Hi all, Unit testing and ASP.NET web applications are an ambiguous point in my group. More often than not, good testing practices fall through the cracks and web applications end up going live for several years with no tests. The cause of this pain point generally revolves around the hassle of writing UI automation mid-development. ...
There are a lot of php mvc frameworks out there now. Which one will get me to a frontend, a backend, a user system with permissions the fastest. I like the look of things like Symfony or Codeigniter but there seems to be a lot of re-inventing the wheel involved. Every web application is going to have some users, even if they're just a...
I'm sure many of you have travelled this route. What are the main things to consider/lookout for when a desktop app developer first steps into the web development world? ...
I'm getting into ASP.NET (C# - I know it doesn't matter for this particular question, but full disclosure and all that), and while I love that the asp:-style controls save me a lot of tedious HTML-crafting, I am often frustrated with certain behaviors. I encountered one last night when working with Master Pages: my <asp:BulletedList ID="...
I am just starting to play with Django/Python and am trying to shift into the MTV mode of programming that Django asks for (insists on). Deciding on what functions should be methods of a model vs simple being a function in a view has so far been confusing. Does anyone know of a book, website, blog, slideshow, whatever that discusses We...
Specifically this is regarding when using a client session cookie to identify a session on the server. Is the best answer to use SSL/HTTPS encryption for the entire web site, and you have the best guarantee that no man in the middle attacks will be able to sniff an existing client session cookie? And perhaps second best to use some sor...
What are the most common things to test in a new site? For instance to prevent exploits by bots, malicious users, massive load, etc.? And just as importantly, what tools and approaches should you use? (some stress test tools are really expensive/had to use, do you write your own? etc) Common exploits that should be checked for. Edi...
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I'm pretty green still when it comes to web programming, I've spent most of my time on client applications. So I'm curious about the common exploits I should fear/test for in my site. ...
I am a C/C++ programmer professionally, but I've created a couple of personal web sites using PHP and MySQL. They're pretty basic, and I'd like to jazz them up using Ajax, but I've never done any Ajax. I've done all the development so far manually, i.e. no IDE or anything like that. Does anyone have suggestions on Ajax development envir...
Is there a good ruby gem for a WYSIWYG editor that will easily work with a rails app? ...
What is a good complete Regex or some other process that would take "How do you change a title to be part of the url like Stackoverflow?" and turn it into "how-do-you-change-a-title-to-be-part-of-the-url-like-stackoverflow" that is used in the smart urls? The dev environment is I am using is Rails but if there are some other platform sp...
I'm starting to develop a browser-based game (and by this I mean text-based, no Flash or similar stuff on it) and I'm struggling to decide on which development framework to use. As far as requirements are concerned, the most important thing that I can think of right now is the ability to translate it to several languages. A good object-...
Are there any good PL/SQL libraries for JSON that you've worked with and found useful? In PL/SQL, I'm having to tediously hand code the return of JSON values to JavaScript functions. I found one PL/SQL library for auto-generating JSON, but it doesn't do exactly everything I need it too. For example, I couldn't extend the base functions ...
What is the best solution for maintaining backup and revision control on live websites? As part of my job I work with several live websites. We need an efficient means of maintaining backups of the live folders over time. Additionally, updating these sites can be a pain, especially if a change happens to break in the live environment ...
Using JDeveloper, I started developing a set of web pages for a project at work. Since I didn't know much about JDev at the time, I ran over to Oracle to follow some tutorials. The JDev tutorials recommended doing JSPX instead of JSP, but didn't really explain why. Are you developing JSPX pages? Why did you decide to do so? What are the ...
What are the most user-friendly color combinations for Web 2.0 websites, such as background, button colors, etc.? ...
I recently upgraded a VS2005 web deployment project to VS2008 - and now I get the following error when building: The specified task executable location "bin\aspnet_merge.exe" is invalid. Here is the source of the error (from the web deployment targets file): <Target Name="AspNetMerge" Condition="'$(UseMerge)' == 'true'" DependsOnTarg...
What are the strategies for versioning of a web application/ web site? I notice that here in the Beta there is an svn revision number in the footer and thats great for an application that uses svn over one repository. But what if you use externals or a different source control application that versions separate files? It seems eas...
I'm using JBoss Seam Framework, but it's seems to me isn't very popular among java developers. I want to know how many java programmers here are using it, and in what kind of projects. Is as good as django, or RoR? ...