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Book Review - HTML5: Up and Running

If you don't know about the new features available in HTML5, now's the time to find out. Good introduction to core features of HTML5 Book starts with the history of HTML and then describes the details of the HTML5 specification for some of the more prominent features, and how you can use the new features to improve your website/webapps; New elements are introduced one by one - tags, canvas, video, geo-location, storage, offline web apps, new form features and microdata. Author Mark Pilgrim also introduces a nifty JavaScript library, Modernizr , used to check the HTML5 capabilities of the requesting browser (None of the mainstream browsers supports all features of HTML5, though all support some/many aspects of it). Most of the stuff in the book can be read independently, so, you can skip topics and then can always come back. A web version of this book is available at DiveIntoHTML5.org website maintained by the author and you can browse and explore it at the same time. The li...

Book Review - Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

The idea behind the concept of Web Apps is quite simple and interesting - to allow to create apps without bothering to learn the mobile platform specific SDKs (iOS or Android usually).  A mobile platform provides two ways to access applications - native apps and web apps. A native app can get at the special hardware in Android/iOS, uses the SDK and it can be sold in the app store. A web app, on the other hand, can't use the hardware, can't be sold in the app store but it is much easier to create. The main focus of this book is to customize your website/apps to look good on an Android powered device. So, basically, you create the customized versions of the applications/websites for mobile from your knowledge  of basic page creation technologies i.e. HTML, CSS and Javascript.  This book also shows the use of these along with jQuery and WebKit browser. There is an intrdouction to HTML5 (Local Storage and WebSQL database). 2 chapters are devoted to understanding and wor...

Improving the usability of CodeIgniter applications using jQuery and other articles

Discover how easy it is to improve the usability of your CodeIgniter applications using jQuery. By leveraging the power of CodeIgniter's MVC-based framework and jQuery's support for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) interaction, learn how to quickly and efficiently create more effective UIs.  This article explains how to create and implement a custom filter that can guard against the various types of cross-site scripting attacks. The 3 laws of error handling (and everything in life) Has JDBC Kept up with Enterprise Requirements? With Selenium , Java developers can develop integration tests, export those tests as JUnit tests, and automate test execution.

Some good reading stuff and tools for the week

Eloquent JavaScript - Aimed at the beginner JavaScript programmer, it is a digital book providing a comprehensive introduction to the JavaScript programming language. Apart from a bookful of text, it contains plenty of example programs, and an environment to try them out and play with them. The Beginner's 10-Minute Guide to Setting Up Ubuntu How to Make Ajax Applications Google-Crawlable Do Developers Make Good Testers? Microsoft FixIt Center beta fixes Windows 7 and Vista errors automatically The Great Car Debate : New, Used or Leased? A foreigner’s guide to traditional Indian dining etiquette

Good Reading Stuff

Beautiful interactive overview of HTML5. Love HTML5 Games? Get Here . Checked exceptions are a good thing, learn to use them properly Get the original URL of tiny ones The self-repairing hard drive Test How Your Site Looks on the iPad . Sure, you can switch the user agent, but here is a simpler and more realistic way of doing it. Google's Innovation Factory (and how testing adapts) Selenium VS WatiJ

Any views on Smart City project by Amrapali?

I am exploring the possibility of purchasing an apartment in or around Delhi. One of my friend has pointed me to Amrapali Group's Smart City project. This project is located in Noida. While doing my research on Amrapali Group, I could not find anything good or bad about the Group or the projects they have undertaken in the past. If you have any information to share, plz do so in the comments. P.S. - The apartment I am considering is 3 BR and is not for investment purpose.

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