capabilities

I admit I don't follow Zend Framework very closely, since I haven't been using it for any serious work.

But I did write a piece about testing a Zend Framework action controller with View Helpers.

InternetNews: "Sun finally extends the file system with its Solaris 10 update -- giving new capabilities to system admins that had already been available elsewhere in the OS."

Recently I needed to create a script that processed two input files. By processed I mean that the script needed to get a line from one file, then get a line from the second file, and then do something with them.

Sounds easy enough, but it's not that easy unless you know about some of bash's extended redirection capabilities.

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OStatic: "There are many people who say that they can't or won't switch away from Windows because of Quicken, which allows them to keep track of their money.

GNUCash is a similar sort of program, but as you might expect, it contains not only a large number of built-in features, but also many capabilities that can be scripted and customized."

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Adam's Tech Talk: "...it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities."

This white paper discusses the central role that batch job scheduling has played over the years and how that role is evolving.

The paper highlights what users should look for as the market moves from traditional batch job scheduling to cross-platform and event-driven capabilities.

It also looks at key concerns driving IT management and how these concerns translate into needs that can be addressed through job scheduling and process automation.

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A new module for Magento was put out in to early release today.  The module provides “made to order” functionality for ecommerce shops which need to provide custom ordering capabilities for ‘just in time’ manufacturing.

From the module author:

The MTO module allows users to enter in specific dimensions in for any product and that information is saved to the line item in the order.

Highlighted features include:

On the Zend Developer Zone, there's a article posted from Matthew O'Phinney spotlighting one of the newer features of the Zend Framework - Action Helpers.

A recent thread on the Drupal documentation list has brought up once again the "why don't we have a wiki on Drupal.org?" question.

It comes up regularly; you can set your watch by it.

What I've never understood is why anyone would want to take a step backwards from Drupal's handbooks to a simple wiki.

How would removing features and capabilities help Drupal's huge pool of documentation?

What exactly makes something "a wiki"?

Let's examine:

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