Prayer Clock and JPrayer Clock 0.1.2 released

Prayer Clock and JPrayer Clock 0.1.2 are released. Anyone who likes, you can download. And the source code is also available. Feel free to edit.

Trying out WordPress.com

After trying WordPress from WordPress.org, and using the x10Hosting, I really attracted by WordPress. That is why, now I am trying WordPress.com, because the PHP hosting is not good enough for my expectation.

I am still thinking about, which one is suitable for me, Blogger or WordPress.

Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!

My experience of web development

In web development, one should not maintain the data structure concept (C programming) for web application, such as PHP web application. But should use the OO (object oriented) concept. So that, the object created by PHP is easily to be used/re-used. Besides that, though the web development includes interface, it do not bear the same concept like system applications (application software developed by language such as C or C++, or Java).

Web application’s interface is displayed using HTML. And web applications use a different environment from the system applications, because web environment renders from page to page. However, a system application, there is no page, all the data are stored in the memory of the application. Thus, storing the data from one page to another page in web application is difficult, especially when we are using procedural paradigm.

To make the web coding portable from one page to another, OO is the best concept. Otherwise, the coding needs to be written and written in every page. As a result, all the webpages (HTML pages) become the requirement of the web application. Consequently, editing the source code will be exhaustive, and a application is difficult to be reused.

So, one needs to bear in mind that, the web environment, i.e. HTML, is only the environment just like an OS. The application we built using PHP is only a small application, which uses HTML to display to the user. The whole application can be placed in any HTML page. Even more, more than one PHP applications can be placed in one HTML page. Thus, one needs to focus on the PHP application as an object itself during web development.

Now I think ChromePlus is better

Previously, I compared ChromePlus and SRWare Iron. Today, I think ChromePlus is better. Google Chrome 6.x beta already released. But SRWare Iron still using Chromium 4.x. That is why, I tried out ChromePlus, which uses Chromium 5.x. And there is no problem to play the WMA files. So, I choose ChromePlus now.

Besides that, there is also Linux version for ChromePlus.

JPrayer not works in Linux

I just found that, the JPrayer Clock I built cannot run properly in Linux. The prayers didn’t show up, including the tray icon. Might be the file path problem.

Rebellious son

A son told his father, “I want freedom, you autocratic father! Do you think giving money can buy my soul?” Then the son took the money and left the father. Hopefully, the son will grow into a good man.

Comment: 身在福中不知福

Java version Prayer Clock

After a long time for studying Java, I finally successfully port the Prayer Clock to Java version. It is available in my Google Site. I not yet try the JPrayer Clock in Ubuntu or other OSes. But it works in Windows.

I am learning Java to build cross-platform applications in the future. Since I would like to develop application using Linux.

And I use the native system look and feel theme. Because I don’t like the Metal look.

Novena to the Holy Spirit

The Novena to the Holy Spirit is started on Friday, 6th Week of Easter. We can start the prayers by today.

However, in my Prayer Clock, I have mis-calculated the day. Please, if you are interested, download the prayers.xml from my site.

WordPress really good.

I tried the WordPress theme. It is really nice. And I used x10hosting.com for the PHP. Really plan to move everything to the WordPress blog. But that will be a lot of works. And afraid that I don’t have time to manage the WordPress blog. Maybe, I can try to categorise the contents of the blogs I have.

Visit my WordPress blog if you like.