tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47724477636713422382026-07-18T01:13:12.492-07:00Shamaila TahirShamailahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547352485270448052noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772447763671342238.post-4457783302639676162011-09-28T00:13:00.000-07:002011-09-28T00:21:30.655-07:00Freelance software developmentThis article discusses what you should do if you want to work as a freelance software developer. In my view it is becoming more and more easy to get freelance work specially in the field of software, online marketing and content writing. I am working as a freelance developer for more then 4 years. I am working full time from home and I am earning as much as a full time employee of the same Shamailahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547352485270448052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772447763671342238.post-61036641119177505322011-09-27T22:37:00.000-07:002011-09-27T22:51:41.213-07:00Support GWTCanvas in IE7 and 8HTML5 is out for quite a long time now. The most popular thing is, I think, Canvas. It is being used for drawing, image editing, charting, games, intros and many more things.
I had created an image editor for a client who wanted me to make it work at internet explorer 7 and 8 also. As internet explorer doesn't support html5 so I had to use excanvas to make the application work in IE7 and 8. It Shamailahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547352485270448052noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772447763671342238.post-66017773776706735882010-11-04T23:27:00.000-07:002010-11-19T21:11:59.772-08:00Html5 Canvas Drawing -- Draw dotted or dashed line
This post is for those who want to use html5 canvas for drawing. Canvas have methods to draw lines of different widths but not for different styles. Like if you want to draw dotted lines or dashed line there is no such stroke style. But fortunately there is a way to achieve this. Following is a description about how I achieved this.
You can set the stroke pattern on canvas context. Stroke Shamailahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547352485270448052noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772447763671342238.post-83927753409329765312010-03-31T21:35:00.000-07:002010-03-31T21:48:28.889-07:00GWT-EXT Read nested JSON objectHere is my JSON.
{
"pk": 9990,
"title": "World Event",
"description": "Description of World Event",
"idea": {
"ideafk": "9840",
"ideastring": "World"
},
"streetAddress": "World Event's street ad"
}
You can see it is has nested attributes. The attribute idea has sub-attributes ideafk and Shamailahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547352485270448052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772447763671342238.post-92156895520064380702010-01-10T03:58:00.000-08:002016-04-02T03:42:37.387-07:00Handling Simile Timeline in GWT application.During a project I had to use Simile Timeline with GXT. I handled mouse wheel zoomin, scrolling, event click handling, dynamically loading events as timeline scrolls etc in GWT-EXT application. I was difficult task and took lot of time to handle these things. Here I am pasting my code for some of the solutions.
How did I change the font size
timeline.css
.timeline-container {
position: relativeShamailahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547352485270448052noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772447763671342238.post-7707539329990959522009-12-25T00:20:00.000-08:002010-02-28T21:40:12.523-08:00How to get freelance workDuring 3 years of successful freelance work, I have several times been asked by friends and family members "how do you get work" or "From where do you get work". This blog post is to answer these questions. I am going to update this post soon so stay following me.
Ok so here I am to tell you my secrets of getting work online. First and foremost thing I want to tell you that there are many fieldsShamailahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547352485270448052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772447763671342238.post-59840773770956434102009-12-10T22:10:00.000-08:002009-12-11T00:16:47.458-08:00GXT grids - Binding with beansI had to use many grids in my first GXT project. I got to know that I have to use GXT right after I sent my first release of the front end to the client. I had never used GXT, the deadline was tight. I was puzzled, should I spend time in understanding the library or just start coding with the help of google. I started coding the simpler screens, I was able to show some progress to the client in Shamailahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547352485270448052noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772447763671342238.post-25518811847685567182009-12-10T08:06:00.000-08:002016-04-02T03:46:14.471-07:00GWT-Ext and Ext-GWT -- some experiencesThis fall I started two GWT projects simultaneously. Title of first project was GWT web application development - the specifications were all well written and it was understood that I have to code the application in GWT-Ext. The title of second project was GWT/GXT front end - The specifications were all dirty and difficult to understand, some of the pages were handwritten and scanned. The Shamailahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16547352485270448052noreply@blogger.com0