This NYTimes technical post explains it well:The “www” is a subdomain, a specific area within the domain, but not all sites will use it. If the address works with or without the “www” prefix in the address, the site’s administrator has mapped things out so that both addresses point to the location of the server’s Web content. If the site has not been configured to automatically serve up the pages if you leave off the “www,” you usually get a message saying the site cannot be found. In that case, you need to type in the “www.”Related:HOW TO make...
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
In Jeff Brand's article explaining the Simulator in Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8, he talks about the DOM Explorer & JavaScript Console. I was happy to know about these features because unlike the Developer Tools for Internet Explorer (F12 shortcut key) which can be used to debug web applications I had not come across anything similar to debug a Windows 8 Metro app after it has started.The article doesn't explicitly...
Sunday, 23 September 2012
MSDN documentation is a great reference but for learners getting started with Windows 8 app development using JavaScript, the maze of links within the articles can be distracting. Here is a collection of end-to-end, free technical resources that I've found so far: Jeff Brand has written a nice article series on building a Metro-style HTML/JavaScript app on Windows 8. The articles are short, simple & well-written. The content is also available in video format. The PDF version of the Apress book Metro Revealed: Building Windows...
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
While responding to JavaScript questions on online Q & A forums, I find it a hassle to create a HTML page (EditPlus is my favorite editor, its Ctrl+B option lets you run your HTML page within the editor) every time, to build & test my sample code.I've found Rajasekharan Vengalil's JavaScript eval console very helpful to run small snippets.The author of the tool has provided the code as well, so you can use it locally (link to zipped...
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
If you have time to kill & just Google at your disposal, you can search for your favorite cartoonist's comic strips. I discovered this tip from a Quora thread on Gary Larson.To see Gary Larson's The Far Side cartoons, type Gary Larson cartoons in the Google Search box & then choose Images from the options in left. Zoom in (Ctrl + +) to make the preview images bigger & readable.click on image to enlarge Similarly,...
Saturday, 15 September 2012
The popularity of the Q & A site, StackOverflow (and the related Stack Exchange family of sites) is such that product companies appear to be using it as a platform for tech support rather than set up a dedicated forum.This post in the Google Code blog announces that Google engineers will monitor StackOverflow and answer questions on Google Drive SDK posted with the tag google-drive-sdk.Among others, I've seen team members of products...
Friday, 14 September 2012
Compared to 7 editions of Visual Studio 2010, the freely downloadable Visual Studio 2012 Express has the following 4 editions:Visual Studio Express 2012 for WebVisual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows DesktopVisual Studio Team Foundation Server Express 2012 - provides small teams of up to five developers with source code control, work item tracking, and build automation for their software projects so that they can deliver predictable results.Visual Studio Express Editions support...
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
1) Consolidate details of your Contacts at a single place - Gmail lets you import contacts (select the Import Contacts link in the left side bar when you're within Contacts) from multiple sources. As it supports importing CSV files from Outlook, Outlook Express, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, Eudora and some other apps, you can consolidate all the information about Contacts within Gmail.2) Configure Gmail Contacts as a search provider within Chrome...
Sunday, 9 September 2012
Expression Encoder is a free screen capture program that can extract video & audio of anything playing on your computer.Following the capture, the playback screen capture output file (XESC) can be edited and encoded into a desired audio/video format.While it is possible to extract both audio & video, I wanted to extract just the audio. After some casual searching, I did not find any articles online so I tinkering around a bit and...
Windows 8 Reader is an app that lets you read .XPS & PDF files. So, you don't have to install Adobe Acrobat Reader or its updates anymore.If you are using Windows 8 Reader on a desktop rather than a tablet, you get things done faster with keyboard shortcuts - F8 - Toggle View Modes (Two Pages, One Page, and Continuous) Ctrl + R - RotateCtrl + H - Highlight text Ctrl + +/- - Zoom...
Friday, 7 September 2012
Not everyone can hope to study at the world's top universities. However, the internet is a great leveller and if you desire to learn there are plenty of resources...many of them free!Coursera, a company founded by academicians from Stanford, is partnering with top universities in the world to offer free online courses for anyone to take and learn at their own pace. I recently signed up for the Gamification course (Thanks Sid!)...
Thursday, 6 September 2012
Chrome Dev Relations guy & Web Standards champion, Paul Irish chatted up with the Bangalore JS community on Twitter a few days ago. He shared tips & revealed interesting facts about Chrome Dev Tools. Excerpts (paraphrased at some places to provide context):My favorite hidden feature in Chrome Dev Tools is shift-esc which reveals the console in slow-mo.You can now emulate User Agents, and screen size of a lot of devices...& emulate touch events. Soon geolocation spoofing...a more recent addition is "Force Element State" where you can...
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
The State Of E-Commerce Checkout Design 2012 study has some interesting findings drawn from benchmarking the top 100 grossing e-commerce websites’ checkout processes:The average checkout process consists of 5.08 steps - Advice: don’t focus too much on the number of steps in your checkout — instead spend your resources on what the customers have to do at each step, as that is what matters the most for the checkout experience.24% require account registration - Of the 23 websites that had more than $1 billion in online sales, 65% of...
Tuesday, 4 September 2012
HTML5 is not a standard yet but all browsers support its features to varying degrees. Starting from August 2012, Microsoft even has a certification on Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 (Exam 70-480). Passing this exam paves the way for achieving Microsoft's new MCSD Windows Metro style Apps and Web Applications tracks.Except for a Classroom Learning resource, there are currently no other official resources.David Pallmann, who...
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