Windows Phone

All people out there interested in interface design and GUI coding. Get a glimpse of Windows Phone. It is worth it. Amazing what Redmond released under the pressure of iOS and Android. When ever in the last 10 years did Microsoft release a piece of code that was setting the benchmarks rather than come in second best?

 

2011 forecast

Best of: Paul Kalkbrenner is playing live at the Berlin Wulheide, Open air 04th and 5th June - got tickets;-) Berlin Calling,

 

Something to listen for 2011

Are you are fan of clean elecronic but demanding beats than Nicolas Eller – The Ascension is the right stuff for your work and play nights.

Visit Phase02.org and download this fantastic track.Thanks Nicolas - hope we here more from youz in the upcoming 2011.

 

APEX new "old" school

Oracle has done a great job developing an application framework named APEX.

With the help of APEX you can build database driven web applications in a fraction of the time you would need with e.g. Java/JSP. The code base inside is PL/SQL. And whilst that is an ADA dialect it needs time to get used to. But with the help of PL/SQL and APEX you get full control access over (of course) an Oracle 10/11g, the authorization logic, authentification functions and new in version 4 the presentation in the browser with the help of jQuery.

But there are pitfalls. The design of APEX is the opposite of modern component based frameworks. It is more the way it was, years ago, when the only thing you got with a "framework" was the ability to call functions inside of the framework. Put in a few parameters and you were done.
No help on building objects and control structures, no clean layout where to put functions, procedures, backend logic vs. presentation logic.

You can run into real weired code monsters with APEX pretty fast .

But the lowlight is as well the hilight. It is up to the developer to layout the application in a clean, robuste way. To distinct views from controllers.

With that in mind it is a great product.

 

Have fun.


Note

There are near 7 billion people on earth, how many do you know.


Buzzword Cloud

Don`t even think of using Flash for this kind of stuff.
Look at the top right corner. The jQuery plugin is based on a simple keyword list.
You can use as many lines as you want and as your cpu can handle.
Let me explain:

Inside script add a handy initializer

$('#bzcloud').buzzcloud({
	color: '#E1C58A',
	speed: 50,
	height: 60,
	width: 300
});


and in the HTML section add the list

<div id="bzcloud" class="bzcloud">
<ul>
<li>androids will dream</li>
<li>code automatiqué</li>
<li>Eins, zwei, Polizei</li>
</ul>
</div>

Here you go.
Play with the parameters in the init part and the JS file.
Note: position and behaviour of the class is defined in the CSS doc.
As always it is ment to try and play, not copy and ignore.
Download JS-file here.

 

The NoNos

Ever thought of throwing your editing machine in the bin.
Or have you ever had the strong wish of writing an email to MS or Mozilla using only very bad words.

Yep, you know the feeling. Something is not going the way you want it to.
And you can`t figure it out, the code looks good, the validator shows no reasonable warnings.

 

What can it be. Maybe I can give you some hints on the NoNo page

What`s that site good?

Atomad is my virtual homebase.

My digital alter ego.

I have a passion: developing new things either digital or real life.
To feed my robo-cats I practice as a professional developer located in Munich, Germany.
My work is focused in database driven net systems, entertainment and collaborative platforms.

I speak german, english, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, PL/SQL, PHP, SQL, Java, ActionScript and a lot more dialects of the information age.
Besides own projects
I work on contract - contact me.

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Why is this site in (d)english?

Cause I don`t know better.
The lingua franca of the web is english.
Overlook my horrible accent and be glad you get the essence.