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[Vaibhav Pandey]

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Google adds Forms Feature to Spreadsheets Posted: 18 Feb 2008 10:44 PM CST This is one of those features which goes very well with the spirit of Google, making use of the information available and presenting it in a meaningful way. Google docs has added yet another interesting feature which lets a Spreadsheet author send mail invites to other users with fields for the recipients to fill. As the users respond, the spreadsheet gets automatically filled in with the data. What is interesting about this feature is that all this happens at the real time. A clear distinction between desktop and web software. To begin playing around with this feature, follow the below mentioned steps. Create a new Google spreadsheet. Fill in some desired column names and values ( if needed). Click on the link called Share. Select radio pointing to the choice fill out a formNEW . Click on Invite Collaborators. As soon as you are done with this, a mail is sent to the user with the form fields. The beauty of this application is that as users enter the values and submits the form, the spreadsheet automatically gets filled. Also, the users have the option of seeing previous values entered so far. Clearly, We just don't need web versions of our desktop software. We, as end users need web software that takes advantage of being online. [Source: Official Google Docs Blog ] Do stay tuned to Technofriends for more, one of the best ways of doing so is by subscribing to our feeds. You can subscribe to Technofriends feed by clicking here. Cheers Vaibhav

Lets talk about LAMP Posted: 18 Feb 2008 09:31 AM CST Often i come across people who raise their eyebrows when exposed to the most commonly term in the web-o-sphere, LAMP. This post is dedicated to all those readers to whom this word sounds greek. LAMP refers to Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP, an open-source Web application platform which uses Linux as the Operating System, Apache is the most commonly used Web Server, MySQL as the RDBMS database and PHP as the scripting language to generate dynamic pages. In LAMP, Perl or Python is often substituted for PHP. Today, LAMP has become a general development standard and almost all the products that make up the LAMP stack are included by default in nearly all Linux distributions. Also, it is reliable and robust and if Apache is any indicator, then in the web application world, LAMP sites predominate. Do share with me your thoughts about Open Source Web Development. I would love to hear from you. Do stay tuned to Technofriends for more, one of the best ways of doing so is by subscribing to our feeds. You can subscribe to Technofriends feed by clicking here. Cheers Vaibhav

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Vaibhav
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