Image_GIS is a PEAR package for PHP that allows you to add digital maps to Web sites using free downloadable GIS files. Learn how to use the Image_GIS package to add mapping functionality to a Web site.

The Text_Diff PEAR class makes it possible to compare file contents in the PHP environment and render the output in various formats. This tutorial demonstrates this class in action, illustrating how you can use it to dynamically compare file contents ...

Phillip Perkins outlines the advantages of using XSLT, which includes the fact that you aren't restricting your data to one particular layout.

One way to provide visually impaired users with the ability to use OCR-defeating passcodes is to stitch WAV files together. Phillip Perkins shows you how to deconstruct a group of WAV files and reconstruct one large WAV file by compiling the group.

TechRepublic article from Greg Griffiths on the challenges and benefits of migrating to a corporate master data system.

This brief tutorial will show you how to use a PHP 5.x MySQL extension, called MySQL Improved, to implement MySQL-based transactions with PHP.

Users don't read your documentation. So it's up to us, as software developers, to make our applications as easy and intuitive as possible. If you're writing a Java GUI, here's one easy way to help -- adding status bar hints.

An example conversion of a Perl script to Python.

Java Print Service (JPS) allows you to print even on very size-limited platforms such as J2ME; it also supports standard Java 2D graphics. Learn how to organize printing with this API.

Writing code to parse command line arguments is still necessary sometimes. When you need to examine command line arguments, see how and why you should use your open source Java toolkit and use Command Line Interface.