You probably know how to check the properties of Windows services ( through Control Panel -> Administrative tools->Services). But sometimes you might need to check that programatically, especially if you are writing software that depends on a whether a particular value has been set on a Window service. So how do you do that? Read on.

Need to mount an ISO image on Unix without going through the extra hassle of burning it to disk? This recipe shows you how to do that on Solaris, HP UX and Linux.

Clearcase is a more complex versioning system compared to subversion or cvs. This quick start guide is for a developer who has encountered the Clearcase version control system for the first time and needs to get upto speed quickly

While creating a Flex chart from an ArrayCollection is relatively simple, using data from an xml for the chart is apparently not as straightforward, especially if the xml has childnodes deeper than a couple of levels. This example demonstrates how to convert xml (returned from an HttpService call to a servlet) to an ArrayCollection and use it as the datasource for a chart.

Creating a table with a one pixel border can become quite frustrating for those not used to web programming. This recipe shows how to quickly create one that works across several major browsers.

Almost all php scripts are used in web apps and therefore it is essential to debug scripts in the context of a web application rather than debugging a php file in isolation. This recipe describes how to set up the Zend debugger for debugging php scripts of a running web application.