2011-10-10

Hobby Programmer Inventory

Not quite comprehensive, but reasonably covers most tools available to me.

xubuntu 10.04 (because it is LTS)
// only default games that I don't play anyway, would get distracted otherwise
// don't know how to use about half of the applications I have which is sad

firefox (on release update channel; currently 7.0.1)
 [addons]
  noscript
  // removed a few default whitelist entries; blacklist mode--allow as needed
  adblock plus
  // without any default lists; for blocking annoying elements which are not necessarily ads
  reminderfox
  // has quick timer function that I use for the "fluffy waiting time" after unplugging rice cooker
  tagmarks
  // stagnated development, but has proven remarkably useful ever since firefox 2!
  tagmarks modifier
  // limited myself to 8 icons for ease of use
 [plugins]
  shockwave flash 10.3 r181
  // which was a pain to find and learn to install

chromium
// recently installed from repository so it's not the latest build; haven't figured how to get opera yet

google
// other search engines are okay, but I don't want to load a whole portal when I'm just doing a quick search

facebook
// other social networks are mostly redundant; haven't tried google plus yet

[free webhosts]
 1 attached with free domain name
 1 failing to serve for some weeks now
 1 in beta, a cloud computing platform
 1 for hosting facebook apps
 1 abandoned personal wiki

[tutorials for web coding]
 w3schools
 howtocreate.co.uk
 stackoverflow

[general info]
 stackexchange
 // many questions, even more answers
 wikipedia
 // not always reliable, but entries normally has external references worth checking
 wiktionary
 // sometimes you need a dictionary instead of an encyclopedia
 howstuffworks
 // whenever I have enough patience to jump through hoops; the presentation is good though

Google App Engine looks promising, but I don't know go!, java, or python.  Not yet and honestly, I don't know if I ever will.  Need to relearn proper xhtml (dhtml and html5, too), javascript, and css.  Made the mistake of settling for quirksmode due to lack of research and laziness.  Should also learn more php.  After relearning javascript, should learn jQuery.