When certain commands are run, Git searches the .git/hooks directory for suitable hook scripts which are then executed if found. You’ll find a small set of example scripts there (you can activate them by renaming them to remove the .sample prefix and setting their executable bit), and a complete list of hooks can be found in the githooks(5) man page.

This article suggests a handful of hooks which can streamline development and help improve your efficiency.

In the first part of this series we created the bare bones of a subscription-based website using Laravel. We also set the site up with roles, and granted a pending role to new users. We’re now at the point where we can perform basic registration, login, and logout. In this second part, we’ll integrate Recurly to set up our paid membership plans.

GIT IMMERSION IS A GUIDED TOUR THAT WALKS THROUGH THE FUNDAMENTALS OF GIT, INSPIRED BY THE PREMISE THAT TO KNOW A THING IS TO DO IT.
Git is a powerful, sophisticated system for distributed version control. Gaining an understanding of its features opens to developers a new and liberating approach to source code management. The surest path to mastering Git is to immerse oneself in its utilities and operations, to experience it first-hand.

This entire site, like many, is built in PHP. PHP provides the power to simply 'pull' content from an external source, in the case of my site this is flat files but it could just as easily be an MySQL database or an XML file etc..

The downside to this is processing time, each request for one page can trigger multiple database queries, processing of the output, and formatting it for display... This can be quite slow on complex sites (or slower servers)

Ironically, these so-called 'dynamic' sites probably have very little changing content, this page will almost never be updated after the day it is written - yet each time someone requests it the scripts goes and fetches the content, applies various functions and filters to it, then outputs it to you...

Mobiletuts+ will be covering all major mobile platforms – iPhone, Windows, Android and Blackberry. Today we’ll be taking a look at Android development: explaining why people have choosen to work with Android and providing an overview of the Eclipse IDE and its Java, DDMS and debugging perspectives. Finally, you’ll learn how to get started making your first Android app!

In this tutorial, I’ll demonstrate how to create vintage (just like Instagram does) photos with PHP and ImageMagick. Wait? What? Yes, you can do this very thing with PHP and ImageMagick, and that’s just scratching the surface!

Table of Contents

1. Android Sound and Media
   1.1. Overview
   1.2. Prerequisites
2. Example for SoundPool
3. Thank you
4. Questions and Discussion
5. Links and Literature
   5.1. Source Code
   5.2. Android Resources
   5.3. vogella Resources

Developing services with Android Gingerbread and Eclipse

This tutorial describes how to create and consume Android services. It is based on Eclipse 3.6, Java 1.6 and Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

Table of Contents

1. What is Android?
   1.1. Android Operation System
   1.2. Security and permissions
2. Android components
   2.1. Activity
   2.2. Views and ViewGroups
   2.3. Intents
   2.4. Services
   2.5. ContentProvider
   2.6. BroadcastReceiver
   2.7. (HomeScreen) Widgets
   2.8. Other
3. Android Development Tools
   3.1. What are the Android Development Tools?
   3.2. Dalvik Virtual Machine
   3.3. How to develop Android Applications
4. Android Application Architecture
   4.1. AndroidManifest.xml
   4.2. R.java and Resources
   4.3. Assets
   4.4. Reference to resources in XML files
   4.5. Activities and Layouts
   4.6. Activities and Lifecycle
   4.7. Context
5. Installation
   5.1. Pre-requisites for using a 64bit Linux
   5.2. Eclipse and automatic Android SDK
   5.3. Manually install Android SDK
   5.4. Install a specific Android version
   5.5. Android Source Code
6. Android virtual device - Emulator
   6.1. What is the Android Emulator?
   6.2. Google vrs. Android AVD
   6.3. Emulator Shortcuts
   6.4. Performance
   6.5. Hardware button
7. Tutorial: Create and run Android Virtual Device
8. Error handling and typical problems
   8.1. Clean Project
   8.2. Problems with Android Debug Bridge (adb)
   8.3. LogCat
   8.4. Emulator does not start
   8.5. Error message for @override
   8.6. Missing Imports
   8.7. Eclipse Tips
9. Your first Android project
   9.1. Create Project
   9.2. Two faces of things
   9.3. Create attributes
   9.4. Add UI Elements
   9.5. Edit UI properties
   9.6. Code your application
   9.7. Start Project
10. Starting an deployed application
11. Menus and Action Bar
    11.1. Definition of menu entries
    11.2. Action bar tabs
    11.3. Context menus
12. Tutorial: Menus and Action Bar
    12.1. Project
    12.2. Add a menu XML resource
13. Preferences
14. Tutorial: Preferences
    14.1. Using preferences
    14.2. Run
15. Layout Manager and ViewGroups
    15.1. Available Layout Manager
    15.2. LinearLayout
    15.3. RelativeLayout
    15.4. GridLayout
16. ScrollView
17. Fragments
    17.1. Overview
    17.2. When to use Fragments
18. Fragments Tutorial
    18.1. Overview
    18.2. Create project
    18.3. Create layouts for landscape mode
    18.4. Create Fragment classes
    18.5. Create layouts for landscape mode
    18.6. Activities
    18.7. Run
19. DDMS perspective and important views
    19.1. DDMS - Dalvik Debug Monitor Server
    19.2. LogCat View
    19.3. File explorer
20. Shell
    20.1. Android Debugging Bridge - Shell
    20.2. Uninstall an application via adb
    20.3. Emulator Console via telnet
21. Deploy your application on a real device
22. Thank you
23. Questions and Discussion
24. Links and Literature
    24.1. Source Code
    24.2. Android Resources
    24.3. vogella Resources

Simple Website Layout Tutorial Using HTML 5 and CSS 3

As most of us know HTML 5 has created a big buzz on internet and is sure to give Adobe a hard time. Apple believes that HTML5 is what will define the web and would love to see more developers adopt it instead of Flash. Now that big video sites such as YouTube are testing support for HTML5 (Mashable).

This is my third tutorial on the Google Maps API v3. I’m going to show you how to use some other google maps features by building an interactive travel map. Everyone will be able to add new locations on the map and view the locations added by others. We will also be using MySQL databases to store the values of different locations so let’s get started.

What google maps features you’ll learn?

* Adding a map to your site
* Adding controls for the map and settings the options for the controls
* Responding to events
* Adding markers, settings options for markers and dynamically changing marker settings
* Geocoding a location
* Creating tabbed infowindows (using jquery, jquery ui and some sample code from google code)

You’ve probably heard a lot about the new HTML5 canvas element. As the name implies, this is a special element that allows us to create and modify graphics. In addition, we can also use it like any other element on the page – apply jQuery animations on it, listen for events and integrate it deeply into our layouts.

All uses of canvas you’ve come so far are probably limited to games and other proof of concept demos. Today, however, we are doing something practical – we are making a progressively enhanced slideshow with a fancy transitioning effect, which is perfectly functional in older browsers as well.