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Greetings, %Member:CustomField3%!
After months of development, the public beta
of the new and improved
Hot
Scripts has been launched - the best
just got better! We are still in the throes
of some additional tweaking, so please bear
with us.
This is an exciting time for Hot Scripts! We
have listened carefully to you, our visitors
and members, to produce a directory you can
enjoy using and feel a part of. The new Hot
Scripts has been completely rewritten from
the ground up. Beyond the obvious cosmetic
makeover, we have preserved, streamlined or
enhanced most of the traditional features
you have come to rely on. In the near
future, we will be introducing a number of
new services, features and advertising
opportunities that leverages our new and
sophisticated database platform. Be ready to
take your Hot Scripts experience to a whole
new level!
Throughout 2009, new features, services and
modules will be rolled out. Our foremost
priority will be to expand our current
content inventory and include sections like
APIs, widgets, Mashups and add-ons. This
year is going to be an exciting year for Hot
Scripts! Don't miss it!!!
Regards,
Ahmad Permessur
Newsletter Editor
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Web Development related Podcasts |
There are relatively few Web
development or programming related
podcasts, but enough for your
listening pleasure. If you're a web
developer here are some of the podcasts you
should be listening to keep you in
the loop of upcoming technology
trends:
WebDevRadio
Monthly podcasts on all topics
relating to news, views and issues
for Web developers. Each podcasts
covers up different topics including
include
tools, tips and techniques to make
your web application development
life more productive.
Web 2.0
Show
The Web 2.0 Show profiles the people behind
some of today's coolest upcoming web
services. The podcast focuses on
interviewing the
developers and entrepreneurs who are
creating the next generation of web services
and media delivery.
Boagworld
A weekly podcast produced by Paul Boag, who
runs a web design agency. The podcast
focuses on all things relating to building
and running
websites. Don't miss their latest episode on
the supposed 'war' between designers and
developers.
Stack Overflow
A weekly podcast from a programming
community. It covers a wide variety of
subjects pertaining to software development.
You can also email
them your recorded questions that will get
answered in their next episode.
WebDevDesign
Web Dev Design's focus is to strengthen web
communities, supporting web professionals by
aggregating and distilling the latest
technical
knowledge through print and digital media.
Each podcast returns with a companion zine
offering an up to date reference to
training, articles,
tutorials, events and communities.
Hanselminutes
Hanselminutes is a weekly audio talk show
with noted web developer Scott Hanselma.
Scott discusses utilities and tools, gives
practical how-to
advice, and discusses ASP.NET or Windows
issues and workarounds.
Herding
Code
A weekly podcast about a variety of topics
in technology and software development. The
podcast is based on a roundtable style about
whatever development topic tickles the hosts
fancy for that week.
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Featured Scripts |
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PHP
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Databasic
A wrapper class for MySQL database
contains several useful methods. |
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JavaScript
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STEditor
A very small (7KB Zip) wysiwyg
editor written in JavaScript. |
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Java
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tPassword
A little password protection system
based on a Java applet. |
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DiamondList
A free open source Ruby on Rails
wishlist management program. |
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Flash
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FlexiZommer
Flash component that allows you to
zoom and pan images. |
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CGI &
Perl
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csLiveSupport
A live support script that lets you
interact with your visitors in real
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ASP.NET |
KBMentor
A script which lets you set up a
knowledgebase system on your site. |
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UserVoice - Customer feedback made
easy! |
Today's market is governed by customers'
feedback. By participating in those
discussions, you will not only build a
better relationship with the public, but
will also harness their feedback to enhance
existing products and develop new features.
The concept of
UserVoice
is simple, and I would term it as being a
combination of Digg and Twitter for users'
feedback. People are able to either submit a
new feedback or vote for existing feedback.
Both the users and the owner can discuss
proposed bugs and feature requests. Finally
each week, your users will receive an update
email with updates on the items they
submitted or voted for.
One of the notable features of UserVoice is
the way it can be easily integrated in your
existing Web site. You can skin it using CSS
to match your site's look and feel or point
your sub-domain using CNAME to your branded
page on UserVoice. But other than being a
feature-rich application, UserVoice is in
itself an extremely well done Web 2.0
application in terms of usability.
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Lovely Charts - Web based diagram
creation tool |
Lovely Charts is a free Web based
application that allows you to create nice
looking diagrams - flow charts, wireframes,
site maps and other visualizations with an
easy to use drag-and-drop interface. It is
far better than other online diagramming
application I have reviewed. Once you are
done designing your chart, you can save it
and export it as PNG files. Some of the
planned features include real-time
collaboration and user-generated content
whereby you can create and share your custom
libraries to others.
This web application is built using Adobe
Flex and PHP. If you want to learn more
about its underlying technology, I recommend
reading RJ Owen's
interview with Lovely Charts creator.
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