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Right from the start of this blog I was looking for some wordpress plugin which properly indent, highlight and format any programming code in wordpress and display it with proper syntax highlighting. And eventually I am able to find the magic plugin - it is CodeHighlighter Plugin. Just download it, upload it in your plugin folder and enable it. You can see examples of how to use it for different languages like C++, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Java, Python, CSS and HTML on this Page.

With this plugin, I am also able to convert my ugly wxWidget tutorial page to much more good looking

One little known open-source tool for PHP developers is the powerful TinyButStrong template engine.  Using it can help you build a theme based website fast, and allow users to even upload themes and try them out if you give them the API for your code.

Here is the website: http://www.tinybutstrong.com/

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Recently Yahoo has released THE KILLER APP for Javascript (and AJAX as well) applications and the internet- namely the Yahoo User Interface engine (YUI). When combined with PHP this can create a very rich and fast application interface, one that easily parallels the experience of a desktop program. You can Grab YUI from here: http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/

Now, one of the very few flaws in this engine is that documentation doesn’t come right out and tell you how to use PHP with it. Instead, you have to dig around and try and put together what you already know about web-programming, and also change your thought on how web applications are built and run.

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Being mostly windows user(I only uses linux for programming), I often uses Windows Key + L to logout. It is important to keep logging out/locking screen when you work in office or when you don't want others to peeking into your work. Now there is NO Win+L in Linux unfortunately, so I had to click on Start Menu and had to click on Lock Screen, which was really frustrating.

I wanted a one key combination to quickly lock the screen on linux and after a little search, I am able to find a way to do it. Thanks to Callum for sharing this. So for getting Windows Key + L to logout, you need to remap the keys. This is what you have to do -

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After my yesterday's post of Free Internet parental Control Softwares, this is my second list of must have softwares and this time it is for...Guess what, for your iPods.

Ipods are on fire in popularity(and its been sometime). They are a huge success amongst individuals of all ages for the vast resource of portable entertainment. So its needless to say that Software tools are developed consistently to enhance their abilities. So here is my list of Must Have iPod Softwares

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