Tools of the Trade: Web development tools list

Well, it's not mine, but it's great.
Dion Almaer's Web resources page includes a shiny list of web resources/tools/tips he uses when developing web applications (on PHP though, baaah.).
He indicates that some of the links are outdated, but promises to fix it. as soon as possible.

max indelicato:17 Distributed Systems and Web Scalability Resources

Well, scaling an application in my opinion, i like doing the dishes after a really big dinner, nobody wants to do it, but you have to.
Just leaving it there will only make the process of cleaning and washing the dishes worst, and might add some more problems on the way.
Max Indelicato stats in his blog a list of 17 Distributed Systems and Web Scalability Resources which makes it easier to understand and to implement a proper application scaling policy, and on time.

Free Legal Documents, Contracts and other stuff

if you need a real, professional legal document, go to a lawyer!

Now that we are done with the warning, i want to recommend a very good free online pdf and other document collection site, and specifically it's rich legal category, i found some pretty good documents over there. enjoy.

Tim Bray: Ruby is the Leading Language for Web Applications

A pretty while ago in fact (Apr 2008), i wonder what the status is right now..
"In his keynote talk at the recent Silicon Valley Ruby Conference, Sun’s Tim Bray asserted that “PHP and Ruby are the languages of choice for new web apps.” Coming from most people, this wouldn’t be a remarkable comment, but given that Tim is Sun’s director of web technologies, it is worthy of note. Java wasn’t even on Tim’s list, much less his recommended solution."
from Building Web Apps (subscribe to their RSS, recommended!)

Who is the Boss? Web2.0 or us?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE

Skype Weblinks - Call a skype user or send an IM message in a html page

When the user has installed Skype, one can open Skype directly from a webpage. The protocol is skype:skypename - and some other optional flags.

The example will use my skype username, but i am sure you will be able to get the hang of it.

Call a skype user
The optional flag is call - to force Skype to call somebody. It can also be left out - but if the user changed the default behavior to e.g. chat - Skype will open an IM session instead. So - go the save way and use the call - flag.

Example: call a Skype user

<a href="skype:eladmeidar?call">Call</a>

Send an Skype IM message to a Skype user

The optional flag is chat. See the example below to see the usage in a html page.
Example: send a chat message to a Skype user

<a href="skype:eladmeidar?chat">Chat</a>

Send a voicemail to a Skype user
The optional flag is voicemail - as you might have guessed.
Example: send a voicemail to Skype user

<a href="skype:eladmeidar?voicemail">Voice mail</a>

Create a Skype conference call with multiple users
This is as easy as the examples above - just more usernames before the "?" and call as flag.
Example: create a Skype conference call

<a href="skype:eladmeidar;otherfriend123?call">call 2 friends</a>

Create a conference chat with multiple users
Same as conference call - with chat as flag.
Example: open a conference chat with multiple users - in html

<a href="skype:eladmeidar;otherfriend123?chat">Chat with 2 friends </a>

i am now working on a rails plugin to implement this automated use for Rails applications

bye bye pdfetch.com

I decided to shutdown pdfetch.com, although it was a nice idea, i don't really have the time to take care of it.
thank you all the 300,000 users who downloaded a pdf from my site, if anyone wants the code, just as for it in the comments.

Top 10 Design mistakes on the web

a great article about Do's and Don'ts on web design

web 2.0 validator

this one is good :)

this site redicoulesly rates your site as a web2.0, the check-list veries from "Denies Rocky V?" to "has favicon?".

go and web 2.0 validate yourself!