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How To Create A Simple Google Chrome App In Less Than 5 Minutes

How To Create A Simple Google Chrome App In Less Than 5 Minutes
If you take a look at Google’s “Web Store” many Google Chrome apps listed there are basically just quick ways to access web-pages. For example, the official Google Docs app does what? It opens docs.google.com. The Hootsuite app? It opens hootsuite.com/dashboard Etc. While that may defeat the purpose of an app (shouldn’t it be more than just a bookmark?) Creating A Custom Chrome Dashboard When you start up Google Chrome, you have two options: 1. 2. UPDATE: Google recently changed its “new tab” page, hiding the apps. “Users who want to restore the previous design should type “ in the omnibox — minus the quotation marks — locate the “Enable Instant Extended API” setting in the long list, and change it from “Enable” to “Disable.”” – makeuseof Seeing these big icons on start-up can be an advantage to the often cluttered gallery of mini-screenshots of recently visited webpages. It’s more focused, clean and enables super-quick access to everyday functions even when your eyes are tired.

Scripting Languages: PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby (Sheet One) - Hyperpolyglot a side-by-side reference sheet sheet one: version | grammar and execution | variables and expressions | arithmetic and logic | strings | regexes | dates and time | arrays | dictionaries | functions | execution control | exceptions | threads sheet two: streams | asynchronous events | files | file formats | directories | processes and environment | option parsing | libraries and namespaces | objects | inheritance and polymorphism | reflection | net and web | gui | databases | unit tests | logging | debugging sheet two: streams | asynchronous events | files | directories | processes and environment | option parsing | libraries and namespaces | objects | inheritance and polymorphism | reflection | net and web | gui | databases | unit tests | logging | debugging version used The versions used for testing code in the reference sheet. show version How to get the version. php: The function phpversion() will return the version number as a string. python: import platform platform.python_version() ruby: <? pad

Hunch Learn Top 10 Excel Features Posted on April 16th, 2013 in Charts and Graphs , Learn Excel , Power Pivot , VBA Macros - 11 comments Last week, we had a lovely poll on what are your favorite features of Excel? More than 120 people responded to it with various answers. So I did what any data analyst worth his salt would do, I downloaded all the 120+ comments dataI home brewed a large cup of coffee and started gulping it.I started analyzing the comments So here are the top 10 features in Excel according to you. 1. 63 people (50%) said Formulas are their favorite feature in Excel. Resources to learn Excel formulas: 2. 55 people said VBA is what makes them use Excel. Macros, little VBA programs are what you write to achieve this. Resources to learn VBA: 3. 53 people said they love Pivot tables. Pivot tables are ideal tools for managers & analysts who always have to answer questions like, What is the trend of sales in last 6 months? Resources to learn Pivot tables: 4. Resources to learn lookup formulas: 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

14 Cool And Unusual Aquariums EmailEmail Do you live a stressful life, have high blood pressure and insomnia? Keeping an aquarium may be a good therapy for you! Studies going back as far as the late 80’s have shown that watching those beautiful fish going about their daily business can make you feel calm, reducing stress levels and your blood pressure. Although researchers have shown that the greater reduction in blood pressure occurred when there were fish in the tank, vs pleasingly decorated, but fishless, tanks – having a cool aquarium can at least make your friends jealous! [1 2 3] 1. Duplex is an acquarium/cage favouring an improbable encounter between a bird and a fish. 2. (Link) 3. (Link) 4. Ever wondered what to do with that ancient 26″ wooden TV set laying around in yours or your grandparent’s garage? 5. iPond The iPond is an iPod accessory the combines a speaker with a tiny aquarium. 6. If you do not have enough room in your new office to put an aquarium, just integrate an Aquarium in the table. 7. 8. 9. 10.

30 free programming eBooks - citizen428.blog() Since this post got quite popular I decided to incorporate some of the excellent suggestions posted in the comments, so this list now has more than 50 books in it. BTW: I’m not very strict on the definition of “ebook”, some of them are really just HTML versions of books. [UPDATED: 2012-01-18] Learning a new programming language always is fun and there are many great books legally available for free online. Lisp/Scheme:Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic ComputationHow to Design ProgramsInterpreting Lisp (PDF, suggested by Gary Knott)Let Over LambdaOn LispPractical Common LispProgramming in Emacs LispProgramming Languages. Ruby:The Bastards Book of Ruby (suggested by Dan Nguyen)Clever Algorithms (suggested by Tales Arvelos)Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in RubyLearn Ruby the Hard WayLearn to ProgramMacRuby: The Definitive GuideMr. Erlang:Concurrent Programming in ErlangLearn You Some Erlang for Great Good

30 Pixel perfect websites | Awwwards We know how easy it is to buy a template change some colors, put an icon here and there, add a logo, some pictures and voilà, you've got yourself a website. But we also know good design takes time. Making a design that's not only good but great can be a tedious work, but you can tell when something has been made for an specific purpose. That's what happens when you strive for pixel perfection, it shows. How to Get The Best Antivirus Support Computers have effectively changed our lifestyle but they are always prone of virus intrusion. As their importance is increasing a proper protection for them is also required. A virus can intrude into a computer through any data storage device which carries infected data and comes in contact with the system. If a computer is connected to a network, chances of virus intrusion become very high if it is not protected by effective antivirus software. What is a computer virus? A computer virus is not like of a virus which infects a human body. What is Antivirus software? Antivirus software is a program that can detect and eliminate viruses on a computer. The second method is based on heuristic algorithm to find out viruses based on common behaviors. A user can download and install computer security software from the Internet for protecting his system. Article Source:

12 Days of Christmas - Make Your Own Adornament | Bower Power What the heck is an Adornament? Well, simply put, it’s an ornament you adore. Or an ornament that you have adorned. Or a dorn you have mented. Whatever floats your boat. What floated my figurative Christmas boat was thinking about making my own ornaments. I started by snagging a box of plain opaque white ornaments at my local Hobby Lobby for half off: And then I gathered some inspirational ornament photos: I loved the Ballard Designs alphabet lettered ornaments – don’t they kinda look like Lotto balls? So now that you have seen my inspiration – let me show you how I DIYed a few ornaments for around the Bower house. First I located my Sharpie paint pens – I love the metallic colors. And then I used a bit of painters tape to give me a guideline for my monogrammed ball: Then using the paint pen against the painters, I just drew two straight lines to give me my stem for the letter “B”. My second ornament was inspired by those ZGallerie votives. Don’t make fun of me. So whattya think?

A Quick, Painless Tutorial on the Python Language Norman Matloff University of California, Davis June 17, 2008 ©2003-2008, N. Contents What Are Scripting Languages? Languages like C and C++ allow a programmer to write code at a very detailed level which has good execution speed (especially in the case of C). The term scripting language has never been formally defined, but here are the typical characteristics: Used often for system administration, Web programming, text processing, etc. Why Python? The first really popular scripting language was Perl. Advocates of Python, often called pythonistas, say that Python is so clear and so enjoyable to write in that one should use Python for all of one's programming work, not just for scripting work. Background Needed Anyone with even a bit of programming experience should find the material through Section 8 to be quite accessible. The material beginning with Section 10 will feel quite comfortable to anyone with background in an object-oriented programming (OOP) language such as C++ or Java. Approach

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