versions to newer versions. For instance, if you open a Visual Studio .NET 2002 solution in Visual Studio .NET 2003, it will first ask if you want to convert the solution. After you say yes, it will convert all of your solution and project files to the new version of Visual Studio .NET. Now what if you accidentally converted those files and didn’t have a backup? Or perhaps you are writing a solution in Visual Studio .NET 2003...
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