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Linux Journal May 1, 2007 Collin Park |
OpenOffice.org ODF, Python and XML Combine Python with the open format of ODF files to manipulate fine details. |
Linux Journal April 1, 2007 Chad Files |
Use Inkscape and XSLT to Create Cross-Platform Reports and Forms A way to create platform-independent dynamic forms and reports. |
Linux Journal May 1, 2000 Jacek Artymiak |
Python Programming for Beginners If you want to outsmart the Spanish Inquisition, learn Python. This article is a practical introduction to writing non-trivial applications in Python. |
Linux Journal February 1, 2007 Marcel Gagne |
Cooking with Linux - Words, Words, Words... When it comes to being understood and sharing information, it's not just about open source, it's about open standards. |
JavaWorld July 2000 Mark Johnson |
Programming XML in Java, Part 3 An in-depth look at the Document Object Model (DOM), the most common alternative XML-processing mechanism. See how you can use DOM to manipulate the source code data in an illustrative example program... |
JavaWorld August 2000 Robert Hustead |
Mapping XML to Java, Part 1 The SAX API is superior to the DOM API in many aspects of runtime performance. In this article we will explore using SAX to map XML data to Java. Because using SAX is not as intuitive as using DOM, we will also spend some time familiarizing ourselves with coding to SAX. |
JavaWorld September 2000 Andre Tost |
XML document processing in Java using XPath and XSLT The XSLT and XPath standards provide a way of handling certain problems that is more elegant and efficient than simply using the DOM API. In fact, using DOM, XSLT, and XPath together, applying each to different problems, will lead to the best code... |
PC Magazine December 28, 2004 Richard V. Dragan |
Ease into XML with Microsoft Word 2003 Office 2003 is XML-aware, and Word is a good place to get your feet wet. |
Linux Journal December 30, 2005 William Nagel |
Embedding Python in Your C Programs With surprisingly little effort, the Python interpreter can be integrated into your program to add features quickly that could take months if written entirely in C. |
Linux Journal May 1, 2007 Nicholas Petreley |
Ajax Simplified Ajax can become complex as far as implementation, but the concept is quite simple. Here are the key steps involved that exploit the power of Ajax. |
Linux Journal July 1, 2007 Suhas Desai |
Image Processing with QccPack and Python How to use QccPack to manipulate images with Python in code and from the Python prompt. |
InternetNews May 5, 2006 Clint Boulton |
Open Documents Get Unanimous Nod The International Standards Organization blessed the OpenDocument Format in a rousing 23-0 vote this week, making the digital document format a worldwide standard. |
JavaWorld May 2002 Leon Messerschmidt |
Take the sting out of SAX Although SAX (the Simple API for XML) parsers are handy tools for parsing XML content, developing and maintaining a SAX parser can prove difficult. This article shows you how to use the information contained in XML Schemas to generate source code for a skeleton SAX parser... |
InternetNews March 3, 2006 Clint Boulton |
Tech Rallies Around Open Document Format Several high profile and groups have banded together to show solidarity for the OpenDocument Format, a collection of office document formats to help organizations share digital information. |
Linux Journal June 1, 2007 Jose Fernandez |
Programming Python, Part I This tutorial jumps right in to the power of Python without dragging you through basic programming. |
JavaWorld June 2001 Michael Daconta |
An API's looks can be deceiving When you examine an API, your first impressions are often wrong. The author examines two cases where an intuitive model of how an API should work trips over the complexity of implementation details... |
JavaWorld March 2001 Jean-Pierre Dube |
Printing in Java, Part 5 This article concludes the design of the print framework, covering graphic primitives, the print-preview feature, and handling text... |
Linux Journal January 11, 2006 Collin Park |
Why Not Python?, Part 2 Follow along as an old C hacker drags himself into the late 1990s by solving a Sudoku puzzle with Python. |
JavaWorld September 2002 Joe Walker |
XML glossary With XML evolving at a rapid pace, many developers get lost in a sea of acronyms. This article defines many XML technologies crucial to Java developers |
Linux Journal July 1, 2007 Jose Fernandez |
Programming Python, Part II The tutorial in last month's issue covered the basics of installing Python, running it and using it. Then, we moved on to building a basic blog in Python. In this follow-up article, the focus is on the blog itself and beyond basics. |
JavaWorld October 2000 Robert Hustead |
Mapping XML to Java, Part 2 This article develops a SAX API-based class library that is easily extended to create XML-to-Java mapping code. First, we explore the important ideas that drive the need for the class library. Then we develop a basic approach for implementing the library as well as a few samples that demonstrate some more advanced topics on parsing XML with the SAX API... |
New Architect October 2002 Paul Sholtz |
Tame the Information Tangle A new breed of document storage and management systems has appeared that's been specially optimized for publishing XML documents on the Web. A look at native XML databases and XML-enabled databases. |
PC Magazine December 22, 2004 M. David Stone |
Exploring Document Properties Take advantage of a little-known Word feature to make dealing with files much easier. |
PC Magazine November 26, 2007 Edward Mendelson |
