Using Knockout.js with PHP: Best Practices

I recently had a project that made me temporarily shift from my more native c#/asp.net environment and use php on the backend instead. As by more and more asp.net developers these days I have become accustomed to doing just about everything in the front end with the JavaScript library Knockout. […]

Knockout.js

Knockout.js released by Steve Sanderson in summer of 2010. Although Steve works for Microsoft the decision to release knockout.js as an open source project was right. It is a standalone javascript library relying on MVVM and Observable patterns. The key principles of knockout.js are: * a clear separation between domain […]

Installing CUDA Toolkit 5.0

Installing CUDA Toolkit 5.0 on Ubuntu 11.10 Linux The following explains how to install CUDA Toolkit 5.0 on 64-bit Ubuntu 11.10 Linux. I have tested it on a desktop with AMD Phenom II X4 CPU, 4GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, 800W power supply, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 graphics card. […]

Loading Select Drop Down Options using Ajax and Knockout.js

The following shows how to use the knockout options binding when loading the option values from the server with AJAX. In the following HTML the select box requires 4 bindings. The options binding specifies which variable in the Knockout ViewModel is used to generate the options. The optionsText specifies the […]

How to configure SQL Server 2012 Express to allow remote connections

INTRODUCTION When you try to connect to an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express from a remote computer, you might receive an error message. This problem might occur when you use any program to connect to SQL Server. For example, you receive the following error message when you use […]

About Software Quality

Software companies that install the right kind of procedures have made enormous progress in avoiding failures. First of all successful companies do not ignore uncertainty – the address it. They also establish quality control mechanisms that simultaneously speed up the whole process. And they reach for new paradigms such as […]