SQL Server Reporting Services – Microsoft Reporting Services – Microsoft Visual Basic Reports – Microsoft Visual Studio Reports Whatever name you want to give them there is a great capacity in cutting edge Microsoft developer’s tools. You have to give it to them; they do continue to roll out tool after tool aimed solely at […]

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Dual Screen Web Development
I’ve had dual monitors for about 8 months now and I have to say its well worth the money. At the office I also have tri screen Dell’s although these arent as big as my dual 22’s which I would say is pretty perfect for me. They offer more space than a 30inch apple screen […]
Looking Back – Major Project 07
Wheels Near U My first major bespoke project written primarily in PHP although ultimately encompassing javascript, css, html, java applets, flash and some server based command line utilities. Wheels-Near-U was developed as an All-in hyper-localised motoring-web portal. Written completly autonomously within roughly 12 months with several large project revisions. It came together quite nicely considering […]
Cannot Create Windows Service for MySQL. Error:0
If you have MySQL installed (from XAMPP or otherwise) on an xp box (this ones x64) and you update to SP2 it seems to break the mysql service – at least it did for me. This has happened several times to me but is actually easily resolved. Firstly I tried re-installing mySQL but this brought […]
Facebook and Banter_ID
Traditionally you are meant to be as descriptive as possible in your coding of parameters/variables – this is something I have often overlooked in pursuit of quicker prodecural work. Either way Facebook have shown their origins with their latest descriptor for a thread between too friends ( a wall to wall view ) with banter_id. […]
My Book Wishlist
I have been using Amazon Wishlists for a while but I thought I would share my “to read” list, you can see the next few books I intend to read by going here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/15R79YW6KBC9Y
Browser Compatibility
Browser Compatibility has to be the most boring part of web development. You can build a fantastic functioning epic web based gui, doing the usual code, test, refine, retest cycle to master your code but if your “test” step doesn’t cover the jungle of browser’s out there it can all fall down when opened elsewhere. […]
Browser Compatibility Matrix Files
Here is the files for my Browser Compatibility Matrix, so you can remember to check website browser compatibility across all of the common web browsers. Browser Compatability Matrix PDF Browser Compatibility Matrix PNG