Guerilla-coder Javascript filter: Rather than wait 12-18 months to get my project idea into my company's queue, I'm trying to find a workaround. It's going to be ugly. It's going to be messy. And I have no idea how to do it. Bottom line: My company's web portal has a top frame that I can control, and a bottom frame controlled by Web IT. Can I add an event listener to the top frame that will watch the bottom frame and excecute when it's done loading? [more inside]
posted by jpolchlopek on Oct 15, 2009 - 13 answers

Give me a crash course in making our nonprofit website accessible. What are the best practices/standards? What's the lingo? [more inside]
posted by anastasiav on Oct 14, 2009 - 7 answers

I have had two major professional failures in a single week. I would like insight into a couple of aspects. Sordid details inside. [more inside]
posted by sidd.darko on Oct 10, 2009 - 21 answers

I'm having a problem with conflicting css rollovers. [more inside]
posted by bonsai forest on Sep 3, 2009 - 10 answers

e/m coding: who knows about it and where can I find more information? [more inside]
posted by EmptyK on Aug 23, 2009 - 2 answers

Please help me write a PHP script that publishes Twitter updates at pre-specified times. [more inside]
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Jul 29, 2009 - 9 answers

Computer Coding: I'm trying to write an experiment in E-Prime that uses a Visual Analog Scale to allow subjects to bid on items. Basically, this means they move a slider with their mouse over a bar, and the position on the bar represents how much they are willing to bid. The thing is, they need to know what value the slider currently represents before they can actually bid, and I'm having problems getting the text to update with the cursor position. Now, if any of you out there are E-Prime gurus I could really use your help for this bit. I need to figure out how to update a textbox in a 'slide' object in the middle of a loop. [more inside]
posted by scrutiny on Jul 12, 2009 - 2 answers

I want to find a fairly easy-to-adapt template from which to do multiple site searching with a single term. My technical abilities are, let's say, modest. [more inside]
posted by peacay on Jul 7, 2009 - 3 answers

Which forums do the best web programmers hang out at? [more inside]
posted by jackson5 on Jun 26, 2009 - 16 answers

Wordpress filter: I want to be able to create a form that can be used to add custom values to a certain post without having to do so from inside the admin panel. [more inside]
posted by Nonce on Jun 5, 2009 - 4 answers

I want to create the next big thing. I'm full of bright ideas, but it's software, and I don't code. What the hell do I do? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 28, 2009 - 15 answers

Recently Unemployed. What to do? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 25, 2009 - 7 answers

I'm trying to use Regular Expressions in Textmate to do a Find/Replace. The goal: Find id="1", id="2", id="3", etc. and Replace with a value of +14, so that I replace yields id="15", id="16", id="17" etc. Thank you! [more inside]
posted by pinto on Mar 18, 2009 - 14 answers

I need to send an email blast for work through a list vendor and need help converting my original HTML email blast into an embedded HTML file. [more inside]
posted by Elminster24 on Feb 20, 2009 - 3 answers

What do i need to learn to make add-ons of my own for Firefox and/or Songbird? [more inside]
posted by photomusic86 on Dec 24, 2008 - 6 answers

Why aren't there assembly -> C or pseudocode tools? [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Nov 22, 2008 - 10 answers

How can I meet another passionate person to help me with a project? [more inside]
posted by Jonsnews on Nov 19, 2008 - 5 answers

What uses similar skills to computer programming, and is enjoyable in the same way, but does not involve excessive computer use? [more inside]
posted by Not Supplied on Nov 7, 2008 - 29 answers

Is there a standard to preparing a software specification for an outsourced UI designer and programmer? [more inside]
posted by thegmann on Oct 18, 2008 - 4 answers

I need some help with a CSS/HTML issue as well as an Internet Explorer issue. [more inside]
posted by bigcheesegump on Aug 29, 2008 - 6 answers

I'm looking to learn PHP. Where should I start? [more inside]
posted by Solomon on Aug 22, 2008 - 9 answers

Wordpress Theme help. I need to stick an editable region in the header of my theme so a user can edit a little blurb about themselves. How do I put a Text Widget or something similar up there? [more inside]
posted by joelf on Aug 13, 2008 - 2 answers

How does web scraping work with PHP/mySQL? What best practices are there? [more inside]
posted by Foci for Analysis on Aug 6, 2008 - 15 answers

I'm looking for an alternative to windows' CMD window/terminal. It isn't the shell itself that has me annoyed (although it stinks and monad is an improvement), but the terminal window. I'd love to have something like xterm or rxvt running- just the ability to resize the width of the window would be huge. [more inside]
posted by jenkinsEar on Jul 10, 2008 - 13 answers

What is a good open-source project to get involved in? [more inside]
posted by Who_Am_I on Jul 3, 2008 - 12 answers

Considering a career change to Coding/Programming. Advice wanted. [more inside]
posted by highfidelity on Jun 25, 2008 - 20 answers

