backend

Handling XMLHttpRequest to call external application

I need a simple way to use XMLHttpRequest as a way for a web client to access applications in an embedded device. I'm getting confused trying to figure out how to make something thin and light that handles the XMLHttpRequests coming to the web server and can translate those to application calls. The situation: The web client using Aj...

PHP Framework / Library Suggestions for a Backend

I am about to start to developing backend site of a php project. Companies and site admins will login to this site and manage their data on the project. My previous admin panel experiences were full of agony and pain. So I want to make sure that I choose correct tools for my purpose. By the way, please note, I'm not looking for scaffol...

What is the importance of backend in web developing

I don't have any formal education on computer so terminologies are new to me. I don't know what is back end and why it is needed ...

single backend Language or different frontend Language in Wordpress

hi ! is it possible to change the language of my wordpress installation (WP 3.0 Multisite) only in frontend (without editing the .mo/.po files)? changing this option here: does also change my language in backend. any ideas? thanks for helping! ...

Spring: Okay to have two contexts - web & backend?

Hi, I have a spring-base web app with a spring-based backend. Currently, the integration is done in a stupid way of manual copying the backend .xml's to the web app resources and merging. I was wondering whether Spring is ready to have a bean which would be another ApplicationContext, and whether it can get beans from it; also if it ha...

Resources on Writing Compiler Backends for OO Languages ?

Greetings Overflowers, I am trying to deeply understand how one can develop an x86 (ia32/ia64) backend for OO languages (staticly/dynamically tryped), mainly to be run on Windows OS. I have a good understanding of the x86 architecture, Windows architecture and how to get a code to the tree level ready to be optimized and serialized int...

Growing into JavaScript as an integral part of the front-end vs. 'DHTML'

More of a general question here. At the moment a lot of the projects I work on utilize server-side views to render the user interface, and spruce it up with some JavaScript here and there. That is all fine and dandy for smaller projects, but lately it seems like the .js files are growing rather large in size, and the stacks upon stacks ...

Are any websites currently using the following non-relational databases as backend? 1.SimpleDB 2.CouchDB

I would also like to know if any sites have implemented any other non relational databases, and for what purpose.. ...

First frontend or backend implementation?

Hi, For most of you web developing guru's my question will sound stupid, but as newbie I would like to ask if it is ok that I will have a frontend developed and only after Backend? Also, if I will need database should I have the design of it first? I also would like to know about the analysis part of the project. A friend in short i...

Java vs. C++ for building a GUI which has a C++ backend.

Hello, I currently have a C++ backend that I need to connect with a GUI, and since I've never built a GUI before, I was confused on where to start. I'm comfortable writing code in C++ and Java, so I'd prefer my GUI to be in one of those languages. Also, the GUI has to be reasonably OS independent over Windows and Linux (and hopefully,...

What ways exists to generate MSIL from unmanaged code

Hi, I am trying to create a backend of my language for .NET platform. The front-end and interpreter written in Delphi. Unmanaged API just allows type definitions but no emiting of MSIL. What ways exist to generate MSIL from unmanaged code? Without using Reflection.Emit and using ILasm to attain this? Thank you. ...

Ecards managmenet in the backend. Do I think right?

I want to have an e-card feature for my B2B clients, but need help on implementing. Basically a user will be able to come to our site, click on the e-card link. When an ability to select front design and inside pattern will be able, after when user will have to enter recipients info (name, surname and email), select a background song fro...

nginx conf does not use my defined location rules

When users come to / they should be served a static index.html file. When they come to /foobar the request should be sent to the backend server. However, this is not the case, with the following: pid logs/nginx.pid; worker_processes 2; events { worker_connections 1024; } http { include mime.types; de...

Any reference material for fetching search results from retail sites?

If the question hasn't already done so, allow me to flag myself as a relative newcomer to backend programming. I'm really just wondering if anyone could point me to some literature on how to (for example) scrape the results of a search for "Die Hard" from amazon.com, and list them on your own page. Thanks in advance. ...

What purpose does a python backend serve?

I am primarily a PHP developer, and I have been browsing the source code of a few open-source applications recently(Mozilla Bespin in particular), to find that some of them use a Python "back-end." I was just wondering what the purpose of this back-end is. I am assuming it is the same thing as the model in an MVC framework and is used ...

"Vanilla" web python

I was reading on web2py framework for a hobby project of mine I am doing. I learned how to program in Python when I was younger so I do have a grasp on it. Right now I am more of a PHP dev but kindda loathe it. I just have this doubt that pops in: Is there a way to use "Vanilla" python on the backend? I mean Vanilla like PHP, without a ...

Auto back-end generator

Is there any PHP application that can automatically generate add/edit forms and listing pages by just reading the database. Like PhpMyAdmin but highly customizable through code or configuration files. The main reason is to avoid time spent on development of back-end of web applications. ...

multi field widget - format in symfony backend

How to format fields of multifield widget (widget with many inputs) in backed module? I have widget based on sfWidgetFormSchema and in backend all fields of this widget are displayed in one line (in the same div). How to display them properly? It is possible in generator.yml? ...

Designing a frontend/backend system in C++?

I'm about to write a program in C++, but I'm unsure as to how to go about it. I want to create a program that can be used with a command line frontend but also a GUI frontend as I don't want to bind a user to a specific interface such as a widget toolkit for dependencies' sake. How would be the best way to do this? I know some programs ...

CakePHP: authentication frontend and backend, are they possible together?

I'm developing a CakePHP 1.3 application which needs to login users backend and frontend. On the backend, admins and others must login to edit pages and data. On the frontend, users can login to see "private" pages. I'm using CakePHP ACL/Auth to login backend users (but i dont'have so clear how it works). What do you suggest? I was t...