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20 Years Early; Java Applets

Posted on 2009/12/04 by Pacoup

Flash Wasn’t Sun’s Java Applet technology was 20 years early, but Flash wasn’t. Two years after the Java Applet technology first appeared, which enabled Java bytecode to run directly in the browser, Macromedia came in with Flash (technically one year … Continue reading →

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PHP6 – Not out but books are

Posted on 2009/06/11 by Pacoup

So yersterday I bought this book at Chapters called Professional PHP6. I was actually very puzzled that the PHP6 launch got under my nose like that. Oh well I thought, better learn it now when it’s new. So, I arrive … Continue reading →

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Shorthand conditional statements

Posted on 2009/03/11 by Pacoup

This article uses ECMAScript as its example language. See bellow for language-specific information. The shorthand conditional statement, or ?:, is also know as the ternary operator. Although it exists in virtually all programming languages, the conditional operator ?: remains a … Continue reading →

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