Monthly Archives: January 2011
Open Source Jobs, Open to Freshers at Nagarro
Nagarro is an outsourcing company that specialises in high-quality business-critical software, and is known for its extensive use of open source solutions. Nagarro is...
FOSS is __FUN__: The Unsung Heroes
There is always an ongoing debate in FOSS circles on how to define a FOSS contributor. What is real FOSS contribution? Who are the...
‘Hundreds Working on Open Source Projects at Yahoo!, and We’ll Continue to Hire’
Yahoo! is a brand associated with open source, particularly for its contributions to the open source community. LINUX For You caught up with Hari...
Make Your Own Stop-Motion Animation Using Stopmotion
This is one of those projects done during a lazy afternoon when creativity is bubbling up. In this article, I will introduce the core concept of animation, and how one would go about creating a short film, step by step, using free and open-source software
How WordPress Saved the Day
One fine day, the most formidable teacher in the school summons me. I go to her thinking these are my last few minutes in...
Setting up Analytics for your Android App
So how do developers launch their Android apps and market them on a war footing? While you may monitor qualitative comments from users, you...
Python Threading and its Caveats
As a rapid application development language, Python is highly preferred for being easy to use, feature-rich and robust. With multi-core processors now becoming more...
Gitolite: Administer a Central Git Repository without Going Insane
Over the past few years, centralised version control systems like SVN have steadily given way to distributed systems like Git or Mercurial -- the...
Google Maps JavaScript API: Making Your Website Livelier
This article explains how to embed Google Maps in a website, using the JavaScript API for Maps.
Mapping solutions can be embedded in your website...
Better Queries with MySQL, Part 1
This article helps you write high-performance MySQL queries, by pointing out the various pitfalls and dangerous misconceptions that developers have.
How many times have you...
