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By nathanator11  | 20 December 2010 - 07:55 AM

Typing accents on a Mac is simple. á Press option-e. Then, press the letter you want to accent. ñ Press option-n. Then, press the letter you want to accent. ä Press option-u. Then, pres...

By JonUdell  | Yesterday, 08:13 AM

Introduction In this week's companion article on the Radar blog, I discuss some of the ways that the elmcity service can scale. One way is to parallelize the gathering of iCalendar feeds. Whe...

By andyo  | 05 December 2010 - 05:15 PM

Our observations revealed that novice software developers demonstrate a wide variety of abilities as well as deficiencies. Among their strengths are: Programming Reading and writing specifications De...

By chco  | 21 December 2010 - 07:48 AM

Creating your own player exclusively with ActionScript can reduce file size and allow you to customize functionality. The excerpt below from Learning ActionScript 3.0, Second Edition will take you thr...

By BrianSawyer  | 23 November 2010 - 06:41 AM

If you haven't already updated your iPad to iOS 4.2, go ahead and sync it in iTunes now and check for updates. The new version finally shipped yesterday, and it's well worth the upgrade for mu...

By nathanator11  | 20 December 2010 - 07:47 AM

A great JS bookmarklet provides fun and relief by destroying (safely, and with love) annoying websites in your browser window. Get it here.

By chco  | 19 December 2010 - 01:33 AM

The following excerpt from Learning Flex 4 gives instruction on working with CSS while developing your Flex 4 application.Your stylesheet should include namespace manifests followed by style definitio...

By Doron Katz  | 18 December 2010 - 07:46 PM

This is more of a poll and engagement of the community than an article, but I thought I'd start by stating some of the third party Applications that have become part of one's iPhone core appli...

By Tid  | 26 July 2010 - 07:39 AM

This page decribes the ways in which you can load O'Reilly ebooks onto your iPad. First, we’ll look at how to load and read ePubs and PDFs from O’Reilly ebook bundles. Then, we’ll cover how ...

By chco  | 16 December 2010 - 06:49 AM

An alternative to using enter frame events to trigger actions on a recurring basis is to use time-based events. This excerpt from Learning ActionScript 3.0, Second Edition shows you how to use them in...

By kenyarmosh  | 15 December 2010 - 05:51 AM

Many people who build apps are extremely anxious to “get started,” without really understanding what it means to get started. In particular, those who have the design and development skills to bui...

By davidflanagan  | 14 December 2010 - 10:38 PM

(This is just for some holiday fun: not a serious technical post. I wrote about this on my blog and the folks at O'Reilly asked me to share it here, too.) The easy way: First, bookmark this link ...