no o! that homelocator is not mine, it was d app that one the flex derby competition 06,

how far wit ur coding competition ? ?

who says programmers dont live long ?

for topcoder, a lot of companies hold compititions, like google, IBM, AOL e.t.c as for location, top coder holds their contests online, then d finals are onsite, and i think 1st , 2nd and 3rd positions can be like 100, 50 and 25k (naira o! )
i wont mind to compete in an MTN Code Jam , or Zenith Code Battle

DJNiyi:


Thanks for the compliment. Yeah, we did it with Flex. Do you use it as well?

yea, i use flex, have u seen http://www.asfusion.com/apps/homelocator/, u could get some concepts for ur geeplaces ,

yea, something like a topcoder.com for nigerians will be cool, na just sponsorship be d problem,
and ur site is cool, did u do it with flex ??

abdkabir,
im interested in ur bulk SMS , give me more details

seun u try,
i started wit QBasic in 2002, VBasic 2003, moved to Asp in 2004 and plenty TSQL in 2004 too , coldfusion in 2005, MXML+ AS3 in 2007, me sef don try small,

omo eko,

which kin husband be dat!

what happend after d rape ?

@seun,
which usability guideline ?? links pls

breeolan,
is that a true life story

me sef dey serve for gombe, mallam Sidi was fun,

yep m2cents's got it, i use 780 for my sites

file upload in CF

<cffile action = "upload"   fileField = "FileContents"   destination = "c:\files\upload\"     nameConflict = "MakeUnique">

how do you do that in PHP 

sending a mail in CF is this simple
  <cfmail to = "***@nairaland.com"  from = "anybody"  subject = "helloworld">
            This is a mail from coldfusion
   </cfmail>

lets start simple!

to read from a database in CF, the users table

<cfquery name="getUsers" datasource="#dsn#">
     select * from users order by firstname asc
</cfquery>
<cfdump var=#getUsers# >

well, they dont even have to write it, let them just copy and paste.

naijafan, help me tell them o!
more codes.  below is code to create a CAPTCHA image, 

<cffunction name="writeToStream" hint="Writes to a outputStream" access="private" returntype="void" output="false">
   <cfargument name="outputStream" hint="Gimme a java.io.OutputStream" type="any" required="Yes">
   <cfargument name="text" hint="The text to display" type="string" required="Yes">
   <cfargument name="width" hint="The width of the image" type="numeric" required="true">
   <cfargument name="height" hint="The height of the image" type="numeric" required="true">
   <cfargument name="fontsize" hint="The font size the text" type="numeric" required="true">
   <cfargument name="LeftOffset" hint="The number of pixels of padding to put to the left of the text" type="numeric" required="true">
   <cfargument name="TopOffset" hint="The number of pixels of padding to put to the top of the text" type="numeric" required="true">
   <cfargument name="shearXRange" hint="The amount to shear the font on the X axis" type="numeric" required="true">
   <cfargument name="shearYRange" hint="The amount to shear the font on the Y axis"  type="numeric" required="true">   
      
   <cfscript>
/* variables */
      var counter = 0;   var characters = 0;      var top = 0;
      var len = 0;      var size = 0;         var left = 0;
      var response = 0;   var char = 0;         var encoder = 0;
      var encoderParam = 0;

      /* utils */
      var staticArrays = createObject("java", "java.util.Arrays";
      var staticCollections = createObject("java", "java.util.Collections";
      
      
      /* prep image  */
      var dimension = createObject("java", "java.awt.Dimension".init(width, height);   
      var imageType = createObject("java", "java.awt.image.BufferedImage".TYPE_INT_RGB;   
      var bufferedImage = createObject("java", "java.awt.image.BufferedImage".init(JavaCast("int", dimension.getWidth()), JavaCast("int", dimension.getHeight()), imageType);   
      var graphics = bufferedImage.createGraphics();
      
      /* get the fonts */
      var allFonts = staticArrays.asList(createObject("java", "java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment".getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getAllFonts());
      
      
      /* drawing graphics here */
      
      /* background */
      var startColor = createRandomLightGreyScaleColor();
      var endColor = createRandomLightGreyScaleColor();
      
      var gradientPaint = createObject("java", "java.awt.GradientPaint".init(getRandomPointOnBorder(dimension), 
                                                            startColor, 
                                                            getRandomPointOnBorder(dimension),  
                                                            endColor);
      
      var background = createObject("java", "java.awt.Rectangle".init(dimension);
      
      graphics.setPaint(gradientPaint);
      graphics.fill(background);
      
      /* draw some lines */
      len = randRange(10, 20);
      for(counter = 1; counter lte len; counter = counter + 1)
      {      
         drawRandomLine(graphics, dimension);
      }
      
