frameworks

How do you choose a CSS framework?

I'm working on a company website and I figure that I should start using a CSS framework. There's quite a number of CSS frameworks around, what's the most commonly used one and why would people choose to use it instead of the other frameworks? ...

Any NIO frameworks for .NET?

Are there any non-blocking IO frameworks for .NET? I am looking for something similar to what Apache Mina and JBoss Netty provides for Java: a framework for implementing highly scalable servers - not just the low-level support that the .NET framework provides. EDIT: To better explain what I would like to see, here is a basic example o...

why is the lift web framework scalable?

I want to know the technical reasons why the lift webframework has high performance and scalability? I know it uses scala, which has an actor library, but according to the install instructions it default configuration is with jetty. So does it use the actor library to scale? Now is the scalability built right out of the box. Just add ...

Case insensitive search in grails

I am developing grails application which uses file searching.For that I wrote the following code. This code works and it is gives the results with case sensitive.But I want to search files without case sensitive. def criteria = FileDomain.createCriteria() def results = criteria { and { like('user', User.findById(session?.user...

JBoss Seam tutorials

Let's say that I'm new to JBoss Seam, is there a way to get my skills up to speed? Are there any good tutorials? ...

Frameworks for location-aware mobile applications?

A mobile device like a Windows Mobile cellphone/PDA is by definition used from many kinds of locations, and should adapt accordingly. If I'm at home, I'd like it to switch to my local WLAN rather than using 3G or GPRS. If I'm in a meeting, I'd like it to be on silent buzzer rather than a loud ringtone. If I'm in a noisy environment, I'd ...

Advice on platforms/frameworks/languages/etc for a new project

I know this is not a programming question per se, but I wanted to get as much input from the SO community on a new project I hope to get started. The project is from being started from scratch and thus every decision for programming languages, databases, frameworks, platforms and what not are up in the air. I'm hoping to get your opini...

Do Poor Code Samples Turn You Away From Libraries?

I've been evaluating a framework that on paper looks great. The problem is that the sample code is incomplete and of poor quality. The supplied reference implementations are for the most part not meant to be used (so they can be considered as sample code as well) and have only succeeded at confusing me. I know that it's common for thi...

Need an info on PHP Reporting Framework/API/Tools

I have created My portal on PHP and MYSQL. I am unable to find a competitive PHP based tool/Framework like Jasper report which can be used to design reports The framework must be an Open source and rich and flexible in extending its basic functionality Do you know solution to problem of reports in PHP ? ...

problem with asp.net on visual studio .net 2003

I want to run ASP.NET on VS 2003 but it raises an error which says: "Visual studio has detected that web server is running asp.net version 1.0.The web application you are creating or opening can be configured to be compliant with asp.net 1.0. However, the web application will not be able to use the new features from asp.net 1.1." When I...

Would you use the S#arp Architecture in a new commercial project?

The S#arp Architecture seems really cool, but do you think it's still too new to make the commitment to it in an important new project? (Let's assume the project appears to be a good fit for it at first glance.) It all seems very good, I'm just concerned that the new project I'm working on is using all the newer technologies - WCF, ASP....

What does a Dependency Injection framework do for you?

I understand the basic concept of Dependency Injection. Rather than have a lot of global state, you instead pass around what you need to the constructors of your various objects. But I don't understand how this concept can be applied to a framework? What does a Dependency Injection framework do for you and when should you use one? ...

Possible to port legacy servlet to framework one component at a time?

Hello all, I have heard that you can run an ASP.NET application and ASP.NET mvc application side by side so that you can port existing code over one piece at a time. I was wondering if you could do this with a java framework? I have a legacy servlet application that I am currently in the process of refactoring. I am thinking about turn...

Which PHP framework should I choose between ZendFramework and YII?

Which PHP framework should I choose between ZendFramework or YII? Points I need to consider: Performance (assuming an accelerator is used) Documentation stability of framework less to code. ...

What CSS framework would you recomend?

I'm a software developer, not a designer, but I'm being forced to design websites. In the past, I designed "by hand", never using anyone of these before. Now, I have found that there are a lot of CSS framewoks. I want to give a try to some of these, but I don't know where to begin and I don't want to waste my time. I think the most popu...

Delphi - Threading frameworks

I am looking for a Threading framework to use in my Delphi application. Currently I am evaluating ‘OmniThreadLibrary’ - so far it looks good and does everything I need. Is there any other ‘Threading framework’ for Delphi ? (I am using D2006 & D2009) ...

What is the best java web application framework that goes well with xml+xslt?

I recently learned a bit about xml/xslt and would like to try it in my web project. What framework would you recommend for that? Basically, I want to generate a dynamic xml that will be applied to xslt stylesheet on the client side. Wicket was my first candidate, but it is primarily html-centric. Didn't manage to get my idea work yet. ...

Plug'N'Play Framework/Best practices

I need to rewrite an old webservice, which act as a Plug'N'Play repository for drivers. A request for a driver can return one or more objects depending on a range of identifiers. Could anyone recommend any best practices in regards to the architecture/design or perhaps existing frameworks or tools? I would think that this is a well known...

Lightweight PHP library alternative to common MVC frameworks

Hi hi, I'm looking for a easy to learn php library to use for my coming web app project. I've recently finished a web app with fully handwritten raw php code and it's absolutely hard to be done again for another project. even though I have the recent project code snippets to be used again, but due to their non-structural arrangement (not...

A Guide for Creating your own Library for Cocoa(touch) development

I'm currently using a lot of the same subclassed objects with custom methods. It would be more convenient to create my own library which I can use for several projects. The goal is to have my own classes being available in the same way classes like UIView, CGRect etc are, including convenient methods like CGRectMake, both with classes ...