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This JavaScript VectorGraphics library provides graphics capabilities for JavaScript: functions to draw circles, ellipses (ovals), oblique lines, polylines and polygons (for instance triangles, rectangles) dynamically into a webpage. Usage of this Vector Graphics library should be easy even if you don't have JavaScript experience. Documentation.

• player configurable starships
  
• endless variations of economic, military, and political strategy
  
• pure player-vs-player; there are no in-game monsters
  
• an in-game radio with paging and secret channels
  
• teams with private team radio channels
  
• the ability to modify the universe by guarding sectors and moving objects
  
• . . . and much more

• a Linux / Unix daemon
  
• a multithreaded game server
  
• a network socket listener
  
• a memory-resident daemon with an asynchronous dirty block backup thread

• a simple and understandable recursive sort
  
• an example of function pointer arrays implementing a menu
  
• a ring buffer message queue
  
• a simple random number generator macro
  
• a detached thread spawning and reaping routine
  
• signal processing routines
  
• a loop-based shortest-path algorithm
  
• an embedded compile shell script (run `sh st.c` to compile the code)
  
• . . . and many more curious features

This tutorial will attempt to teach you Python in 10 minutes. It's probably not so much a tutorial as it is a cross between a tutorial and a cheatsheet. I assume that you are already familiar with programming and will, therefore, skip most of the non-language-specific stuff. The important keywords will be highlighted so you can easily spot them.

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I mean the ability to complete projects in a timely manner with the expected quality. After working on dozens of software releases, I believe the following practices will bring you there, and while they may involve sticking your neck out, I'd like to think they will also advance your professional reputation, career longevity, and personal satisfaction.

While jEdit beats many expensive development tools for features and ease of use, it is released as free software with full source code, provided under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

• Written in Java, so it runs on Mac OS X, OS/2, Unix, VMS and Windows.
  
• Built-in macro language; extensible plugin architecture. Dozens of macros and plugins available.
  
• Plugins can be downloaded and installed from within jEdit using the "plugin manager" feature.
  
• Auto indent, and syntax highlighting for more than 130 languages.
  
• Supports a large number of character encodings including UTF8 and Unicode.
  
• Folding for selectively hiding regions of text.
  
• Word wrap.
  
• Highly configurable and customizable.
  
• Every other feature, both basic and advanced, you would expect to find in a text editor. See the Features page for a full list.

2 Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer, for chaos and madness await thee at its end.

Clearly the holy scriptures were mis-transcribed here, as the words should have been ``null pointer'', to minimize confusion between the concept of null pointers and the macro NULL (of which more anon). Otherwise, the meaning is plain. A null pointer points to regions filled with dragons, demons, core dumps, and numberless other foul creatures, all of which delight in frolicing in thy program if thou disturb their sleep. A null pointer doth not point to a 0 of any type, despite some blasphemous old code which impiously assumes this.

This chart is a companion to the article "Time to check: Are you using the right blogging tool?," published July 14, 2005 in the USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review. Do note that this chart reflects only standard features of the tools' installation, and not every possible extension, plug-in modification....

Mazes in general (and hence algorithms to create Mazes) can be organized along seven different classifications. These are: Dimension, Hyperdimension, Topology, Tessellation, Routing, Texture, and Focus. A Maze can take one item from each of the classes in any combination.

• Colored Scrollbars by DHTMLShock
  Make your scrollbars look like the ones on DHTMLShock (only works for IE 5.5).
  
• Static Slide Menu (Gen) by Maximus
  This is a menu that slides out from the left hand side of your browser window. But the great thing is, there's a menu generator to do all the work for you.
  
• Heircarchical Menu (Folder Navigation) by Clarence Eldefors
  Windows style folder navigation. Very lean.
  
• Right Click Menu by Eddie Traversa
  Create a menu that appears when a user right clicks your desktop. Very elegant, and it works in every browser.
  
• DHTML ToolTips by David Miles
  Fully customizable dynamic tooltips. Change color, size, and add HTML elements to your mouseovers.