Category Archives: Web development & design

PowerShell is just awesome

Posted on 2013-01-07 by jhh

I’ve known for a while that PowerShell is useful but I never got myself to take that two hours to learn to actually use it. Today I did just that. And it’s simply awesome! Tasks like reading a remote RSS … Continue reading →

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Setting up HTTP server on Windows with Node.js

Posted on 2012-12-24 by jhh

Some years ago I dreamed about running JavaScript applications on Windows systems as easy as it was on Linux. It seems the future is here. Today it’s really easy to setup Node.js and install NPM apps on Windows systems. Here’s … Continue reading →

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NKO 2012 — two days left!

Posted on 2012-11-08 by jhh

I am participating in NKO once more this year. We have a four member team and we’re planning to make a website with some hopefully interesting features. I hope we get the first version of the site up before Saturday … Continue reading →

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PHP’s json_decode behaving badly

Posted on 2012-04-10 by jhh

Funny thing with PHP’s json_decode… $ php <?php echo var_export(json_decode(“true “, true), true) ?> NULL (Press ctrl-d after you write “?>”.) The same using node.js: $ node > JSON.parse(“true “) true > exit Of course it could be argued that … Continue reading →

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CSS Anti Spam Trick with content attribute

Posted on 2012-03-30 by jhh

Some time ago I stumbled upon a simple way to add email addresses on web pages – that are not easy to read by bots – using only CSS. First you add new class .email with your domain into your style sheet: .email:after … Continue reading →

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Join my team at Node Knockout

Posted on 2011-08-17 by jhh

I am setting up a team for Node Knockout. It is a contest where teams are creating a web application with Node.js in 48 hours starting August 27. For us this will be a hobby project: having fun and learning … Continue reading →

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I joined Twitter

Posted on 2011-04-10 by jhh

You can now follow me on Twitter, @jheusala. Too bad my full name was too long. I had to cut hyphen from it. :-) Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Tweet … Continue reading →

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Sendanor.com

Posted on 2011-04-02 by jhh

We are starting a new kind of web service platform for websites and applications all alike. Our mission is to make installing, building and maintaining web applications as easy as it should be for any user (advanced or not) no … Continue reading →

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