web-development

Can someone look over the curriculum for this major & give me your thoughts? Computing & Security Technology - Offered by Drexel

My goal is to become a good web developer. I'm interested in learning how to build complex websites as well as how to write web applications. I want skills that will enable me to write apps for <--insert hottest web trend here--> (Facebook & iphone apps for example) This is one of my goals as far as Tech. is concerned. I'd also like...

JQuery: $(window).resize() doesn't work on Load

I noticed that the following JQuery code doesn't run on the page load, but instead, it only runs after the page loads and I change the size of my browser window. $(window).resize(function() { ... // dynamically set the height of some div based on the browser viewpoint height }); Question: How do I get the code above to also run when...

JQuery: Tabs - How do you know when a tab has been clicked?

I'm using the JQuery Tabs. I want to fire a function of mine when the user clicks on a particular tab. How do I bind an event to each individual JQuery Tab when clicked? ...

Help with jQuery BBQ Plugin

Hi I´m working with a form and want to use jQuery BBQ Plugin for saving history records for the user. The form is divided in two divs like this: <div id="step-1"> <form> some inputs... <input type="button" id="next" value="Next &raquo;"/> </form> </div> <div id="step-2"> <form> some more inputs... <input type="submit" id="submit" value=...

jQuery not loading on Master Page when the Content Page is in a child folder.

I have a site where I am trying to implement a jQuery UI based MessageBox in my master page. Content pages are arranged accoring to business area folders, i.e. '~/Branding/Contracts.aspx'. I find that when I load such a content page, jQuery, which is referenced in the master page as below, does not load. I assume that this is because ...

Basic Tooltip (jQuery)

HTML: <a href="#" rel="tooltip">Open Tooltip</a> <div id="tooltip">Tooltip Content</div> I checked out some tooltip plugins but my requirement is a really basic tooltip that shows a hidden div on hover. All plugins either have too many advanced options that I don't require and have already styled tooltips that might be difficult to mo...

Which Web Application Frameworks enforce HTTP's TCP connection limit of two per client /server?

The HTTP 1.1 RFC restricts a Client from using more than Two TCP connections between any Client and Server. I want to know which Web Application Frameworks enforce this restriction. Regards ...

jQuery Tooltip positioning issues

HTML: <a href="#" rel="tooltip-1">Open Tooltip</a> <div id="tooltip-1">Tooltip Content</div> jQuery: xOffset = $('#tooltip-1').height() + 10; yOffset = -30 ; $("a[rel=tooltip-1]").hover(function(e){ this.t = this.attr("href"); $("body").append("<p id='tooltip'>"+ this.t +"</p>"); $("#tooltip") .css("top",(e.pageY ...

What's the difference between a UseCase and a Workflow?

I've always wondered what the difference between a Use Case and a work flow is, and how they relate to each other... I ask, because I clearly see the way to develop a repository layer, and a Service layer above that, but the logif right above that layer quickly turns into, in my case, a set of webpages that seem seem to do a little of t...

Display tabs like FireFox's on my website.

I want to implement with jQuery a tabbed interface for my website (like the firefox ones). They should also be able to be moved like the ones FireFox has. If anyone knows of an already written library, please give me a link. ...

How to determine what in my script is blocking my HTML rendering?

I have a web application that uses quite a bit of JavaScript. When the page loads, it's very clear visually that something is blocking the rendering of a particular portion of the web site. This portion is generated by a Tabber Tabify JavaScript library. How can I determine what's blocking the HTML rendering specifically so that I can ...

Javascript RegEx Question

Hello, How to find below comment block(s) with javascript/jquery regex: /* some description here */ It may even look like: /* some description here */ Or /* some description here */ ...

With Silverlight what do I need ASP.Net for?

First, I know that Silverlight needs to be embedded in a website, usually an asp page. I understand I need a delivery boy. My question is this; What types of apps/projects are so filled with technological hurdles as to make them ridiculous to do in Silverlight versus ASP.net? I know that with perseverance and flexibility I can probab...

Daily, Weekly and Monthly Page View Counter

I'm building a website with user generated content. On the home page I want to show a list of all created items, and I want to be able to sort them by a view counter. That's sound easy, but I want multiple counters. I want to know which was the most visited item in the last day, last week or last months or overall. My first Idea was to ...

How can I load static configuration information

In my code, I use JavaScript for UI and PHP for back end. I also use PHP to store application settings and sometimes my UI code needs to access this information. My configuration file looks something like this (config.php): $resolution_x = 1920; $resolution_y = 1080; etc... When I need to access any of these settings form JavaScript, ...

JQuery Help: toggle() is not working properly

Hi All, I'm trying to use JQuery toggle functionality, but not able to use properly. Instead of smooth slide up and down, it goes very fast and not in an animated manner. I want to achieve sliding effect in my code, like this has (Please see Website Design, Redesign Services slider): Here is my code: HTML: <div> <div class="j...

Safari not scaling bullet images

When you zoom in on a page in Safari and the bullets have images assigned to them, the images don't scale with the text. If you zoom in on a page in FF the bullet images will scale. Is there a way to do make that happen in Safari without using background images? ...

Creating a PHP web app to allow users to vote on submissions - How can I minimize abuse.

Hi Community, I've only written a few small php web apps and I'm throwing code together right now to allow for users to submit short stories. these stories will display and allow others to vote them up. The winner receives something rather valuable and I'm paranoid people are going to try to manipulate it. Debian / Apache / PHP 5.2 ...

For HTTPS, will connection made to different subdomain in page iframe generate warnings?

If I have a web page served from https://mydumbwebsite.com, and it has an iframe in it that serves from https://subdomain.mydumbwebsite.com, should I expect a significant number of browsers (like >1% of the current browsers in use) to show a security warning? Please don't guess at this. I would like an answer based on real-world experi...

What does this JavaScript error mean?

Using the “Venkman” JavaScript debugger for Mozilla and getting the following error: XML Parsing Error: not well-formed Location: x-jsd:source?location=http%3A%2F%2F192.168.1.150%2Fscript.js&instance=337 Line Number 557, Column 50:<line><margin x='t'> - </margin><num> 554</num> �� valid = false;</line> Functions works b...