I had a problem connecting mysql from DBDesigner4. Error occurs : Connection to database failed. dbExpress Error: Invalid Username/Password Username/Password spelled correctly. The problem is because DBDesigner4 was designed for MySQL 3.x.x. For MySQL 4 and higher we have to do the old password trick. This is the solution which is works fine for me. [...]

I have been using Eclipse for quite some time now. I prefer Eclipse as development IDE because its ease of use. The overall design of Eclipse keeps the tools you need immediately at your fingertips. Using APT to install Eclipse on your Debian / Ubuntu machine will give you the old version of Eclipse. I [...]

As a PHP Developer, I think it’s time to move forward to PHP5. Today, I checked GoPHP5.org initiative: PHP developers cannot leverage PHP 5′s full potential without dropping support for PHP 4, but PHP 4 is still installed on a majority of shared web hosts and users would then be forced to switch to a [...]

Dojo 0.9 Beta has been released. In Dojo 0.9 dojo.debug() is no longer your friend. They have ported Firebug. dojo.firebug() is a port of Firebug Lite. What this means is that if you are viewing your app on a browser without Firebug, not only will you not get runtime errors, but you’ll get a debugger… [...]

Alex has updated the why dojo article. It’s a great article to read for everyone wanting to know what it does and why and also how it compares to the other popular toolkits/ajax framework. The why dojo article is here.