Local Devfest, Software Freedom Day and Frameworks

The last 4 weeks were awesome! There were not 1 but 2 events that any local web developer was anticipating! The first one was Software Freedom Day held last September 21. The second one is the GDG(Google Developers Group) Devfest, the 1st one held in Mindanao, Philippines ever! I was also...

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CI Multilanguage Module v0.2 released

One of my ExpressionEngine projects needed to support Multilingual output for the frontend interface. Here are the feature set that I wanted I only need it to change static data and lookup table values. There is no need to translate the Control Panel. Since I already worked on Codeigniter before and ExpressionEngine is using Codeigniter as its underlying framework, I wanted an addon that...

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3 simple things you must absolutely do when starting an i18n PHP-MySQL Application

These are 3 simple things to do that will not take much of your time before starting on your project. Make sure the database is in UTF-8 format when you create it Make sure the MySQL connection uses UTF-8 Make sure you use UTF-8 encoded files Many unnecessary and hard to debug bugs could be avoided if you do these 3 things.&nbs...

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How to delete versioned SVN files from repository without deleting locally in TortoiseSVN

TortoiseSVN If you are a developer working on a Windows operation system and using SVN for your version control, chances are that you are using TortoiseSVN so that you don't have to manually input SVN commands. Instead, you can just use the context menu items to click whatever command that you want...

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Android 4.3 Features

After a long wait, I got the OTA(Over the Air) update for Jellybean 4.3 for my Nexus 7. I waited for weeks for the my Nexus 7 to get the update. My Nexus 7 is stock Android so I don't have the problem of other,carrier branded devices of not being able to get Android updates as soon as Google...

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How to Enable Sync in Samsung Galaxy Note 2

I was made aware of this problem when I attended a Google Developer Group Meetup this month. While the event was going on, I suddenly remembered that I can use the Party Mode feature of Google Plus to share the photos taken in the event. That way, everyone has a common place to access all the pictures I...

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Expression Engine Parse Order

I have been using Expression Engine while working on some freelance projects the last few months. It is not free and I am only able to use it because a colleague I am working it bought a license for it. Expression Engine is touted as the best Content Management System(CMS) for web designers. Even if I am not one of those creative types, I can certainly attest to the ease of use it provides to people...

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Goodbye Enso, Hello Launchy

For the longest time, I have been using Humanised Enso as my launcher way back 2008. At that time, launchers were not as popular today. There were only a limited number of launcher applications available so you have very few choices. Out of all the launcher options that I had, Enso was what...

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