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jsCrypto
I’m a sucker for encryption tools and I found a new one through del.icio.us called jsCrypto. It’s a JavaScript encryption library that claims to be at least 4x faster than any other JavaScript encryption routine out there.
A description from the jsCrypto site:
We offer a fast, small symmetric encryption library written in Javascript. Though several such [...]
Cheatsheets for Front-End Web Developers
A handy list of cheat sheets (HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc…).
I still live and die by my VisiBone Browser Book but some of the jQuery cheatsheets will be handy.
(via del.icio.us)
Page O' Connection Strings
My brain is like a sieve. I can’t remember simple things like how to write a “for loop.” Hence the reason I am a Lotus Notes developer… the on-line help is great.
A great find for developers like me is a table of connection strings for all types of data sources.
Small R8 bug (enhancement?) with Rendering HTML
A couple of disclaimers… 1) We’re in the middle of upgrading to R8. Some of our mail servers have been upgraded but none of our production application servers have the new version yet. 2) This is an old (2001) application that was written for the web. I had no part of the initial development.
I discovered [...]
Lotus Domino 8.5 Suggestion
I believe Mary Beth Raven was asking for suggestions for the 8.5 version of Lotus Domino. My suggestion is easy…
Make this (beware… it’s a Microsoft Link) the standard web view control for ASPX/Domino pages. It might be overkill but it has every feature you would want in a web table. Sorting AND filtering. Try the [...]
Enterprise RSS Day of Action
Ed Brill mentioned that today has been designated the “Enterprise RSS Day of Action“.
The goal of this day of action is to raise awareness of the benefits of RSS within your organization.
The only way to get your organization (users) to use RSS is to provide great content. I consulted at an organization that was on [...]
Prevent Excel from Manipulating Exported Numbers
I ran into a small frustration exporting number data to Microsoft Excel using HTML. My Account Numbers were being translated into exponential numbers. I needed these numbers to show as text (without formatting).
This site gave a great tip on how to format those numbers to show correctly. In my instance… I set the style of [...]
I Protest!: Why (almost) every Web site needs an RDBMS
Leave it to IBM to publish an article that totally disregards one of their own products.
Nobody is going to argue with the author (David Mertz) about the necessity of a database for content management of a Web site. My argument is that while Lotus Notes is not an relational database… it has powered many (in [...]
Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns
I stumbled upon Jonathan Snook’s review of Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns by Michael Bowers. From Jonathan’s review (and the 5 stars from Amazon) it looks like it would be a great book to help make better Domino web sites.
My favorite tool for web design is the Visibone (laminated) reference book I bought a [...]
I've got Buckets!
I have finished the “Hello World!” of connecting to Amazon S3 with LotusScript. I have basically completed a “ListAllMyBuckets” call.
I wish I could post all of my code but I’m still waiting to hear back from Julian Robichaux. I can always try and find him at Lotusphere.
The ListMyBuckets Agent:
Function FormatDateToISO8601(aDate As NotesDateTime) As String
‘ Thanks [...]
