JavaScript Benchmark overall winner

As of 18:00 GMT September 2, 2008, Google released officially the first beta version of their own web browser named Google Chrome.

My thoughts...

As soon as I installed Google Chrome, I was amazed of it's interface, it was execellent! After being fascinated with it's interface, a question came in to my mind, "How fast is it?".

How fast is it?

Really fast! It is not only based on the internet connection I have, but with the loading of the files need by the site, its fast! Thanks to the multi-threading technology of Chrome, which makes loading of html documents, images, stylesheets, scripts, etc. a thing of the past.

Sometimes its not just the downloading of files a browser must perform, but on how it handles JavaScript codes, giving the right output at the right time. That's Chrome wins with the current browsers today, Chrome comes with a new JavaScript engine called V8 JavaScript engine.

CNet.com made a Speed Test for Javascript, I am suprised on how Chrome crushed the current browsers today in the JavaScript Benchmark.

[Read more in CNet.com]

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Web Developer's must have FF add-ons...

Firebug
A must have for all web developers, it has it all. From DOM inspection, JavaScript debugging, HTML and CSS live modification. [Download]

ShowIP
A simple tool that retrieves that IP address of the website currently viewed. [Download]

MeasureIt
A tool that lets you measure that page or an element in the page in pixels. [Download]

Firesizer
Simple yet functional tool that lets you resize your Firefox window to a specific width and height. This tool is great for developers that needs to look the layout of their site in low resolution screens. [Download]

Web Developer
As the name says, it is a tool for Web Developers. Contains various tools that can help you in developing a website. [Download]
Note: This tool is good but honestly I don't use it. Why? Because it slows me down.

FireFTP
FTP Client embed in Firefox. [Download]
Note: For beginners, this tool can help you understand how to use a FTP client. For me, I don't use it, because it only uses one(1) connection at a time. Not recommended for multiple file uploading.

Dummy Lipsum
A tool that helps you insert automatically "Lorem Ipsum..." dummy text. This is great for filling-up forms that gives you a problem on what to insert in a field. [Download]


For more Firefox Add-Ons Web Development related just click the link below.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:1/cat:4

10 Things to remember about AJAX

10 Things to remember about AJAX:

1. Ajax is an idea, not an acronym
2. It's really all about JavaScript
3. XML is not required
4. Plan for an increase in HTTP requests
5. Optimize Ajax requests carefully
6. Acknowledge the two-connection limit
7. Watch out for response ordering
8. Acknowledge the effects of eliminating "Layer 8" error correction
9. Old security threats get a second exposure
10. Abide by same origin for your protection

To read more about this go to: http://www.networkworld.com/research/2008/033108-ajax.html?page=1

Life

I'll try to be not so dramatic bout this... ;)

Since I was in college, I had a passion for Computer Programming. I don't know how I came into programming. All I dreamed before when I was young is to be a Pilot or an Mechanical Engineer like my father.

The first Programming Language(PL) is encountered was BASIC(Beginners All-purpose Instruction Symbolic Code) which is really basic! It just funny that I don't really had a hard time learning it. I started to love web-based programming, since my 2nd year in college, when we had a subject about JavaScript. It was fun in that subject, some of my classmate had a hard time in that subject, but I don't.

PHP

I learned PHP all by myself. I never attended any seminars or any subjects about PHP. It just came to me that it was a great PL for web-based scripting. I love PHP! I love it than Visual Basic 6, which I also excelled in college. As of now, I am using PHP for more than a year and a half.

Web Developer life

You will experience pressures, like the client want the task to be finished in 1 day which a person can do it fast in 2 days. I learned a lot in my job. It is true that learning is beyond school and books.