canada

Canadian website payment processor recommendations?

This question has been asked before (link) but I have slightly different requirements. First, I'm in Canada so that rules out Google Checkout and probably a few others. I just need a basic service that provides "Buy Now" functionality, no shopping carts or anything like that. The site isn't super high volume, so I'd like to avoid any sit...

How do you become a certified software engineer in Canada?

I've heard say that in Canada to call yourself a "Software Engineer" must be certified by the authorities just like a civil engineer. I'm curious what the process for this is? Is it about taking a test? Is there required, accredited coursework involved? What else? What resources are available to help someone with this process? Also, is t...

ASP.NET MVC Canadian Province Drop Down List

Anyone have have a dropdownlist helper method with a list of Canadian Provinces? Based upon this question I was looking to find a Canadian Province equivalent. Hopefully this will save someone some extra typing, or lead to an even better answer. ...

CURL / screen scrape delivery tracking details from Canada Post

I need to obtain delivery tracking details from the Canada Post website, which does not offer an API. I've formulated a URL that when entered into a browser correctly returns the tracking information, but I can't get the request to function with CURL (it returns a 500 We're Sorry page). class cURL { var $headers; var $user_agent; v...

Advice on Canadian payment gateway for VirtueMart (Joomla!)?

I'm developing a shopping cart system for a client using Joomla! 1.5 and VirtueMart and am in the market for a payment gateway provider. That said, I have a couple of unique requests: Not PayPal -- The client sells tobacco accessories, which is against PayPal ToS. Allows the sale of tobacco accessories/products -- my client primarily s...