Gregg Pollack and Jason Seifer from RailsEnvy.com do some Ruby on Rails commercials in the same style of the Mac vs PC ads.

This is the Ruby on Rails vs Java clip

and this is the Ruby on Rails vs PHP clip

Quite interesting I could say.

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WAMP5 installs automatically Apache 1.3.31 ,PHP5, MySQL database ,PHPmyadmin and SQLitemanager on your computer. It’s principal aim is to allow you to easily discover the new version oh PHP : PHP5. WAMP5 comes with a service manager installed as a tray icon. It allows you to manage WAMP5 and access all services.

When you install WAMP5, all the files are copied in the directory you choose. Conf files are then modified to point to that directory. It also installs a “www” directory which will be your Document Root. At the end of the installation, WAMP5 will automatically install Apache and MySQL as services.

WAMP5’s installation is compact. This means that all files are copied to WAMP5’s directory. Only the MySQL conf file (usually my.ini) is copied to the Windows directory but as “mywamp.ini” to avoid conflicts with other installs.

Download the WAMP5 >>>

A drawing of a comic character, done entirely using HTML. Amazing!

Montastic is an extremely handy tool that monitors websites for you and lets you know when they go down.

This is great for developers who need to keep track of numerous sites (up to 100). Montastic checks your sites every 10 minutes and as soon as one or more sites go down, it will instantly send an email to you and up to five other people. Best of all, the service is completely free.

If you want something a bit more detailed, mon.itor.us offers more detailed stats and charts and allows you to monitor, amongst others, HTTP, FTP, Ping and POP. This service is also free

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Having a working knowledge of XHTML and CSS when developing applications is a big help in knowing what can be done client-side and what should be generated server-side.

Here are 3 brilliant examples of Bar Graphs made using CSS.

Basic CSS Bar Graph

Complex CSS Bar Graph

Vertical CSS Bar Graph

View the code of the examples @ Apples To Oranges >>>