The Best Office Alternatives Most of us use Microsoft Office, but there are plenty of alternatives. Is there one that's better, cheaper, or more convenient for you to use? |
InternetNews July 6, 2006 Clint Boulton |
Microsoft Backs Open Document Format Microsoft said it has formed the Open XML Translator project, an initiative to build a bridge between Microsoft's own Office Open XML document format and the ODF. |
Linux Journal September 1, 2007 Reuven Lerner |
At the Forge - Database Modeling with Django Django provides a high-level interface for the definition of database models using Python, rather than SQL. |
JavaWorld May 2000 Bill Venners |
Objects versus documents for server-client interaction, Part 1 Bill Venners compares the traditional approach to client-server interaction, using protocols and documents, with Jini's approach of using objects and interfaces.... |
InternetNews May 17, 2007 Clint Boulton |
Microsoft Steps Up With OpenDocument Format Microsoft Corp. today voted to support the addition of the OpenDocument Format 1.0 to the non-exclusive American National Standards list. |
Bio-IT World July 2005 Chris Dagdigian |
Adventures in XML Transformation The combination of XPATH and XSLT revived the Grid Engine monitoring project and enabled it to make significant progress in a few short weeks of nights-and-weekends hacking. |
PC Magazine May 4, 2005 Neil J. Rubenking |
A Better Way to List a Folder's Contents in Word This technique for putting the list of a folder's contents into Word is indeed quite a bit easier than switching to the command prompt, especially if you skip the step of saving the document as a text file. How? |
InternetNews July 7, 2006 Clint Boulton |
Open Docs Faithful Tell Microsoft to Cut The FUD Microsoft's pledge to provide open-source plug-ins that form a bridge between the Open Document Format (ODF) and its own Open XML format caused a stir among standards experts from companies that back ODF. |
PC Magazine November 25, 2003 |
Text That Doesn't Print Use a special font option in Word to make text appear on the screen but disappear when the document is printed. |
Linux Journal February 9, 2006 Collin Park |
Why Not Python?, Part 3 A new Python user codes a program to fill in the blanks of Sudoku puzzles. |
Linux Journal May 1, 2000 Eric Raymond |
Why Python? The author compares the Python programming language to Perl. |
JavaWorld October 2000 Rinaldo Di Giorgio |
Serve clients' specific protocol requirements with Brazil, Part 2 How to use XML to facilitate data exchange between applications.... How you apply XML to exchange weather data... Scripting languages that you can implement to efficiently and quickly produce XML-tagged data... etc. |
InternetNews December 4, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner |
Novell Joins Microsoft in ODF Effort Six months after the initiative gets under way, Novell is lending its expertise to getting Open XML support into OpenOffice.org. |
JavaWorld October 2000 Brett McLaughlin |
Validation with Java and XML Schema, Part 2 A roadmap for taking Java method parameters and validating them against constraints in an XML document. Various approaches will be examined, and you will begin to actually code the utilities for converting those XML constraints into usable Java utilities... |
InternetNews May 23, 2005 Jim Wagner |
A Standard Set For The Office Officials at the non-profit standards body OASIS, announced its approval of the OpenDocuments 1.0 specification as a standard XML format for text, spreadsheets, charts and graphical documents. |
PC Magazine January 20, 2004 M. David Stone |
Create Columns Using Text Boxes In Word With text boxes, your graphics will stay where you put them in Microsoft Word. |
InternetNews March 7, 2006 Clint Boulton |
OASIS Backs OpenDocument Group IBM, Oracle, Sun Microsystems and Novell spearhead an effort to promote OpenDocument Format software. |
InternetNews September 12, 2005 Jim Wagner |
Open Season in Massachusetts Expect short-term pain before long-term gain with the commonwealth's proposed switch to the OpenDocument standard. |
InternetNews May 21, 2007 Clint Boulton |
Microsoft, China Translate Files in Open Source Microsoft today said it is funding an open source translator project between China's Unified Office Format and the Ecma Open XML file formats. |
InternetNews February 2, 2007 Michael Hickins |
Microsoft Produces One-Way ODF Translator Microsoft has produced a translator allowing competing word processing programs to read Open XML Word documents. |
InternetNews December 5, 2005 Clint Boulton |
IBM Open to Office Docs IBM will support the Open Document format in its Workplace Managed Client software next year. |
PC Magazine January 31, 2007 |
Search Web Pages for Bold Text Change the color of text highlighted as bold on a Web page. |
Linux Journal January 5, 2006 Collin Park |
Why Not Python?, Part 1 Follow along as an old C hacker drags himself into the late 1990s by solving a puzzle with Python. |
InternetNews March 5, 2007 Michael Hickins |
Novell: Word, Meet Open Source Novell has produced a translator, available for download on its site, that allows users of OpenOffice, Novell's version of ODF, to read and edit documents produced using Microsoft Word 2007. |
InternetNews July 3, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston |
Massachusetts to OK Microsoft OpenXML Formats Massachusetts' Information Technology Division published its proposal mandating the use of open formats for all public documents, and included Microsoft's Office Open XML on the list as well as the OpenDocument Format. |
PC Magazine May 18, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking |
Find, Format, Replace Expert advice on Microsoft Word's Find and Replace for format, not text. |