Today I had an idea of writing a unit testing framework for stored procedures in MySQL. The full idea is written on a recent post on my blog. In short it goes like this: I want to automate my procedure testing, I want to use a standardized way to test my procedures. Unit testing is widely documented, and there are a zillion XUnit framew...
What is the equivalent to web controls in frameworks other than ASP.Net? Specifically I'd like to know about Java, PHP and Ruby on Rails. What are the relative merits/faults of each of these frameworks for web development? I've had some exposure to ASP.Net and have been asked to look into developing an app that will have configurable ...
OK, sorry in advance for the length of this question! I've spent ages reading about the pros and cons of all the major PHP Frameworks (i.e. Zend, CakePHP, Symfony, CodeIgniter, etc., etc.). I've also read most of the questions and answers already posted in here about PHP Frameworks and I STILL can't make up my mind as to which one I sho...
Okay, before I start this, I am well aware of how subjective this question is. For my case, I'd like to define the 'best' for me as: Rapid development "Pretty" URLs Data validation Good knowledge base available Not impossible to integrate other PHP software with This is a pretty generic definition, but all I'm looking for here is op...
I have a website built in PHP 4 with a framework made by hand by me. The code is 3 years old and I am limited (well it requires a lot of effort to make changes). I decided to do new version of this website. My knowledge has since increased, and now I know that a lot of frameworks exist and that IOC is there and ORM too... The problem is...
Which is the best framework for Java? I'm looking for something similar to Symfony for php and Ruby-On-Rails for Ruby? I even don't know if anything such exists for Java or not. ...
From a programmer stuck in the web world... What are the most common desktop development "frameworks" currently being used for desktop application development? Is it realistic to write desktop software for both Windows and OS X? Is it realistic to use the same base code to write the business/data layers for an application that will ha...
If I want to build a native GUI application on Windows (C++), do I have to use MFC for the UI building framework, or are there other technologies I can use? I know it's a silly question, and the answer is probably, "use MFC or make API calls directly", but I'd like to hear some opinions. ...
We are developing an application that involves a lot of different tests where each test lead the users to a number of steps. We are thinking of using a state machine framework to capture the states/transitions out of the code. We are also thinking of using rule engine to supplement on the rules. Anyone has experience with any state ma...
As a team we are using Visual Studio 2005 with framework 3.0. I am thinking if it will be nice for us to switch to Visual Studio 2008 with framework 3.5 ? Is it worth it ? Thanks. ...
I want to start a new project with Java; In the past I used to start with Struts + Tiles; but tiles was very complicated; I don't know the latest version of Tiles; I need your recommendations in details for a good GUI framework; Thanks. Duplicate of this question. ...
I can't seem to find any GUI framework's for as3 that are as good as any the applications I already see out on the web; Is this something most people code themselves or am I missing something in flash itself? I'm looking for dialogs/windows, buttons, text boxes, combos, drop downs, menus, etc etc and the ability to extend the components...
After graduating from calling the mysql_* functions directly in my code, I've stepped up to a home-brewed database abstraction class. Now, I'm beginning to think that I should really use a "professional" DB class instead. I know there are a lot of them out there (ADODB, PDO, MDB2, etc) but I want to know which one I should try out. What...
We don't teach children calculus first. We first teach them arithmetic, then algebra, then geometry, the analytical geometry, then finally calculus. Why then, do we teach our computer scientists frameworks and IDE first. Some curriculum do force students to learn computer science fundamentals, but the vast majority of graduates that I...
I have a programming blog that was implemented using the default theme of Movable Type. To that, I have added myself a syntax highlighting plugin for adding code snippets. It's not the best thing in the world, but it served its purpose for a long time. Problem is my administrative interface's editor is no longer working so I think it's ...
Next Semester I will be taking a "Software Practive II" class. In that class, my professor wants us to learn XNA. I have been playing around with XNA for quite sometime, and enjoy its functionality and simplicity. However, XNA does not take advantage of System.Windows.Forms. Using CEGUI# I was able to get XNA to work with System.Windows...
Looking for the enterprise level, open source :) Java ETL framework. Came across Clover.ETL but want to hear what people think of it... ...
I'm looking for a simple PHP framework for a 10-year-old child to build (with my help, of course) a NeoPets-like (but much simpler) website. The framework should simply registration/login, database connection and usage, session management. It should also have good documentation. I'm not sure we need MVC for this task. Are there any rec...
Lately, I've been pondering the somewhat non-mainstream architecture of building raw XML on the server side, and then using an XSLT stylesheet on the client to transform the XML into the full UI. Of course, a fallback mechanism would have to exist if the client was not capable of client side XSLT, in which case we'd just transform it fo...
I am just getting stated with CodeIgniter and am trying to hash out my regular modules/functions and get them working properly within the mvc framework. I have a few specific questions, if anyone has a strong background with CI: SESSIONS The CI session stores session data on the client side in a cookie, which just isn't going to wor...