frameworks

Canonical resource for forms-based design in ASP.NET MVC?

Is there a resource on the web that describes various form scenarios in ASP.NET MVC, and gives example solutions within a sensible, consistent design philosophy? Examples of such scenarios might be: One-to-many forms, like invoice data-entry forms. Foreign-table forms such as Add New User in a form that requires specifying a user Form...

Is there a GUI framework that uses HTML and CSS to build GUIs?

I mean, other than a browser, of course -- I'm talking about building native applications with HTML and CSS -- not web applications, but real native GUIs. I wonder if such a thing exists? And what do you think of such a beast? What would the pros/cons of such a system be? ...

Getting rid of index.php in the URL when using recess framework and lighttpd

I am using the recess php framework with lighttpd Does anyone know how I can use the shorter urls of: http://www.myserver.com/recess Instead of: http://www.myserver.com/index.php/recess The recess readme file says that if I have mod_rewrite I can use the shorter url: -- "Do you have mod_rewrite? -- Yes: Open your browser to the...

Securing a web application

What steps can be taken to make sure a web application using Hibernate, Spring and JSF is secure? What vulnerabilites can exist and what security framework if any is standard? ...

Why there is no open source framework (like Java) for C# application development?

Hi, C# is much more popular than Java in recent years. As a general-purpose programming language, many people feel that C# is better designed than Java. Why until now there is no open source framework for C# application development? Why no one take the initiative to develop a open source framework for C# which is comparable to Java? (...

PHP Object References in Frameworks

Before I dive into the disscusion part a quick question; Is there a method to determine if a variable is a reference to another variable/object? (Just want to check I am passing references around correctly and not make duplicate versions of my objects). For example $foo = 'Hello World'; $bar = &$foo; echo (is_reference($bar) ? 'Is refe...

Catch database exception in Kohana

I'm using Kohana 2. I would like to catch a database exception to prevent an error page when no connection to the server can be established. The error displayed is system/libraries/drivers/Database/Mysql.php [61]: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', syste...

Should the PHP community start using more descriptive Exceptions?

I work with Zend Framework a lot and I just took a peek at Kohana, and it strikes me as odd that this is a typical scenario in these frameworks: throw Some_Components_Exception( 'invalid argument' ); Where I believe this wouldn't be much more useful: throw Some_Components_InvalidArgumentException( 'whatever discription' ); Because ...

C# / .Net stock tick data transportation libraries / API ?

I am currently trying to find a simple, easy way to publish/broadcast stock tick data (real time) between C# applications. I am currently using nServiceBus for some other publish/send message communication processes, however I believe the overhead of MSMQ/serialization/etc. will be too much for transporting time-critical data such as st...

What is the most popular general purpose C++ Framework?

Hi All, I was looking at Qt and came to wondering, what is the most popular general purpose C++ framework, and what are some pro's and con's? Thanks, Kyle ...

Looking for a java web framework that support django styled url handling

I'm looking for a java web framework that will allow you to configure dynamic urls where information is being passed to the controller. For example /{clientName}/login would call the same controller regardless of the clientName and pass that clientName as an accessible value or an object in it's own right. ...

What are Private FrameWorks and how will we use them?

My Question is about private framworks in IphoneOS3.1SDK dirctory /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS3.0.sdk/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ What are they ? and when i added one of them to my project, they didn't have any headers? How can i use them in my project? ...

Including an embedded framework using a cross-project-reference: Header no such file or directory

I'm trying to create a Cocoa framework by using a cross-project reference in Xcode. I have 2 projects: one for the framework; one for the application that will use the framework. This framework is not intended to be stored within the system; it is an embedded framework that lives within the application bundle. I have successfully made...

What's a good test to compare performance of different Ajax frameworks?

I want to compare the performance of different PHP/Ajax frameworks. I'm not looking for tools to run the tests, I'm looking for what tests to run. I'm in the design phase of a project so I don't have an existing app. I'd like to build the same page in several different frameworks and compare things like the generated client-side code ...

best PHP programming approach?

Hello guys, i guess that many of us has acceptable years of experience in PHP programming, me myself got 5 years programming in PHP since in University (not very solid), i just want to gather some suggestion here, what is better approach in PHP OOP? Since there is a lot of PHP framework out there as well as javascript framework, can a...

Django vs GAE + Django vs GAE + other framework

I`m looking for opinion which one is better for building web applications(web sites). I have some experience with Django, and some with Google App Engine and App-Engine-Patch for Django. And it seems to me that only Django is working faster than the GAE implementation. Is there some other frameworks that simplify the developments process...

possible to make codeigniter work with another framework?

the situation is this. my client (who also is a programmer) asks me to develop an address book (with mysql database) with a lot of functions. then he can interact with some class methods i provide for him. kinda like an API. the situation is that the address book application is getting bigger and bigger, and i feel like its way better ...

tutorials/books to create a plugin/module/library?

i wonder if there are tutorials/books explaining how you create a library/plugin/module for other to implement? libraries/frameworks like solr, doctrine, codeigniter etc. cause it seems that they follow the same pattern. having one "bootstrap" file to load configurations, other classes and so on. i aim to understand the basics, so i c...

PHP - Frameworks, ORM, Encapsulation.

Programming languages/environments aside, are there many developers who are using a framework in PHP, ORM and still abide by encapsulation for the DAL/BLL? I'm managing a team of a few developers and am finding that most of the frameworks require me to do daily code inspection because my developers are using the built in ORM. Right now...

Getting started with Prism (Ent Lib v5) and building an app framework

Can anyone point me to any useful examples of an application framework being built using the newly released Enterprise Library 5? I have previously used v4.1 and after downloading the source for v5 and building - I'm not understanding how to integrate it with a WPF app - i.e. there doesn't appear to be any UnityBootstrapper class. Than...