James W Lane
Step into my world and I will show you change!
Great things to come!
I am working hard in completing my own theme and throwing up content but there is only one me.
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FixTunes Vs TuneUp
Posted on May 18th, 2009 2 commentsI started this project months ago and between software developers dragging their feet and me being busy with other projects I let this sit on the back burner far too long. I have been suffering insomnia for the last week and I am currently fueled by eighteen cans of Dr. Pepper. So I decided since there was only one clear winner in this fight I will let the beat down commence.
The Challange: Organize 50,000 MP3
The Competitors: FixTunes & TuneUp
I took an external hard drive and copied 50,000 songs on it and ran them through a few applescripts and file naming software to make sure they where a nice chaotic mess.
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Who’s dead I was just taking a nap!
Posted on April 30th, 2009 No commentsFirst I would like to apologize to all my followers, I have been super busy and I have been working on posts but with a lot of things going on work wise it’s been tough to just sit down and write. First off two of the business I was a partner in split due to differences in opinions between the partners. So I have been working on building a new business from the ground up while I am still doing my consulting. The new start up I am working on will be a Web Design company that will do some graphic design and photo and video editing. I have also been working on some software reviews that I will be rolling out soon and some product reviews also. On top of all that I been working on a few new websites three new wordpress themes, DJing on the weekend’s. I have also been doing some work for WaMu / Chase. So it’s been a hectic few weeks. But I should be rolling a few things out this week and some more next week hopefully. Only time will tell.
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Got Framework? – The web developers guide to all things framework. – Part Two
Posted on March 20th, 2009 No commentsFirst I would like to apologize to all my readers. I’ve gotten super busy and all three of my companies are working on at least two projects each. I am also working heavy in finishing the latest installment of the Macenstein.com theme for Doc so we can roll that out. So I pushed this framework post back a few days. Let’s see what I can knock out in a few hours
Well lets skip the bull and get into this eight hundred pound gorilla and tame him. PHP Frameworks are the number one most used server side language used out there. So again this blog is to spark up discussion, comments, social tags, and tweet me. I live for feedback. I can tell you what I think you should be looking for; and even if you don’t go with my suggestions you will have a general guideline in what you need to have in a PHP Framework. So you may be reading this and think to your self “What the hell is this guy talking about what is a PHP Framework?” Well to answer it very quickly it is a framework for PHP which uses commonly known design patterns like Active Record, Association Data Mapping, Front Controller and MVC. The primary goal of these frameworks is to provide a structured framework that enables PHP users at all levels to rapidly develop robust web applications, without any loss to flexibility. To simplify that statement a framework allows you to write less code and create more rich web applications by using prewritten code, so it saves you time and hassle because you don’t have to code most commonly used functions.
AJAX, Business, Framework, General, Joomla, PHP, Wordpress, blog ActiveRecord, AJAX, CakePHP, CodeIgniter, database, Drupal, EDP, Event Driven Programming, FUSE, Joomla, Model-View-Controller, mvc, object-record mapper, orm, php4, php5, Symfony, Templates, Wordpress, Yii, Zend, Zend Framework, Zoop, Zoop Object Oriented Php Framework -
Got Framework? – The web developers guide to all things framework. – Part One
Posted on March 10th, 2009 No comments
I’ve been building a decent amount of new sites lately dealing with different structures and servers configuration. Clients now a days want so much for so little and with the way the economy is we try and give it to them. It has got me thinking about the tools we use to rapidly develop our web designs into sites and applications. There are so many developers out there, who have so many designs and styles on how to do things from using templates and modifying it slightly or extremely just using it as a structural base. Some hand code everything, and I applaud those who do. Then there is most of us out there who use our own pre-made or community developed framework to ensure rapid development of our web application. That’s what I would like to dig further into in this post. I would like to talk about what frameworks are out there and what to use them for. I want to tell you what in my opinion I think are the best frameworks out there for each server side language. I will touch on how to use some of them. And I will give you a list of some of the best ones you should keep handy. Of course this is my opinion and I would like for you to comment and add to the value of this article with your opinions and maybe introduce me to things I have not yet found. As I sit here thinking about everything I use and know I am starting to think I should break this post up. Well enough of the babbling chit-chat lets dig into this.
This will be a multi post series following this guide line.
- Part One: Server side languages and recommended frameworks to look at.
- Part Two: Comparison of my favorite PHP language based framework for web development.
- Part Three: Client side languages and recommended frameworks to look at.
- Part Four: Comparison of my favorite AJAX and Javascript frameworks.
