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Pager Widget

Pager Widget
If you are looking for a way to quickly add a pager to your web app and you don't want to write several lines of code then look no further...
March 03, 2011 | Read More »

How to add your favorite jQuery UI plugin as a Raxan widget

How to add your favorite jQuery UI plugin as a Raxan widget
Imagine you have found the latest jQuery DatePicker that has all of the latest bells & whistles (like the one created by Keith Wood at http://keith-wood.name/datepick.html). Like most jQuery plugins, it comes with the jquery plugin (.js) file, a css file, and an example html file. So, how do you quickly add this to Raxan as a reusable widget?
February 13, 2011 | Read More »

How to call SQL Server stored procedures from Raxan

How to Connect to a Database
From the surface it might appears to be simple but under the hood Raxan includes a lot of features that will make your web application development a lot easier. In this tutorial we will be using the RaxanPDO class library to execute a stored procedure on a Microsoft SQL Server.
February 08, 2011 | Read More »

Raxan 1.0 Final Release

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Raxan 1.0 final. A lot of work has gone into 1.0 and we just want to say many thanks to those who have tested and contributed to the development of this release. It could not have been possible without the kind support of the open source community.
January 26, 2011 | Read More »

How to Connect to a Database

How to Connect to a Database
Even though you don't need a database for some web applications, there are times when you just can't do without it. This tutorial will show you how to use Raxan to connect to a database server.
January 04, 2011 | Read More »

Happy 2011

The new year is now upon us and there's a lot that we have to be thankful for. Since the start of 2010 we made it our goal to build a framework that would help to improve productivity and accelerate development and that we did...
January 02, 2011 | Read More »

New Release: Raxan 1.0 RC1

A new version (RC1) of Raxan is now available for download on our website. Here's a quick look at some of the new features in this release...
December 08, 2010 | Read More »

What to expect in the upcoming RC1 release

A quick overview of what to expect in the upcoming RC1. Includes link to developer snapshot.
May 25, 2010 | Read More »

Slide Show: Developing PHP Web Applications with the Raxan Framework

A quick way to learn about the basic of developing PHP Web Applications with the Raxan Framework
December 09, 2009 | Read More »

Raxan for PHP Beta 3

Raxan Beta 3 makes it a lot easier to building rich web applications. In this release we have made a lot of changes to the API to make it easier to build applications and website.
December 07, 2009 | Read More »

jQuery Event Delegation

A quick look at how to bind live() events to hundreds of html elements by using a simple event delegation plugin
November 17, 2009 | Read More »

What's New In Beta 2

In this release we have merged the documentation for the CSS and PDI frameworks into a single User Guide, fixed several bugs and have added several new features.
August 19, 2009 | Read More »

Loading A Custom Configuration File

Raxan PDI makes it very easy to override default configurations with your custom config file.
July 14, 2009 | Read More »

Zebra Striped HTML Table

You might have seen websites that use HTML tables for displaying a long list of tabular information. While the information is nicely laid out it's sometimes difficult to read and follow especially when you have to scroll the page. To solve this problem, most designers will add alternating colors to the table rows using a technique called Zebra stripes.
May 31, 2009 | Read More »

New Release: Raxan PDI 1.0 Beta 1

With this release we have opened up the doors of new possibilities for the Raxan PDI Framework. This document seeks to outline some of the newly added features and functionalities of the framework.
May 22, 2009 | Read More »