Bojan Bjelić

Tag: code

  • Formatting date, time, currency in various cultures

    In today’s interconnected world, it’s important that online applications support different cultures.

    Even if most of us that spend a lot of time online are accustomed to the USA date and number formats, people always prefer to see numbers and dates formatted in a familiar way. People don’t like to think about if the date’s first digit is day or month, or if it’s decimal delimiter or digit grouping mark.

    The date 03/02/2010 means completely different thing in Australia and USA – it’s February the 3rd in the former and March the 2nd in latter! (dd/mm/yyyy vs mm/dd/yyyy)

    Even if we assume that the common internet user can read the shown format based on the website’s supposed location, localization and internationalization (i18n) could greatly improve readability and usability.

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  • LINQ to XML

    Seems that LINQ to XML does not get near as much attention as LINQ to SQL, but that’s a shame since there is a lot going on here too. The big improvements are in the XML document navigation, working with namespaces and document construction.

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  • AutoHotkey Scripts

    As I have already stated, one of my favourite tools that I install right away on a fresh machine is the AutoHotkey.  It makes life a bit easier shortening the way to perform common tasks. Among other features, it provides a way to associate keyboard shortcuts with a scripted outcome.

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