http://artur.marnik.net past, present and future in web development Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:14:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Podczas tworzenia jednego z moich serwisów (www.rabatek.pl) popełniłem bardzo duży błąd: zaraz po ustanowieniu połączenia do bazy nie zmieniłem kodowania na UTF8 (domyślnie bylo latin1). Wszystko przez to że po raz pierwszy postanowiłem skorzystać z klasy PEAR::MDB2 i mi to umknęło. W każdym bądź razie strona już sobie istnieje kilka miesięcy ... http://artur.marnik.net/jak-przekonwertowac-baze-danych-z-ogonkami-na-utf8/ When creating a project it is always wise to use some version control program. I prefer to use SVN it is fast, easy to use and its support is build in in NetBeans IDE. Since I use hosting at 1and1 I tried to install my own SVN repository there. It is ... http://artur.marnik.net/how-to-use-svn-on-1and1-account/ I wrote this function long time ago and I have used it so many since then. I decided to publish it. You can find plenty of similar functions but this one is a little bit different. As a parameter you specify new MAX dimensions so image will be scaled based on ... http://artur.marnik.net/resize-an-image-function/ I was supposed to write about web development but recently I found my old recipe on how to make your own 'cytrynowka'. All you need is: 1L 190 proof alcohol (I use EVERCLEAR 190 PROOF GRAIN ALCOHOL) 8-10 lemons (depends on size) 1.5 glass of sugar little bit of salt 1L of water - Ok so ... http://artur.marnik.net/cytrynowka-polish-lemon-vodka/ "COMPETITIVE SALARY" Most of our competitors don't pay much either. "JOIN OUR FAST-PACED COMPANY" We have no time to train you. "CASUAL WORK ATMOSPHERE" You'll be here very late, very often -- might as well be comfortable. "MUST BE DEADLINE-ORIENTED" Your first four projects are already way overdue. "SOME OVERTIME REQUIRED" Did we mention that you'll be here very ... http://artur.marnik.net/cracking-the-human-resource-code/ If you ask me one year ago "have you seen jQuery" my answer would be "have you seen what?" If you ask me six months ago I would say "I heard about it but I don't see any benefit in using it. I know javascript well enough to write my own ... http://artur.marnik.net/why-should-you-use-jquery/ This is just a beginning. I hope to find enough time to write some articles about web development (PHP, Javascript, CSS, Flex ...) and my hobby photography. I spend a lot of time writing code and even more time googling around for help and solutions. I know how difficult it is to ... http://artur.marnik.net/no-hello-world-today/