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Isaac Asimov
“I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them.”

Michelle Bustamante
“Web Services are like teenage sex. Everyone is talking about doing it, and those who are actually doing it are doing it badly.”

Kevin Mitnick
“Companies spend millions of dollars on firewalls, encryption and secure access devices, and it’s money wasted, because none of these measures address the weakest link in the security chain.”

Alan Kay
“Java is the most distressing thing to hit computing since MS-DOS.”

Emo Philips
“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.”

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Background

Published by Code Hacker | Went live on 17th December 1997 | Revised - 2nd January 2017
Code Hacker is a software development website used for the development and testing of applications as well as software development reference. The development environment consists of ASP.NET, C#, AJAX, iTextSharp, jQuery, SQL Server, QUnit, and now jQWidgets. This template is composed of Bootstrap and jQWidget's Theme Builder.

Definition of Code Hacker

Code - the symbolic arrangement of statements or instructions in a computer program in which letters, digits, etc. are represented as binary numbers; the set of instructions in such a program.
Hacker - one who is proficient at using or programming a computer - a computer buff.
We are not a Cracker site. This is the definition of a Cracker:
'A cracker is someone who breaks into someone else's computer system, often on a network; bypasses passwords or licenses in computer programs; or in other ways intentionally breaches computer security. A cracker can be doing this for profit, maliciously, for some altruistic purpose or cause, or because the challenge is there. Some breaking-and-entering has been done ostensibly to point out weaknesses in a site's security system.' -- Definition from Whatis.com
It appears that the crackers did not like this name because people thought that they lived in Georgia or Florida. So they called themselves hackers, but they are still crackers.

Software Development

Software development and testing includes:

ASP.NET Applications
iTextSharp Applications
jQuery Applications
Mobile Applications
SQL Server Applications

The current development environment is Visual Studio 2013, .NET Framework 4.5, and SQL Server 2012.
It is best to use Microsoft Internet Explorer to browse this website. Other browsers may not work due to Microsoft's new .NET design features.

News

Website Now Using New Bootstrap Template

The recent website design overhaul is now using a Bootstrap theme. Also, this theme was modified to include the jQWidgets components using jQWidgets' Theme Builder.
Bootstrap is an open-source collection of tools for creating websites and web applications. It contains HTML- and CSS-based design templates for forms, buttons, typography, navigation and other interface components, as well as optional JavaScript extensions.
It was very easy to add the jQWidgets components to this Bootstrap template.

QUnit section now added to Code Hacker website

QUnit is a powerful JavaScript unit testing framework. It's used by the jQuery, jQuery Mobile, jQuery UI and is capable of testing any generic JavaScript code.
QUnit was developed by John Resig as part of jQuery. John Resig is the creator of jQuery. You can find the new QUnit section here in the Tab section:
jQuery > QUnit

No Longer Supporting Internet Explorer versions 6, 7, or 8

Code Hacker is no longer supporting Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, or Internet Explorer 8. Please upgrade your Internet Explorer browser to the latest version so that your internet browsing may be an enjoyable one.

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There was a time many years ago that Google was the only search engine that could perform this feat. But over time, Google's greed has caught up with them and now their searches are very biased and do not represent true reliable search results.
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iText & iTextSharp Update

A lot of emails have been coming in with this common question - How come your chapter titles on your iTextSharp web page do not match the chapter titles from Bruno Lowagie's book iText in Action?
Well dear coders, the answer is simple. Bruno's first publication was so successful that he released a second publication. Our code is based on his first publication.
Please purchase this book if you want to master PDF document creation. We do not have the time to answer the emails that keep coming in about how this PDF method works or how to perform a specific PDF modification.
Bruno has done an excellent job in explaining PDF document creation and manipulation. You should be able to master PDF documents by simply reading his book and examining the source code on our iTextSharp web page. Because after all, it is Bruno's source code translated to C#.
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Basic Stamp & Javelin Stamp

If you enjoy programming microcontrollers, then check out the Basic Stamp and Javelin Stamp Software Application section.
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ABCpdf Really Rocks!

We have been using iTextSharp for on-the-fly PDF document creation. However, we had a couple of clients that needed more advanced PDF documents and the ability to convert these PDF documents into different formats such as TIFF and Microsoft Word. We tested over ten products and then decided to go with ABCpdf. We really like what this .NET component can do!
Check out the ABCpdf Development section for examples.
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jQWidgets Rules!!! Oh yeah, baby!

We have recently discovered jQWidgets and have we been blown away! Their jquery components are the best we have ever seen!
The jQWidgets component examples are the best. Don't know how to code a component? Look at the examples. You can tell that the developers at jqWidgets take pride in their components by the examples on their website. And if you still have problems, then their community site is great at helping solve your problem. Also, check out their pricing.
We are so impressed with these components that we are using them on our website.
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