About
About this web site
Hi, Thanks for visiting this web site. I hope you like it. This web site was launched about 3 years ago, to share my knowledge and software I've written. In the middle of 2005, this site was restyled to meet with new standards.
Most of the topics at this web site are technically oriented, and assume you have at least some experience with computer science or using software. The topics at this web site are all related to one of these things:
- Help with software development
- Doing fun things with Linux
- Software I've written and like to share
About the domain name
Unlike the domain name might suggest, this is not a commercial web site. If I'd chosen a name today, the web site most likely would have an .org extension.
When this site launched, I was looking for something that would be easy to remember; www. 'something with coding' .com. Eventually it became codingdomain.com. This name definitely had some interesting side effects, such as Google associating coding topics quickly with "codingdomain.com".
Who am I
My name is Diederik van der Boor, 21 years old, live in The Netherlands, and graduated this year at the Saxion Universities of Professional Education. Currently I'm employed at a software company in my home town, working on web applications.
My study could be called 'Computer Science' or 'Software Engineering' in English, but call it 'Software Development' if you like. That's a bit easier to explain in a conversation ;-).
Some of the things I do are:
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Aikido, an Japanese martial art.
The focus of Aikido isn't punching or kicking, but using the right mindset, motion and dynamics to have control. If you like to know out more, there is a nice introduction and some video clips available at the web (if you don't know what clip to select, try "Christian Tissier"). - Dancing, both ballroom and latin.
- Scouting
- And off course, doing all kinds of things with computers
- I develop software, what software depends on whatever catches my eye.
I have experience with the following programming languages: ASP, C++ (mostly Qt), Java, JavaScript, XHTML/CSS, PHP, Perl, SQL, UNIX Shell, Visual Basic and XML/XSL.
Nowadays I usually write C++ code for KMess, and use XML/XSL to update this web site. All HTML content is generated automatically.
It's worth mentioning that I have an huge interest in Open Source software like Linux and KDE. I like to follow blogs like Planet KDE regularly because I'm quite excited about the way KDE develops.
Linux and KDE intrigue me because those projects are formed by communities of volunteers worldwide, dedicated to create free and non-restrictive software. I don't expect that Open Source will replace commercial software, but it will exist side-by-side, creating a better competition in the market. Most Open Source developers write commercial software for clients, and write Open Source software for fun, learning new stills, sharing information and improving the software.
Stuff to promote
There are some things that deserve some special attention:
 Mozilla Firefox | Firefox is the next generation web browser It is also a valuable tool to develop web sites and follow web standards. |
 SourceForge.net | The world's largest Open Source software development web site. |
 No Patents! | The new software patents rules could be devastating for small companies, Open Source software, and sites like this one. |
 Valid XHTML
 Valid CSS | Web standards make it able to write quality web sites viewable with any Internet enabled device. |