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Because the best way to browse the enormous PHP site is via Google search. Type in your query and Google will point you to the specific page you are looking for.


The PHP site doesn't need a massive facelift, but honestly, this is actually a bit of a problem. The site is basically just a hosting of the resources already, why not make it easier to find things from inside the site?


Design is irrelevant when it comes to programing sites. We programmers want to get straight to the code and some times design becomes a distraction. I have no issues with the Go site and even the PHP site. It is great until I can quickly find what I'm looking for.


If the design is a distraction then it is bad design. Good design would help you easily and happily "get straight to the code".


The article does not focus on how IronSpread is doing a cool or unique job but it focuses on how beautiful Python code can be. Just a few lines of it can do so many cool things that make non coders want to learn to code.


I use ConTEXT... it is simple lightweight.


ConTEXT, fond memories! ConTEXT was my favorite editor 10 years ago when it was actively developed. Nowadays I mainly use an IDE.


<script> var str="hello world"; </script>

This looks like xml. It could also be django, though. I'm not completely sure. //--------------------- How come Django is a programming language?


It's in the same sense that PHP is a programming language -- Django has its own idiomatic templating language with loops and other such constructs. It looks like this:

    {% extends "base.html" %}
    {% block title %}My amazing blog{% endblock %}
    {% block content %}
        {% for entry in blog_entries %}
            <h2>{{ entry.title }}</h2>
            <p>{{ entry.body }}</p>
        {% endfor %}
    {% endblock %}
As for why this thing can't recognize "it looks like HTML + JS", I can't answer that for you -- but there should be a family of responses; "HTML + PHP," "HTML + Django", "HTML + JS" etc.


It cant even get a "Hello World" C program right.

#include<stdio.h> main() { printf("Hello World"); }


Cant agree more. I almost always have email triggers built into the system for ever critical error or failure of the system. When we are being lean on the core product itself building less features... build it when you need it approach ... having a dashboard is kind of luxury.


Cant agree more. Especially startups should be very careful not to get trapped in an infinite loop of engineering. In my previous failed attempt we did just that. Built feature after feature but nothing could ever see the light of the day until it became an overkill.


I wonder how long the program would be if written in Malbolge. http://www.99-bottles-of-beer.net/language-malbolge-995.html


The author could have done something useful instead of this.


Likewise. At least I cracked a huge grin reading it, especially at this golden paragraph: "Immediately moviegoers will notice that this can't be Oracle SQL - obviously the AS keyword is not valid for table aliases. In fact as we pull back for a thrilling query results listing we see the mysql prompt and giveaway use [dbname] connect syntax and over-elaborate box drawing."


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