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New JSON Release   06/03/2005

Michal Migurski has posted a new JSON-PHP release with speed optimizations:http://mike.teczno.com/JSON.tar.gz ...

Slides from NYPHP Presentation Posted   05/27/2005

I have posted slides to my recent presentation at the NYPHP user group. The presentation was called: "Building Enterprise Applications with Mozilla, AMP, XML-RPC and JSON".Here is a summary of it:As a follow-up to his introductory pres ...

Problem with HierSelect XUL Menulists   04/27/2005

I had a mysterious problem in a large XUL + JavaScript + AMP project that I am working on. Here is  a short description. I have 'hierselect' menus, similar to those in the PEAR QuickForm package. There are two XUL Menulists (similar to HTML ...

Optimizing Remote XUL Applications for Large Datasets   04/19/2005

As a follow-up to my previous post, I found a good alternative to loading a large dataset in a Remote XUL Application using XML-RPC.The problem I was facing was that Mozilla seems to peter out after reading a large ( 4000 + lines) ...

XUL + JavaScript on LAMP Tip: For Large Datasets Use Trees, Not Listboxes   04/18/2005

I am building an XUL+PHP on LAMP application that needs to load thousands of entries via XML-RPC and create them inside of a XUL widget. Initially I was using the listbox element, because it is much easier to work with than trees.Then su ...

Offline Database Applications (Alternatives to XUL)   03/16/2005

While I like Mozilla and its associated technologies a lot, I am always interested in, and open to new, promising technologies.On this blog I have previously mentioned WinBinder, which allows you to build offline, database-driven (SQLite- / MySQL-dr ...

Cross-Browser Rich Web App Development with QWAD   12/30/2004

I just came across QWAD, which enables cross-browser rich web application development. It looks interesting. View an impressive live demo or read more about it. ...

Making XUL + PHP apps work with patched PEAR XML_RPC library   12/18/2004

I have just updated a previous post with information how to use a patched version of the PEAR XML-RPC library to make XUL + PHP apps (such as the ones in my fortune cookies tutorial and NYPHP presentation) work:Read about it here /download the patch ...

New Version of WinBinder Released   10/29/2004

A new version of WinBinder, a tool I am following with great interest and which I wrote about previously, was released today. WinBinder lets you write native Windows (i.e. offline / desktop) programs using PHP, which have access to SQLit ...

WinBinder: Offline Native Windows Programs with PHP (competition for XUL / Mozilla platform)   10/18/2004

I just read about WinBinder, which lets you create offline, native Windows applications using PHP. As a bonus, your applications can have access to an SQLite or MySQL database! This is something which I have been waiting for, for a long, long time!h ...

fireFTP: FTP Client Extension for Firefox   10/15/2004

I just tried fireFTP, a new FTP client extension for Firefox, and it seems really cool.It looks like the old, free version of WS_FTP.Most of it seems to be written in 187 kb / 5498 lines of JavaScript, which is pretty impressive. The code seem ...

French XUL Site - xulfr.org   10/15/2004

I just came across a site on XUL for French-speaking visitors:http://www.xulfr.org/This may be of interest to French-speaking developers who want more information on developing applications using Mozilla-based technologies. ...

XUL / PHP / MySQL / Web Services Troubleshooting   10/08/2004

A short while ago I had posted my XUL + PHP Fortune Cookies tutorial along with my presentation to NYPHP on the same subject.I realized that the presentation would create JavaScript errors on newer versions of PHP (later than 4.3.4, I think).A ...

PEAR XUL library   09/30/2004

I don't know if I have mentioned this before, but the PEAR XUL library is worth checking out:http://pear.php.net/package/XML_XULAlso, it would be great to have something that makes creating forms with XUL as easy as creating forms with the PEAR Quick ...

Debugging Rich Web Apps (XUL + PHP) using livehttpheaders Extension   09/01/2004

Update (December 18, 2004):To make these examples work on versions of PHP higher than 4.3.5 / 4.3.6, you need to use a patched copy of the PEAR XML-RPC library (see lines 172 - 177 in RPC.php) available from here:http://www.moztips.com/code/xm ...

Harry Fuecks on Building JavaScript + PHP Rich Web Apps   08/31/2004

Harry Fuecks has a great post at his SitePoint blog explaining the various possibilities when it comes to creating rich web applications by combining JavaScript with PHP. ...

Printing a XUL Application causes Mozilla to crash   08/26/2004

The presentation viewer that I mentioned in my last post is written using XUL. When I try to print the presentation viewer (and its embedded HTML contents), both Firefox and the Mozilla Suite crash.Does anyone know why this happens?One reason could ...

Slides from Presentation on Creating Rich Web Apps Using Mozilla, XUL and AMP   08/24/2004

I made a presentation today for the NYPHP group in New York City on creating rich web applications using Mozilla, XUL and the AMP platform.This presentation was based on the fortune cookies tutorial I published some time ago.I have all my slid ...

Using the editor tag in XUL   08/16/2004

I was taking a look at the code for the Deepest Sender extension for Firefox. Deepest Sender is a client that lets one post entries to a LiveJournal.It uses the editor tag [basic background info at XULPlanet] from XUL to create a rich text area for creati ...

XUL + PHP Tutorial Error Message Help   07/15/2004

I have received some feedback regarding the XUL + PHP tutorial which I posted some time ago. While preparing the tutorial, I realized that some errors provided by the JavaScript XML-RPC library are not so helpful. I should ha ...

Multi-Part Tutorial on creating XUL + PHP apps just posted   06/30/2004

I just posted the first draft of a tutorial that I have been working on for some time. It explains how to create rich web applications using PHP, MySQL, XUL, JavaScript and Web Services (XML-RPC).You can:Read the summary of it in this blog postView ...

Creating Rich Web Applications by Connecting XUL with PHP   06/30/2004

First Draft – June 30, 2004 In this multi-part series, I will explore what web applications are, and how the effective combination of XUL, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL can create a compelling and usable web application. ...