web-applications

Java or scripting

What are the benefits of using Java to build web applications over scripting languages such as PHP ? ...

Porting MS Access application

I have been asked by a friend to help him assess a number of quotes for porting a desktop application based on MS access and VBA to a web based app. The application seems to have a relatively large amount of business logic coded into the VBA. My question is very specific - are there any good tools or resources out there which could ass...

Web Application Templates

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Where can I find a server to host webapps that I would like to test online?

Anybody know of a service/company that would host a web application that I want to build from scratch, where I may have access to some admin function of the web server and J2EE server, and database? I'm looking to build a site that is public to show off my skills when applying for a job. ...

How we run .NET 32bit Application in a 64bit Windows Server?

We are installing a third party application in one of our 64bit windows servers. This application apparently was build with the compiler option set to choose the platform at run time. When we run the application it gives us a System.BadImageFormatException: is not a valid Win32 application. Errrors. I have seen in forums from the ...

What is the best way to display multiple PDF files via browser?

I'm developing an web application using Flex and JSP. I am having some performance issues with displaying multiple PDF files. I am trying to display about 50-100 PDF files. I know that is a little crazy. Hence, I made the project to convert PDF files to JPG format and display the JPG files. I'm wondering if there is a way to decrease t...

Fitting different images as done in Ted.com

How resizing and fitting different images in a fixed space as done in http://www.ted.com/talks/browse and search results jinni.com. Any leads how this can be done, like with jQuery or with php support something. Thanks ...

Best Practices for a Web App Staging Server (on a budget)

I'd like to set up a staging server for a Rails app. I use git & github, Cap, and have a VPS with Apache/Passenger. I'm curious as to the best practices for a staging setup, as far as both the configuration of the staging server as well as the processes for interacting with it. I do know it should be as identical to the production server...

Recommendations for migrating a legacy web app to a modern framework.

Hello all, I am currently doing some work for a company that runs a legacy web app built on Java Servlets (the system pre-dates JSP's, although they now use them when building new pages). The code base is a big jumbled mess as its around 10 years of building on top of an out of date framework. They have very little consistency in the co...

Solutions for Java User Account Management

I currently work on a Java web application that has relies on a permissions mechanism to manage user content. This of course means that we need to manage users. Our current user management system is an in house system that manage info about users, groups, and user and permissions in an RDBMS. The system works but is a hassle to maintain....

Storing Images for Multiple Users

The platform isn't really as important as the theory. For the record, it is ASP.NET (C# on 3.5 SP1), SQL Server 2005. For the sake of argument, I have unlimited space (filesystem and database) and unlimited bandwidth. I am working on a project that would allow multiple users to upload their own images which could be managed by that us...

What's the performance difference between HttpModule and Global.aspx ??

I have made a web app where I am using a module which redirects without "www" urls (http://example.com/) to with "www" urls (http://www.example.com/). But as I am on shared hosting server, where I don't have permission to implement a HttpModule, then I tried the same module code with Global.asax file. That works! I used the following (A...

"500 Internal Server Error" when adding HttpModule in my Website??

I am having a website (developed in ASP.NET 2.0 (C#)) registered with godaddy.com But when I am adding HttpModule in my web.config as follow: <httpModules> <add type="WwwSubDomainModule" name="WwwSubDomainModule" /> </httpModules> but it gives me "500 Internal Server Error". When I removed the above tag then my website is working f...

Django - Set Up A Scheduled Job?

I've been working on a web app using Django, and I'm curious if there is a way to schedule a job to run periodically. Basically I just want to run through the database and make some calculations/updates on an automatic, regular basis, but I can't seem to find any documentation on doing this. Does anyone know how to set this up? To cl...

Website Design or Back-end logic first?

I'm currently working on a pet project of mine: a web application using Servlets/JSP and some jQuery and Javascript goodies. I just started on the project and my dilemna is: should I focus first on the website design or should I implement the back-end logic then start tweaking the design? Right now, the website is hideous (looks like puk...

connecting remote mysql database using c#.net

i am developing c# windows application.In that i want to connect to mysql database which resides in another system.please help me to solve this? thank you in advance ...

What's a good way to generate availability reports for a web application?

I manage a number of web applications and am being asked to generate statistics around their availability based on length and time of day of any downtime. Does anyone know of any tools and/or services which are available to facilitate this? The applications are all java servlet applications with an oracle database on the back end. Acces...

Suggestions for automating web application (work flow not testing)

A customer has a legacy web application which is used mainly to capture information. The application has no other interfaces available e.g. web services, API’s. Typical workflow: First form: Select “Action Type” of “Payment” via radio button. Select “Enter” Second form: Select “Payment Type” of “Fine” via radio button. Select “Ent...

Turning information from a datasource into links

Hi, I have a web application where I am getting data from an oracle database in a gridview. Can anyone tell me how to turn this data into links to other pages on my web application? For example, if I am getting data about a list of objects that have their own ID, I want to be able to click the ID and go to a page with information on ...

How do you manage embedded configuration files and libraries in java webapps?

I'm currently working on a j2ee project that's been in beta for a while now. Right now we're just hammering out some of the issues with the deployment process. Specifically, there are a number of files embedded in the war (some xml-files and .properties) that need different versions deploying depending on whether you are in a dev, testin...