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Client-side full-text search in CSS 15 May 2013

Using data- attributes for indexation, and a dynamic stylesheet with a CSS3 selector for search, the implementation of a client-side full-text search is possible (and straightfoward) in CSS rather than JavaScript. The interest? Speed! Check out an example with commented code after the break. Read more »

Pourquoi Symfony est-il (encore) open-source ? 11 Apr 2013

English speakers: This post is based on the keynote speech I gave during the Symfony Live Paris 2013 conference. It's in French, and too long to be translated. But people from the audience asked me to publish it. Don't be afraid though: this blog is still mostly in English. Symfony paye une partie de votre salaire, et c'est pourtant le résultat d'un don. Mais pas forcément d'un don désintéressé. Après de petits détours philosophiques, sociologiques et économiques, nous verrons si l'Open-Source en général - et Symfony en particulier - sont l'aboutissement du rêve de doux dingues, ou l'amorce d'une nouvelle ère. Read more »

Visual Patterns in Source Code Arrangement 04 Mar 2013

If you take a bird's-eye view on a code repository using data visualization techniques, some visual patterns emerge that can help refactoring, team collaboration, and maintenability. This post illustrates a few patterns found using CodeFlower, an open-source code visualization tool I recently released. Read more »

Sequelize, the JavaScript ORM, in practice 20 Feb 2013

Node.js is well-know for its good connectivity with NoSQL databases. A less know fact is that it's also very efficient with relational databases. Among the dozens ORMs out there in JavaScript, one stands out for relational databases: Sequelize. It's quite easy to learn but there are not many pointers about how to organize model code with this module. Here are a few tips we learned by using Sequelize in a medium size project. Read more »

Older posts

15 Jan 2013 » Functional Testing For Node.js Using Mocha and Zombie.js
01 Jan 2013 » What a Happy New Year
11 Dec 2012 » Head Up: What If API Status Pages Were Standardized?
10 Dec 2012 » Company Name Generator, I Need You Again
07 Dec 2012 » Uptime V3 is Released
16 Nov 2012 » Uptime V3 Is On The Way: Join The Beta!
29 Oct 2012 » Faker 1.1 was just released
26 Oct 2012 » How I Found My Company Name
12 Oct 2012 » MongoDB New Aggregation Framework And SQL side-By-Side
03 Oct 2012 » Nancy
19 Sep 2012 » Uptime Is Now Node 0.8 Compatible
12 Sep 2012 » Open-Source Relies on Selfishness, But There Is Nothing Wrong About It
10 Aug 2012 » Node.js is Like PHP in the 00s: Already Ubiquituous, Just Not Detected Yet
09 Aug 2012 » How to Design REST APIs for Mobile?
06 Aug 2012 » Uptime 1.3 is released
03 Aug 2012 » Screenshot-As-A-Service Now In Beta: Test The REST Service Online For Free
25 Jul 2012 » Starting A New Adventure
26 Jun 2012 » USI 2012 Second And Last Day Wrap-Up
25 Jun 2012 » USI 2012 First Day Wrap-Up
17 Jun 2012 » Node.js For PHP Programmers #4: Streams
20 May 2012 » Switching Our Corporate Version Control System to GitHub
17 May 2012 » Enable Back Button Handling With Twitter Bootstrap Tabs Plugin
28 Apr 2012 » Faker For ORM: Now with Behavior Support
21 Apr 2012 » Uptime 1.2 is released
15 Apr 2012 » Node.js for PHP Programmers #3: Exceptions and Errors
28 Mar 2012 » Introducing Uptime, a Remote Monitoring Application That Just Works (Screencast)
07 Mar 2012 » The Best Way To Learn A New Programming Language...
08 Feb 2012 » Faker Is Now Available In 8 Languages
07 Feb 2012 » Node.js for PHP programmers #2: Modules, Packages, And The Strawberry House
23 Jan 2012 » Node.js for PHP Programmers #1: Event-driven programming... and Pasta.
10 Jan 2012 » This is not what you think. Beware of "this"... in JavaScript
14 Dec 2011 » Hacking Games
21 Nov 2011 » Internet Reduces Your Mid Term Memory
13 Nov 2011 » Open-Source is a Gift
24 Oct 2011 » Using Faker to Populate a Database: With an ORM, It's a Piece of Cake
17 Oct 2011 » Say Goodbye to Fixture Files: Introducing Faker
16 Oct 2011 » Welcome