- Part Five: Comparison of my favorite CSS and other styling frameworks.
- Part Six: Some key points for rapid web application development, looking at other server side options and reader request material.
AJAX, CSS, Dojo, Framework, General, HTML, Javascript, Joomla, MooTools, PHP, Prototype, Script.aculo.us, Wordpress, YUI, jQuery .NET, AIDA, AppFuse, AppJet, ASP, BKNR, blow, CakePHP, Catalyst, CherryPy, CodeIgniter, ColdFusion, ColdSpring, Common Lisp, Django, DotNetNuke, Drupal, Framework, FUSE, Fusebox, Grails, Groovy, Horde, Java, Javascript, Jaxer, Joomla, LUA, Mambo, MediaWiki, MonoRail, Nitro, Perl, PHP, ProjectZero, Pylons, Python, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Seaside, SmartClient, SmartTalk, Symfony, ThinWire, TurboGears, WebGUI, WebObjects, Webware, Wii, Wordpress, Zend, Zoop, Zope -
The Ultimate List of Cheat Sheets for a Developer / Designer!!!
Posted on March 9th, 2009 12 commentsI am always looking at good ways to remember a ton of knowledge on a ton of stuff without having my doctorate in everything digital. I get a ton of iChat messages and emails on the command, or code, or shortcut for one thing or another. I learn a lot of my short cuts from Layers TV and Photoshop User TV. They are always trying to teach the audience something new. But the only problem is they say it going through a tutorial and I am paying more attention to the tutorial than the shortcut. Later I sit and go…Uhh what was that short cut again????? So I started compiling bookmarks for cheat sheets on short cuts and commands. I have compiled almost 1000 bookmarks on everything I do. It blows my mind but I have a way to organize them I can find anything almost instantly and with the new Safari 4 its gotten even better. So I figure I would let you guys in on my super list of cheat sheets for the designer like me.
Please make sure to Digg (and so on)! Comments on adding, changing, and removing links are always welcome. Make sure to bookmark and check back often as I will always be updating it. Enjoy.
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Busy with project’s
Posted on March 7th, 2009 No commentsMan its been a busy few weeks! Between working on a big project for Skipping Stones Graphic & Design, and smaller projects for Lane Consulting I have been way to busy to put thoughts to blog. Let alone write about anything useful. I am rolling out some new websites. Got some graphic design projects in the works. All in all for me its a lot of work on a very small plate. Well I will keep it short and simple today. So there is more to come. Just hold on and get ready for some good things coming down the pipe line.
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Want To Improve Your Design Skills? – Read This!
Posted on February 16th, 2009 No commentsI have never considered my self a master designer. Cause no matter what you know there is always something you don’t know and someone you can learn from so by that theory we are all students and teachers. But with that said I will give my hand in relaying some key things that I think we all need to know to become a better designer. This guide can be used for all the programs we use in life one way or another. The only problem most of us have is time, we don’t have enough of it. That becomes a major constraint to our learning ability. But I am going to try and show ways to break free of those constraints and become the designer you want to be. First thing first, You need to develop a plan to improve and your skills to work with your life and time constraints. In the following tutorial I will go over a few idea’s to help you accomplish this.
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MochiKit – Javascript that doesn’t suck?
Posted on February 15th, 2009 2 commentsSome people may or may not know but I am a big fan of jQuery, MooTools, Prototype with script.aculo.us, Dojo, and the Yahoo! User Interface (YUI). Depending on what I am trying to do and what other scripts I am using I have used all these in one website or another. While researching on how to accomplish a certain effect I wanted to implement on a site I came across MochiKit. So I figured I will dig into it and see if its worth a mention. After a few days of digging I figured it was story worthy for the launch of the latest version of my site converted to blog. Enough of the chatter lets dig into this puppy! From first glance it looks like a light weight Javascript library for your site with the quoted tag line of “MochiKit makes Javascript suck less”. Now I am not too sure about that statement due to I love Javascript but dealing into it I started noticing what they mean by it.
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Good things to come!
Posted on February 3rd, 2009 No commentsWell I been doing a lot of work on the back end and I been building a new theme but I have a decent amount on my plate right now so things are going to be coming along slowly. I have a couple web site projects, plus finishing up some of my own including this one. I have a few programing projects and to roll out my iPhone application. And a few other things that I need to work on. So have no fear I will be bringing a lot here. I plan to not only post personal but tech reviews, tutorials and more. This will be a meshing of me and my personality. So don’t be surprised to come across things from Javascript code to a Cheesecake recipe and anything from a Photoshop tutorial to what I did last weekend. To be continued…
