The other day I decided I was done editing my HTML and other code documents in Notepad. While searching for a better alternative I came accross PSPad, a free, multi-purpose code editor. PSPad’s code syntax highlighter works with many different languages and markups, including HTML, PHP, CSS, javascript, and others.

PSPad has many features, but [...]

If you run your own website you know how important interactivity with your visitors can be. Comments and forums that are a public way of interacting with visitors. There are also Shout Boxes, widgets that work almost like mini-chat rooms. But sometimes you need something more private or something that allows you to give personal [...]

By now most people have heard of JS-Kit, the ever-popular, freakishly simple, non-obtrusive, self-contained, mostly-free widget service. JS-Kit is a ten person company that works full time on creating and maintaining these website tools. Their current selection of services is a Ratings widget, a full-featured Comments widget, Polls, and a so-called Top Rated widget that [...]

Just saw this one thanks to one of my readers. SitePoint is giving away a free Ruby on Rails book by Patrick Lenz on how to build your own web applications in Ruby on Rails. The book has 12 chapters and 447 pages. You can get the e-book for free, or a printed edition for [...]