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Fast and painless installation of nodejs and npm

Posted on October 13, 2010 by cagdas

Nodejs community usually uses npm (simple package manager for nodejs) to distribute their projects. In other words, you should have npm installed on your dev/prod machine to move fast in deployment phase. Although both nodejs and npm installations are really … Continue reading →

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node.js and Session Handling

Posted on October 10, 2010 by cagdas

node.js provides you a very fast HTTP server, however you have to implement many features by yourself, or you can try to find modules/projects developed for node.js. I prefer the first way and actually this the most fun part of … Continue reading →

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Inception is a good movie…

Posted on August 8, 2010 by cagdas

…if the whole movie is just a dream. The movie is like a dream: the story has so many holes, jumps from scenes to scenes are so random and without solid reasons, and the characters are so weak and shallow. … Continue reading →

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Earthlings…

Posted on August 1, 2010 by cagdas

I’ve watched the documentary “Earthlings“. It displays very shocking facts (by shocking I mean if you were unaware) about how we treat animals. There are so many torture and misbehaviour in the lifetime of any animal that feeds, entertains, or … Continue reading →

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Writing a set of helper functions classes for node.js

Posted on July 24, 2010 by cagdas

I’ve started a new project on github to implement some functionality on nodejs that makes web development easy and fun. I’ve started with the handler class which maps given url patterns to functions or node modules. You can get the … Continue reading →

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Garage Sales at Weekends

Posted on July 17, 2010 by cagdas

One thing that I really liked here is garage sales. At weekends, when you go for a morning walk you can always find a garage sale in the neighbourhood. People sell such interesting stuff that you cannot find them in … Continue reading →

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Handling Time Zones in PHP

Posted on July 15, 2010 by cagdas

Some problems have many solutions which makes them boring to work on. Saving and displaying the date time information in the correct timezone is such a problem. You can use existing libraries, you can have your own solution or you … Continue reading →

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After meeting with people from nodeJS community…

Posted on July 1, 2010 by cagdas

Yesterday, I had a chance to meet people from nodeJS community. As such a project requires, they are brilliant people with a high motivation. I’m playing with nodeJS for a while and I really like the idea of using Javascript … Continue reading →

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First impressions about iPad…

Posted on April 4, 2010 by cagdas

My friend has bought an iPad for his sister and we had a chance to play with this new toy: a bright and clear screen with a smooth touch interface, fast and responsive applications and a very long-lasting battery in a … Continue reading →

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Inside Steve’s Brain, who is Steve?

Posted on April 3, 2010 by cagdas

I’ve finished the book for a long time ago but I’ve forgotten it in the shelves till the launch of iPad. I’ll share my thoughts about the book and the main character of the book and then I’ll probably forget it again. … Continue reading →

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