Screen Casts

Ubuntu - Using Nautilus File Manager

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This screencast we look at the Nautilus file manager. This includes:-
  • Configuration preference in nautilus
  • Managing files and folders
  • Mounting and correctly unmounting external storage devices (USB sticks and memory cards)
  • Dealing with trash
  • Bookmarks

ADO.NET using C# database access

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ADO.NET cleanly factors data access from data manipulation into discrete components that can be used separately or in tandem. ADO.NET includes .NET Framework data providers for connecting to a database, executing commands, and retrieving results. Those results are either processed directly, or placed in an ADO.NET DataSet object in order to be exposed to the user in an ad-hoc manner, combined with data from multiple sources, or remoted between tiers. The ADO.NET DataSet object can also be used independently of a .NET Framework data provider to manage data local to the application or sourced from XML.

Joomla CMS Jumpstart Tutorial

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Learn the basics of Joomla CMS by watching this quick start video screen cast to setup a new web site from start to finish.

Joomla! is a free, open source content management system for publishing content on the world wide web and intranets. Joomla! includes features such as page caching to improve performance, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, website searching, and language internationalization. Joomla! is licensed under the GPL, and is the result of a fork of Mambo. Original Video From : http://video.jumpbox.com/?app=joomla

django: Web Development for Perfectionists with Deadlines

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Django is an open source web application framework, written in Python, which loosely follows the model-view-controller design pattern. It was originally developed to manage several news-oriented sites for the World Company of Lawrence, Kansas, and was released publicly under a BSD license in July 2005; the framework was named after gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.

Advanced Python or Understanding Python

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The Python language, while object-oriented, is fundamentally different from both C++ and Java. The dynamic and introspective nature of Python allow for language mechanics unlike that of static languages. This talk aims to enlighten programmers new to Python about these fundamentals, the language mechanics that flow from them and how to effectively put those to use. Among the topics covered are duck-typing, interfaces, descriptors, decorators, metaclasses, reference-counting and the cyclic-garbage collector, the divide between C/C++ data and Python objects and the CPython implementation in general. This video is part of Google Tech Talks Series.

Developing Rich Internet Apps with Adobe AIR

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Adobe AIR™ software is a new cross-operating system runtime that enables web application developers to extend the reach and functionality of rich Internet applications (RIAs). With Adobe AIR, you can build RIAs and deploy them to the desktop using the technologies, tools and development models you employ today when building browser-based RIAs. In this talk, we'll provide an overview with examples of some of the powerful capabilities provided by Adobe AIR including support for system notifications, H.264 video, native operating system windows/menus, drag and drop, clipboard support and much more.
Watch the screencast for more information.

Ubuntu - How to connect a Printer

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Check out various ways of connecting printers in Ubuntu.
  • Printer auto-detection in Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)
  • Automatic detection of network printers
  • Manually configuring network printers
  • Connecting to Windows shared printers.
  • Printing test pages

How to Play DVD / MP3 on Ubuntu

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This screencast comprehensively details how to play media (Movies and DVDs) in Ubuntu.

This screencast covers:-

  • Playing DVDs
  • Adding codecs automatically
  • Playing video embedded in a browser
  • Installing Flash Player plugin
  • Installing Miro video platform

CodeIgniter Introduction

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CodeIgniter is a powerful PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for PHP coders who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications. If you're a developer who lives in the real world of shared hosting accounts and clients with deadlines, and if you're tired of ponderously large and thoroughly undocumented frameworks. Check out the screencast which introduces CodeIgniter features and functionalities.

Using CakePHP Database Migrations

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A screen cast tutorial on Database Migrations for the CakePHP Framework and how to use them.

ASP.Net Web Service - Hello World

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Web Services are a very general model for building applications and can be implemented for any operation system that supports communication over the Internet. Web Services use the best of component-based development and the Web. Web Services communicate with the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and Extensible Markup Language (XML).

ASP.NET 2.0 Nested GridView

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This is a simple sample example screen cast of how to nest a grid view inside another grid view to display master - detail information. For example listing orders and items for each order.

Prado Using PDO with data grid.

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This is a very basic introduction to retrieving some data from a MySQL database using PDO and displaying the results in a data grid. The tutorial starts assuming that you have downloaded and unpacked the Prado distribution. The tutorial is meant for the quickest introduction in retrieving data. Generally, you will need to re factor the code such that the logic of retrieving data is moved away from the TPage classes.

Drupal Internationalization

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Drupal is a free and open source modular content management system written in PHP. Drupal, like many modern CMSs, allows the system administrator to organize the content, customize the presentation, automate administrative tasks, and manage site visitors and contributors. Although there is a sophisticated programming interface, most tasks can be accomplished with little or no programming.

Here is a quick how to for users describing how to modify your interface through the locale module. Click for a full scale version

Building a CodeIgniter backend (CRUD) in 10 min

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Create full backend (Add/Edit/Delete) with upload and everything...you know the drill...Check out screencast