If you configure Apache to serve Perl-scripts via mod_perl, and you get an “500 Internal Server Error” each time you access a perl script, you might want to check the first line in the script.
#!/perl/bin/perl.exe
Is what you can find, but…is that where you installed perl? I didn’t! So change the line to point to the correct location of perl.exe (#!c:/progra~1/perl/bin/perl.exe) and try the script again. It worked for me.
Qt from Trolltech had a dual-license since its beginning, but not for Windows. If you wanted to use Qt on Windows, you had to buy a commercial license, even if you were creating an open-source application. This has changed today, as you can read in this press-release.
Qt is a C++ application framework, and having that on Windows, Linux, HP-UX, AIX, Mac OS/X and some other operating systems means that you can write an application that compiles to NATIVE code without recoding. But the guys from Trolltech can convince you better than I can, so read more about Qt here.
Allen blogs about the Visual Studio versus Delphi debate. Quite an interesting piece of Borland propaganda, if you ask me. As I see it: Delphi is not Delphi anymore, it’s just Visual Studio with a Delphi (read: able to compile Object Pascal) core. What is left out of the equation is (and I have ranted about this before) the price. If you’re a one-man band (like I am) you will choose VS.NET because it’s cheaper, has more support for it’s price and it’s easier to get new (preview, early access, beta) material. If you’re a big company and you need a license for say 20 developers, it sure is a difference to shell out 20 times 3500 for Delphi (total 70,000 plus quite some more for support), or 5 times MSDN Universal (no need for every developer to have everything) and 15 times VS.NET Enterprise Architect (total of 5×2800 + 15×2500 = $51,500 ~ 40,000).
What I miss in VS.NET? Live data at design time. That’s it. And Borland only has live data with their own dataproviders, and we all know that Borlands drivers are not known for their speed. Remember BDE?
Mind you, I have Borland Delphi 6 Enterprise, but I still don’t see why I need to shell out so much money for the upgrade to Delphi2005, when more and more (potential) clients are asking for C# programmers and I can have basically the same IDE (VS.NET) as FULL product for less than the Borland upgrade. How’s that for keeping your customers?
A couple of seconds ago, I switched on the “use-extra-path-info” in the b2evolution settings, so permalinks and links to the categories will be more search-engine friendly. If things are broke, let me know.
Have a look at this rant from Leendert. It’s about seperating markup and code, or to be specific the HTML-design and using embedded PHP-code (or templates). Although the discussion is about web-applications, replacing the HTML/PHP-related words with the appropriate for your environment makes it a document that should not be taken lightly. Use it to work on your boss, whenever he wants the job to be done quick and dirty, just because HE (she?) has been given a deadline. With this document you have an argument why you can only meet that deadline, by seperating business logic and presentation.
If you’re ever going to do SOMETHING with PHP, then check out this site. Wonderful. Check the number one freeware IDE (no, it’s not PHPEdit), or search for some tutorial-links. I just found the site with Google. Great stuff.
People, just a couple of seconds ago, I switched IIS off and turned Apache2 on, so if you’ve just entered the site, you are part of the Early Adaptor program 😉
Please let me know if there are any problems. Graphics missing, performance issues, or anything.
Apache should serve the following:
/b2e/blogs (you are currently looking at it)
/wiki (FlexWiki)
/cm (Coppermine PhotoGallery)
/ldu (Land Down Under)
The fun thing is: /wiki is a ASP.NET application….
Update 01-02-2005: Apache now also hosts:
/mail (for reading mail while not at home)
/mambo (will be the future website entrance)
Not working yet:
/files
Please tell me that this guy needs this colorscheme because of poor eyesight or something. This is absurd!
My birthday just started with a Kir Royal, and we’re going to finish the second glass in the shower…
Oracle released an add-in for Microsoft Excel, that enables end users to display and navigate Oracle OLAP data from within Excel, and treat it just like other Excel data. Thanks for noticing, Amis. Let’s see if we can use it to replace Discoverer…