programming

Drupal Droplets: Task One

RoloDMonkey — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:41:36 -0400

The setup

Recently, I did some pro-bono consulting work for a client. As part of our agreement I made it clear that I would retain the rights to the code I wrote. The reason I did this is because I wanted to be able to give back to the community, and now I am going to do that. The work was made up of six tasks, ranging from trivial to complex. I intend to write six articles based on these tasks. This is the first.

Services

RoloDMonkey — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:33:53 -0400

The lists below may seem sparse. This is deliberate. I could give you a laundry lists of every programming language, software package, operating system, and technology buzzword that I have ever worked with. I won't subject you to that. I will just tell you my greatest strength:

I find solutions.

Do You Unit?

RoloDMonkey — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:40:48 -0400

What is Unit Testing?

In simple terms, unit testing is a definition of tests to run on your code. Usually, these tests are automated. The "unit" in unit testing means that the tests should test the smallest functional units, like functions or methods. However, unit testing does not have to be limited to only testing small parts; it can also test interactions between parts with complex combinations and variables, and even test some visual elements, like whether or not a certain image is actually shown or if a class was applied to an XHTML tag.

Mixing Conditions and Assignments

RoloDMonkey — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:50:52 -0500

Here is another tip from "Mistakes I've Made". Don't mix up your conditions and assignments. In other words be careful about using assignment operators (like the eqauls sign '=') inside of conditional statements. Although this happened with PHP, the same problem can occur with many other languages. Let me explain...

Here is a very common way to loop:

Drupal, webform and Dynamic Checkboxes

RoloDMonkey — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:03:19 -0500

Below you will find my description of how I made a new component for Drupal's webform module that dynamically displays a selection of checkboxes. I will go over why I made it. Then I will explain the code step by step. I have also attached a copy of the file for download.

htmlentities()

RoloDMonkey — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:55:51 -0400

Do you need to output a code sample onto an HTML page? Just copy the code into the box below, and press "Convert"

Mambo and "sex"

RoloDMonkey — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:57:42 -0400

Recently, I had trouble with the Mambo contact component. Sometimes, the emails would get through, and other times they would not. There did not appear to be any discernable pattern. In the end, I discovered that an innocent looking word in the subject of the email was causing the message to be blocked by some spam filters.