Data Transfer is an extension to MediaWiki that allows users to both export and import data from and to the wiki, via XML files. The extension makes light use of the Semantic MediaWiki extension, but it does not require the presence of SMW. Still, in spirit the extension could be considered a member of the Semantic MediaWiki "family", since it has the same data-centric approach to wiki content used by SMW and spinoff extensions like Semantic Forms.

ratman is a minimalist skin for MediaWiki-driven websites. Originally developed by Jason Pearce, users began making enhancements and fixing bugs. To better facilitate community-driven development of this popular skin, the project has moved to Google code.

The goal here is to build scrapers and parsers in order to get as much state legislative data as possible in one place.

For details on the reasons for the project and goals behind the project see the project announcement.

For an editable overview of each state's progress visit the Sunlight Labs Wiki.

When developing facebook applications, we might need an infinite session that will enable us to update the app users’ profile periodically. For instance, a “Quote Of TheDay” application needs to update its users’ profile everyday with a new quote.

The canvas element's programming interface still requires a lot of JavaScript code to produce useful graphics. The cvsGraphLib JavaScript graphics library aims to provide a user friendly graphics command set. It is programmed using only the commands common to the ExplorerCanvas emulator and Mozilla canvas methods, so all graphics written with cvsGraphLib should produce similar out in IE6, IE7 and Mozilla based browsers, IE8 has some trouble with image manipulation, but otherwise works well. The main features of the cvsGraphLib library are:

Checkstyle is a development tool to help programmers write Java code that adheres to a coding standard. It automates the process of checking Java code to spare humans of this boring (but important) task. This makes it ideal for projects that want to enforce a coding standard.

A startup called Rhomobile announced the first formal release of its dual-licensed, open-source framework for smartphones. Rhodes 1.0 enables "write-once" development, using HTML and Ruby, of native smartphone applications for iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian, and now Android, the company says.

o convert a movie to a GIF animation:
ffmpeg -i file.mov -pix_fmt rgb24 -s qcif -loop_output 0 output.gif
The option -s qcif could be omitted, it sets a small output size. A -loop_output 0 parameter causes infinite looping.

With Twitter4J, you can easily integrate your application with the Twitter service.