Technology
5 must have firefox addons for every web developer
Being a web developer there are some tools which I need and use on daily basis. Here are 5 such addons I think every web developer should install on their firefox.
1- Web developer toolbar
Home: http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/
Install: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60
This addon adds a toolbar and a menu to firefox. The toolbar contains several mini tools in it to [...]
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How to dynamically load the Google Maps javascript API (On demand loading)
Normally google maps js api is loaded at the time of page load via a script tag with src set. If map is not so major feature of your application or you want to reduce page download time, you can defer loading the javascript load it when required.
This is a javascript pattern called On demand [...]
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How to restore and backup mysql databases?
I forget the commands everytime I backup/restore mysql databases. For this reason I am writing them down for my reference and hopefully others will also find them useful.
Suppose my database credentials are as follow:
db username: vijay
db password: somepwd
database: catalogue
Taking backup of database
Go to the command line (not mysql command line) and fire the following command:
mysqldump [...]
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New Google website translator gadget
It was International Translation Day on 30th September and Google gifted users a new version of their website translator gadget.
From usability point of view this version is far more better then previous one and supports 51 languages. Earlier version of this gadget was a bit ugly in the manner it worked. It used to load [...]
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FAQ: How to fix error 403: access forbidden for phpmyadmin in wampserver?
The Problem:
PhpMyadmin works fine on localhost but accessing it over a network gives error 403: Access Forbidden.
Reason:
Reason is pretty clear – phpmyadmin is not configured to be accessed over a network. Permission to access it over network is not given.
Solution:
Locate the file phpmyadmin.conf in your wamp installation. If you have wampserver version 2 or higher, [...]
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