Google Gadgets for Linux

Google Desktop is a desktop search application that runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. But the Linux version has always been a bit behind the curve. While all three clients let you search the web or files on your computer, the Mac and Windows versions have long supported Google Gadgets, which are desktop widgets that let you do everything from checking the weather to controlling your media player software.

Now Google has released an update that brings gadgets to Google Desktop for Linux.

VirtualBox

Sun xVM VirtualBox is an X86 virtualization software package originally developed by German software company Innotek GmbH, now a product of Sun’s xVM family, suitable for both enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).

FlickrFS

Flickrfs makes uploading to, downloading from, and organizing a Flickr account just like handling files in a mounted file system. After installing and setting up the link to your account, you can see all your photos separated into tag folders, edit and back up the pics and their metadata, and crop and resize photos on the fly, all reflected in realtime in your online account.

EclipseXSLT - XSLT Support for Eclipse

I kept searching for XPath tool and found really nice Eclipse plugin called EclipseXSLT.




I also found the other one, XPath Plugin, but it seem to be very limited in comparison to first one.

Free XPath Query Tool for Windows

I was trying to find free tool for testing XPath Queries. It looks like SharpDevelop IDE got XPath Query tool.

Read about it in this article.

If you already got Visual Studio 2005 on installed there is nice plugin called XPathmania debribed in this blog entry.

Visual Studio .NET Add-Ins

From the console compiler to the powerful Visual Studio IDE, .NET is just about coding as much as the tools. Fabio Pedrosa's list of 15 indispensable VS.NET add-ins.

CodeGear Delphi for PHP

The RAD visual PHP development environment

* Accelerate PHP web development with Delphi’s proven visual (RAD) framework for PHP
* Simplify PHP programming with Delphi’s comprehensive PHP for VCL libraries
* Sophisticated editing and integrated debugging speeds up the process of tracking down bugs and errors in the code
* Integrated development environment streamlines code management and navigation so managing and organizing PHP code has never been easier.

MiniAjax.com

A showroom of nice looking simple downloadable DHTML and AJAX scripts.

AJAX Patterns: Design Patterns for AJAX Usability

AJAX holds a lot of promise for web usability, and the underlying technology has already delivered some stunning applications. But it’s no magic bullet. Careful design is always required, and it must be based specifically on the technology at hand. As AJAX emerges, we’re going to learn more about what sort of design works, and we’ll need ways of documenting this information and talking about it.

Search Engines Unite On Unified Sitemaps System

In alphabetical order, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to all support a unified system of submitting web pages through feeds to their crawlers. Called Sitemaps, taking its name from the precursor system that Google launched last year, all three search engines will now support the method.

Search Engines Unite On Unified Sitemaps System

OpenLaszlo

OpenLaszlo is an open source platform for creating zero-install web applications with the user interface capabilities of desktop client software.

OpenLaszlo programs are written in XML and JavaScript and transparently compiled to Flash and soon DHTML. The OpenLaszlo APIs provide animation, layout, data binding, server communication, and declarative UI. An OpenLaszlo application can be as short as a single source file, or factored into multiple files that define reusable classes and libraries.

TortoiseSVN

TortoiseSVN is a really easy-to-use version control / source control client under a GPL license!

Features of TortoiseSVN/Subversion:

Windows Shell (Explorer) integration. Can be used without any IDE.

Icon overlays show immediately which files/folders need to be uploaded (committed) to the database.

Easy to use dialogs for version control operations.

The UI is available in different languages.

Global revision numbers. You can get old versions of your project and not just single files.

Atomic transactions. Interrupted operations don't affect the repository at all.

Google Releases AJAX Framework

Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a Java software development framework that makes writing AJAX applications like Google Maps and Gmail easy for developers who don't speak browser quirks as a second language. Writing dynamic web applications today is a tedious and error-prone process; you spend 90% of your time working around subtle incompatabilities between web browsers and platforms, and JavaScript's lack of modularity makes sharing, testing, and reusing AJAX components difficult and fragile.

GWT lets you avoid many of these headaches while offering your users the same dynamic, standards-compliant experience. You write your front end in the Java programming language, and the GWT compiler converts your Java classes to browser-compliant JavaScript and HTML.

Backing Up Flickr Photos with Amazon S3

Matt Croydon has written a quick (25 lines!) Python script that automatically backs up his photos from Flickr to S3.