This is the very first episode of the new Codaset video blog, which is meant as a light hearted attempt at reporting on what's new and cool in web development and design. Please forgive my hack-job, but I want this to be raw, and unrehearsed. I completed it in one take, which is my one rule for all these videos.

So episode one talks about a few extremely cool jQuery plugins, as well as what I think is the mother of all Git branching models. I also mention the upcoming Codaset groups, so please watch and enjoy. I would really appreciate any comments/feedback that you may have, and suggestions for inclusion in the next episode, as well as ideas for how I can improve. Which to be honest, shouldn't be too hard! ;)

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Quicksand - http://razorjack.net/quicksand
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One of the things I tend to do with Git, is to name my branches after the ticket that the branch is referencing. This is usually for fixing bugs, but can be used for a new feature if there is a ticket requesting it. So for example, I have a ticket open reporting a bug that needs fixing. This ticket has an ID of "456". So I would then create a branch with the same name, which in this case would be "456".

As Codaset supports the ability to reference and change the status of your tickets within your Git commit messages, I am always ending my commit messages with a commit keyword and the referenced ticket. For example, I commit a change to my "456" branch, with a message that may look something like this...

Fixed the doodahs, so that the wotsits work. Refs #456

When I git push, that message will automa...   [ continue reading » ]

A few days ago, I got an email from Matt Curry who runs a popular CakePHP centered blog at PseudoCoder.com. He invited me to answer questions for an interview with him. So I promptly agreed and he emailed over some really good, probing questions about me and Codaset. Well, the interview has just been published on his blog for all to read.

It's another excellent post by Matt, and I really appreciate his invitation. You can read the interview in full here.

I am happy to announce that Codaset now accepts payments via Paypal Express Checkout. So as well as all major credit and debit cards (American Express coming soon), you can now choose to pay for your Codaset account with any Paypal account.

Enjoy!