frameworks

Suggestions wanted: learning material for Django

I am looking for advice on best resources to learn how to develop webapps with Django [the python framework]. Here's a few information to help responders to narrow-down the gazillion options "out there". Where I stand I know python (2.x series) and I have developed a few applications/scripts with it. I wouldn't define myself a python-...

What alternatives to Spring+JSF/Facelets exist for web-development in java?

Let's consider only standard MVC architecture and don't touch SOFEA. I'm actually do my web-development with JPA (Hibernate)+Spring+JSF/Faceletes. To use JSF efficiently I also use at least Apache Orchestra and some components library (like Tomahawk or RichFaces). I've already stepped on a rake several times with jsf. The worst thing ...

Why do almost all PHP framework use "<?php echo ... ?>"

The PHP short tag <?= $var ?> has been deprecated for a while. Almost all PHP frameworks use the long form <?php echo $var ?> (e.g., symphony, Yii, Kohana) Smarty is a famous PHP template engine which supports a shorter form {$var} Template engines (like Smarty) are easier for web designer Editing a template shows {$var} instead of sh...

Transferring from web programming to GUI programming?

I've been doing web development for about six years now, and somehow have entirely avoided ever developing a desktop application. I am considering writing a desktop application (I'm thinking something similar to a Word clone) on Linux but have no idea where to start. I hear of Qt and GTK+, but I'm curious if there are any frameworks th...

Production-ready PayPal, 2CO and Authorize.Net libraries for Python/Django?

Seems that Python lacks e-commerce solutions compared to PHP and C#. Any production-ready PayPal, 2CO and Authorize.Net libraries for Python/Django? EDIT: http://github.com/johnboxall/django-paypal http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/969/ E-commerce: http://www.satchmoproject.com/ http://code.activestate.com/recipes/456361/ http://...

RPC lib for Python

What RPC framework/lib for python could you recommend me? The architecture is client-server, server should stand high load, and connection tunneled over ssl. I've googled such things as pyro, twisted.spread, rpyc. ...

Are there any iPhone Audio Frameworks that support scrubbing and 2x?

Do any of the iPhone Audio frameworks (or open source frameworks) support scrubbing and 2x (i.e. ability to play audio at 2X, 3X the normal speed)? ...

Scribe Alternate or Library for ASP.NET

Hi, I want to know if is there any library or alternate available for the facebook Scribe project for ASP.NET. Here is the link for the scribe project. http://developers.facebook.com/scribe/ Thanks ...

Best Java Open Source Text Mining Framework

Hello Everyone, I want to know what is the best open source java based framework for Text Mining, to use botg Machine Learning and dictionary Methods. I'm using Mallet but there are not that much documentation and I do not know if it will fit all my requirements. Thanks in advance. Best Regards, ukrania ...

How can I evaluate how and whether to change php frameworks?

Need some guidance and ideally some first-hand experience. We committed to a php framework which, shortly after we built the first rev of the product, stopped all development on the framework for about a year, forked twice, and doesn't really have a big community to begin with, meaning no plugins, tutorials, etcetera. For another proje...

updating values in web.config

I need to store an escaped html string in a key in web.config using the KeyValueConfigurationElement.Save method built into framework 3.5. But when I try to do so, it keeps escaping my ampersands. Code looks like this: strHTML = DecodeFTBInput(FTB1.Text) FTB1.Text is a string of HTML, like this: <b><font color="#000000">Testing</fo...

Is there any Android game framework ready to use

Do you know any tile based game framework for android like HGE for PC or at least some good examples of tile based engine for Android ...

PHP database framework (easy insert, edit, search...)? Something like phpMyAdmin

Hello I'm trying to find some kind of PHP framework that allows me to do some "database oriented programming". I mean something like Clipper and MS Access (I never used them, just heard about, so I might be a bit off). Basically, the idea is that I create a database with a table "customers", for instance, containing ID, Name, Address an...

Question on building a Joomla web site for data driven content.

I have developed a demo ASP.NET web site with less than 10 pages. The application connects to a MySQL (not SQL Server) database to populate tables and fields and do CRUD operations on the database. In the final version, PDF suppport, email support, registration and other stuff. My questions are: I am thinking of porting this applicati...

Developer Survey on Carrier Network APIs

Here’s a chance to tell a major national carrier which APIs (“enablers”) you want to see as a developer. The survey will take about 5 minutes and all participants will have a chance to win one of six Android smart phones. Thanks so much for your help and your feedback! To start the survey, go to http://devcentral.checkboxonline.com/netw...

Cocoa: create graphs

Is there a framework out there that will allow me to create simple bar and line graphs? ...

Pros and Cons of leading HTML and CSS Skinning Combinations

I am trying to build a theme right now for the Spree eCommerce platform for Rails. Because Spree is already a fairly large project, it has chosen a certain set of patterns and frameworks for skinning: Less and YUI. But from reading around on Google, other skinners seem to work faster/better using other frameworks. So I am wondering wh...

Is there a Java web framework similar to Joomla?

I got some experience on Joomla and I like their community and Joomla's plug and play. They have a lot of tested components working well. I remember my first steps: easy to start and the only requirements are good old Apache and PHP. On the other hand my only - but massive - complaint is I have to use PHP. I cannot get comfortable with P...

Mixing GPL and non-GPL Frameworks in software

Hi, so heres my issue. I'm currently developing a program: Lets call it "Program A". There is an existing framework, call it "Framework A", and that framework is GPL licensed. I have also developed another framework, call it "Framework B", this framework does not depend on Program A, or on Framework A. It can stand alone and be used in...

Framework vs. separate libraries

I'm using C++, but I think that my question goes beyond a single programming language. What is better - use framework's classes or separate libraries. For example, if I'm using Qt in some project is it better to use QHttp or use cURL (QtXml or TinyXML etc.)? From my point of view using framework's classes has following features: Better...