SOPA is a truly frightening piece of legislation currently skating through Congress. It wouldn’t take much under SOPA to shut down your site, and you would have no recourse. Bottom line: This is a rotten piece of legislation that threatens the Internet as we know it, and could potentially pose a very real threat to your online business. Take a minute and write your representative now and tell them in the strongest terms to oppose SOPA.

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If you’ve ever received the message, “svn: Repository moved permanently to…” when dusting off an old SVN repository, this tutorial will show you how to relocate your working copy so that it points to the new repository location.

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Update: With the release of 10.7.2, this issue is resolved. The Apple engineers have reverted the code back to its pre-Lion state complete with the ability to copy hex values.

Original post: With Lion, DigitalColor Meter lost the ability to copy hex colors to the clipboard. Fear not, web developers, I’ve found a work-around.

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Google have announced the launch of their Cloud SQL product. This is a MySQL variant that stores the database in the cloud and works in conjunction with Google’s App Engine service. Until now, App Engine developers have had to rely on rough, schemaless file systems to store data objects. Now, they can take advantage of a MySQL-like database stored in the cloud. Read on for details and article links.

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I frequently get asked what I use to develop my clients’ web apps or if I could recommend a tool to do such-and-such. It’s a good question. Web development is constantly evolving as quickly as the web itself. With so many choices, it’s easy for new developers to get overwhelmed, and harder still for experienced developers to stay on top of the tools.  What follows is a list of tools and hardware I use to create complex custom web applications for my clients.

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Many of you know I’m a bit of a data visualization nerd. I’m pretty impressed with this graphical Evolution of the Web.

Done, aptly, in HTML5 rather than…what did they used to call it??? Oh, yeah. Flash. Remember that?

Good news, everyone! MyQuery Builder is now available as an app in the Chrome Web Store. Once you do, an icon will appear on your new tab and/or home screens. Click on that, and it takes you directly to the Query Builder (assuming you’ve signed up, etc.).

MyQuery Builder, if you don’t know, is a visual MySQL query editor and php code building tool designed for php web developers. Try it for free or find out more information at myquerybuilder.com.

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I’m proud to announce the launch of my latest project, MyQueryBuilder.com! MyQuery Builder is a visual tool for professional PHP developers who need to construct MySQL queries reliably and easily. If you have ever needed to build database functionality into your site, you’ll want to check MyQuery Builder out.

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After ten long years, I’m finally kicking Dreamweaver to the curb. I’m done. I’ve had it. I’m divorcing Dreamweaver.

In this article, I’ll chronicle my journey and describe the choices I made along the way. I committed to switching away and used the productization of my MySQL query building tool, MyQuery Builder, as the testbed for this experiment. After a few jarring days, I grew to love Coda and I haven’t looked back since.

If you have ever thought about looking for an alternative to Dreamweaver but have never made the leap due to difficulties in learning new tools or finding equivalent functionality, you’ll be interested in my story.

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