background preloader

Develop

Facebook Twitter

Busy Developers' Guide to HSSF and XSSF Features. Busy Developers' Guide to Features Want to use HSSF and XSSF read and write spreadsheets in a hurry? This guide is for you. If you're after more in-depth coverage of the HSSF and XSSF user-APIs, please consult the HOWTO guide as it contains actual descriptions of how to use this stuff. Workbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook(); FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream("workbook.xls"); wb.write(fileOut); fileOut.close(); Workbook wb = new XSSFWorkbook(); FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream("workbook.xlsx"); wb.write(fileOut); fileOut.close(); Workbook wb = new HSSFWorkbook(); // or new XSSFWorkbook(); Sheet sheet1 = wb.createSheet("new sheet"); Sheet sheet2 = wb.createSheet("second sheet"); // Note that sheet name is Excel must not exceed 31 characters // and must not contain any of the any of the following characters: // 0x0000 // 0x0003 // colon (:) // backslash (\) // asterisk (*) // question mark (?)

Working with different types of cells Demonstrates various alignment options. XFN - XHTML Friends Network. XFN™ (XHTML Friends Network) is a simple way to represent human relationships using hyperlinks. In recent years, blogs and blogrolls have become the fastest growing area of the Web. <a href=" rel="friend met">... To find out how to write and use XFN, or to write a program to generate or spider it, read the following sections: Introduction and Examples Introduction to XFN, examples, styling suggestions, and future potential. Getting Started Join the XHTML Friends Network in just four easy steps! Profile Version 1.1 of the XFN meta data profile: the list of the values used in XFN with their significance. Background The thinking that went into the design of XFN, why particular values were chosen, and why other values were left out. Frequently asked questions about XFN. XFN Tools A collection of tools, templates, editors, communities, and other resources that let you edit XFN information.

XFN and ... How to use XFN with numerous social network services and other technologies. Press.

Css

Tools. A collection of tools, plugins, and other hacks that I've put together. In most cases, these are solutions to problems I faced, or else enhancements I wanted but couldn't find elsewhere. If they're useful to you, great! Have a blast. A simple slide show system that uses one (X)HTML file, some CSS, and a bit of JavaScript. You can have your presentation slides and printed handouts generated from the same file—it's easy! Color Blender This is the one the kids all love. URL Decoder/Encoder Not nearly as cool or flashy as the Color Blender, it's still useful for situations where a massively long encoded URL needs to be decoded.

A small collection of stylesheets that you can use as web development tools. Google Maps-based Tools I love maps, and I enjoy programming. WordPress Plugins and Hacks Small(ish) PHP files you can add to your WordPress plugins directory to make WP better, or at least different, than the default install. NetNewsWire 2 Themes Favelets XFN Tools. Favelets. Favelets The type of favelet I discuss on this page is a particular brand: these just dynamically write a link element into the head of the document.

The link points to a style sheet. This allows for "diagnosis" favelets that are easy to update or change (you just edit the style sheet). Favelet Creator Input the URL of the style sheet you want to use in your favelet, and the name of the favelet as you want it to appear in your toolbar. The "Favelet" link should automatically update to use those values; you then simply drag it into your favorites toolbar. Sample Style Sheets Copy any or all of the following to your Web server or hard drive, depending on your preference, and use them as you will.

For more excellent favelets/bookmarklets, please see favelets.com and Jesse's Bookmarklets. Helicoid - Agile applications for everyday use. Hartija - Project Hosting on Google Code. Recently I had a client who wanted to improve the printing layout for his web site. I made mini case analysing various web printing techniques and how different web sites site manage "printer friendly" pages.

The Study and analysis of different CSS methods for web printing brought me to a discovery that many important web sites are not optimized for printing, even the kind that can be done with little effort. To solve this problem I decided to make universal Cascading Style Sheets for web printing by uniting all best CSS printing practises into one. What is CSS Framework? "A CSS framework is a library that is meant to allow for easier, more standards-compliant styling of a webpage using the Cascading Style Sheets language.

How to use this Framework? Just use it like normal CSS: Important: media set to "print" When you print the browser will use the stylesheet defined for printing. New: Brilliant printing bookmarklet The Printliminator CSS based on Hartija by Chris Coyier & Devon Govett. 17 Noteworthy Alternatives To Google Notebook. Google's decision to discontinue development of Google Notebook had some users petitioning to save it, while rival service Evernote is already offering Google Notebook imports. So for those left in the cold, and those not yet sold on Evernote, what are your options for alternatives? Whether it be notes for business meetings, in a classroom or trying to remember that last minute item before you go out for the evening, there are all sorts of note taking solutions out there to help you get things done.

Here's our roundup of 20 of the best. Where will you be taking your notes now? Let us know in the comments. Notetaking for Business Jjot - An easy interface for taking notes during a meeting with a "post-it note"-inspired interface. Microsoft OneNote - While OneNote is a paid service, there is something comforting about staying in the Microsoft Office family of tools if that's what you know best.

Classroom Notetaking General Purpose Notetaking. OpenERP Official Guidelines « Olivier Dony. Open ERP. See plans, pricing, and free trial. No surprise — who doesn't want a better business? Sign up for a free 30 day trial: Or We can see exactly what needs to be done and when. We were missing tasks and deadlines before we found Basecamp. We're much more efficient now. -Tina Lannin, 121 Captions We generate zero emails. Communication with clients now goes super smoothly. What happens when the trial’s up? No. What if we need more than 30 days to evaluate Basecamp?

If you haven’t purchased Basecamp before the trial ends, and you need a little more time, just let us know. Is there any limit to the number of projects we can run? No. If you have questions we didn't cover, we'd be happy to answer them.