      /* draw the text in random font characters */
      characters = text.toCharArray();   
      len = ArrayLen(characters);
      
      size = fontsize;
      top = topOffset;
      left = Leftoffset;
      
      staticCollections.shuffle(allFonts);
      for(counter = 1; counter lte len; counter = counter + 1)
      {
         char = characters[counter];
         setNewFont(graphics, allFonts, size, arguments.shearXRange, arguments.shearYRange);
         graphics.setColor(createRandomDarkGreyScaleColor());
   
         //if cannot display, find a font that can
         while(NOT graphics.getFont().canDisplay(char))
         {   
            setNewFont(graphics, allFonts, size, arguments.shearXRange, arguments.shearYRange);
         }      
         graphics.drawString(JavaCast("string", char), JavaCast("int", left), JavaCast("int", top));
         left = left + (2 * graphics.getFontMetrics().charWidth(char));
      }
      
      /* draw a few more lines */
         
      len = randRange(2, round(max(min(width, height) / 20, 3)));  //draw more lines the bigger it is.
      for(counter = 1; counter lte len; counter = counter + 1)
      {      
         drawRandomLine(graphics, dimension);
      }
   
      
       encoder = createObject("java", "com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGCodec".createJPEGEncoder(arguments.outputstream);
       encoderParam = encoder.getDefaultJPEGEncodeParam(bufferedImage);
       encoderParam.setQuality(JavaCast("float", 0.80), false);
       encoder.setJPEGEncodeParam(encoderParam);
       encoder.encode(bufferedImage);
      
   </cfscript>
   
</cffunction>

penng,
no mind them,
contrary to what smartsoft ans sbucareer are sayin, CF is actually a very good language, im sure the big bois no that , no wonder 75 out of the fortune 100 companies use it, http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/proven/
i'm an advanced CF user, i code PHP very well too , and i can boldly say that CF rules.
at the moment , top nigerian companiies run on cf .access, schlum, fcmb, e.t.c. (check www.accessbankplc.com , www.zenithbank.com , www.sterlingbankng.com )all these sites run on CF. even MYSPACE is powered by CF.  we've had an argument on nairaland before https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-27675.0.html so im not tryin to argue,   
if you're already into CF, i'll advice you not to look back
send me a mail shola @ neoplex . net . i might have an opportunity for u.

penyng,
u run query u no output am?

<cftry>
<cfcoup domain="nairaland" admin="seun" newadmin="boraddo" action="overthrow" />

<cfcatch exception="any">
<cfdump var="#error#" >
</cfcatch>

</cftry>

its a monthly job for a minimum of 6months. on site,

i'll mail the job description as soon as i get it.

well, i get your point. but instead of beating around the bush,  the person is not prepared to pay more than 30k. the job description is to manage and if possible redevelop an online classifieds. i'll send a detailed description to ur mailbox.

hi,
i knw someone who is willing to hire a PHP or Coldfusion Developer. You would be required to work full time in lagos. the monthly pay is 30,000naira. if u're intrested. buzz me on this thread.

safe

Gridlock:

It seems that, there are only a few web programmers around who are interested. I have only got a few responses and i was wondering, does the job sound too tough or too small?

my friend sent u a mail like a month ago, u didnt even reply him,

ayd!!! ;d ;d ;d ;d ;d ;d ;d ;d

somehow, i think its possible to knw where u'r browsing from, but im just not sure of its accuracy because i configured google analytics on one of my sites, and i was getting geo locations like, abule ijesha, oshodi, mushin, lekki, ikeja , e.t.c ,

@my2cents,
seen the WOA site, i appreciate the initiative. but abeg, how can i edit my profilealso, the poll takes me to an eexternal link wit no link back. will drop more comments later. but all in all, thumbs up!

u guys must be having fun

abeg change the topic to 'manual labourer needed'

meehn, im impressed. its a really creative site. i like the penalty kick intro. brilliant idea. did u do that site?? thumbs up. as for how u can improve on the site, i no sabi!!!

my2cents:

Oracle,

no mind them. I would have said so myself, but as naijafan said, I should hv noticed that abti was a "largely static" site and has boraddo said, saying so would imply that the whole world should follow my "rigidly" "laid out plans" LOL

my2cents,
dont get me wrong , i really appreciate ur comments and as a matter of fact, those random images u thot we spat out have been properly optimised (as low as 14k now. the largest is 25.5kb). thanks for pointing those issues out.

@seun,
whats your definition of a political institution? is microsoft a political institution?

well, i think successfull entrepreneures are those that a capable to create a system where the business can run without them being the ceo, why are companies like guiness (1759),coca cola, e.t.c still in existence today if u want ur company to outlast you, create a system where you can resign as the CEO(someday) and sit back n relax.

@jephmos
is it a good step to take? YES
is it not contrary to the goals of enterpreneurship? No, its not, there're a difference between a selfemployed and an entrepreneur
when is it necessary for the founders to step down? i no sabi dat one o!!! it has to do wit ur personality (someone like seun can never step down from nairaland except a miracle happens )