Can I play old US Xbox games on my Japanese 360 using the backwards compatibility function? [more inside]
posted by MostHolyPorcine on Jun 15, 2008 - 1 answer

I have a blog on (new) Blogger, and somehow I have managed to remove the envelope icon for "comments" (which may explain why I never have any comments on my blog). Help! How did I do this, and how do I get it back? (link to blog, details inside) [more inside]
posted by misha on May 13, 2008 - 3 answers

Any good Rails 2.0 books for beginners? [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Apr 9, 2008 - 6 answers

Code-switching while coding: if you speak more than one language and are a programmer or a web-developer, do you write code in one or the other or both? [more inside]
posted by signal on Apr 9, 2008 - 15 answers

Best starting point for e-commerce / shopping cart software? I'm a competent Perl programmer with background in several other languages, who wants to create a decidedly minimalist-looking web site shopping cart for a client. I expect to hack Perl or PHP code, but would like to hack things that are designed to be hacked. Anyone tried CRE Loaded? Other recommendations? Other places to ask? [more inside]
posted by amtho on Mar 30, 2008 - 11 answers

In my quest to learn Ruby, I'm struggling to find everyday usable code examples that i can relate to. Might you suggest some ? [more inside]
posted by jmnugent on Mar 1, 2008 - 28 answers

I have a OSX Program idea (solution.) Where can I find people interested in it (if I were to give the idea away) or pay for development? [more inside]
posted by filmgeek on Feb 22, 2008 - 9 answers

Which web development technology should I pursue for a commercial venture - php, python, perl or ruby? [more inside]
posted by mooders on Feb 6, 2008 - 18 answers

I was told of a book of Daemon's, where the protagonist is a C coder who gets transported to a magical world where his code can do magic. [more inside]
posted by Pontifex on Jan 17, 2008 - 12 answers

Is it possible to create a keyboard shortcut for a program that doesn't seem to have one? [more inside]
posted by mulkey on Dec 6, 2007 - 5 answers

I'm a coder, with skills in python, ruby, rails, java, etc. I've recently started getting offers for (and accepting) short-term contract work in addition to my longer-term dayjob contract. However, I'm unsure what the going rate is for the work I do - how much should I charge on a per-hourly basis? How does this vary with respect to the length of the contract (eg, a day, a week, a month, six months)? [more inside]
posted by ysabet on Nov 30, 2007 - 5 answers

Is there a way to rank choices or preferences for a question in a HTML form? [more inside]
posted by jmevius on Oct 31, 2007 - 12 answers

Where can I get some noob information on how to read/write simple database tables with ASP? [more inside]
posted by yonation on Sep 25, 2007 - 4 answers

Is there a simple way to create a script to check if a specific file exists on a Windows network share? How can I learn to do this? [more inside]
posted by uaudio on Aug 21, 2007 - 9 answers

Which programming languages should I learn? I'm a n00b interested in becoming a GIS analyst. [more inside]
posted by desjardins on Aug 16, 2007 - 9 answers

How do I get PHP to send an e-mail. Is there a way to do it without recompiling PHP/Apache. If not, how do I recompile PHP/Apache on a linux system to do this? [more inside]
posted by kaozity on Aug 7, 2007 - 11 answers

Help me post video on my Wordpress blog. Please! [more inside]
posted by damiano99 on Aug 5, 2007 - 6 answers

Looking for experiences (good and bad) that anyone has had with a service called "RentACoder.com" or any recommendations for a similar service. [more inside]
posted by worker_bee on Jul 6, 2007 - 17 answers

My Google Reader page format is totally borked. Help me figure out why and how to fix it. [more inside]
posted by FlamingBore on Jun 20, 2007 - 7 answers

Looking for a free development environment package for creating simple games that run from the browser through widely used plug-ins. Basically I need something like Visual Basic that compiles a Java Applet or Flash game or ActiveX. I am pretty good with coding simple games in Visual Basic and C but I don't have much time to get into the nitty-gritty of it with the interface.
posted by spacefire on Jun 12, 2007 - 3 answers

Can I find freelance work as a Mechanical-General Engineer doing computer programming for customers in the Engineering field? [more inside]
posted by spacefire on May 17, 2007 - 5 answers

Why do I always take the long route when programming? I'm no master programmer - but - I feel like I'm missing something. I'm constantly finding myself trying to tear down one wall or another, in attempt to resolve some issue, only to find halfway into it, that there was a ten minute fix right in front of me. Complications fade away, problem solved. [more inside]
posted by mrgreyisyelling on May 1, 2007 - 18 answers

What coding habits and working methodologies help you maximize productivity while reducing angst? [more inside]
posted by treepour on Apr 13, 2007 - 22 answers

What's good music to program by? [more inside]
posted by Zed_Lopez on Mar 26, 2007 - 43 answers