web-development

Using Agile development when building websites

Is it possible / plausible to apply Agile development to the website building process including planning, design and development? ...

Get the label of click check box

hi i have a page which generate check boxes dynamically and i have the following event which fires every time a user click on any of the check boxes $(':checkbox').click(function() { }); My question is how can i get the text of the check box that has been trigger by the user? Thank you ...

Enterprise Library Logging not logging to Event Log from ASP.NET

I spent a day trying to make Ent Lib Logging work and log anything into database or event log. I have a web application and console application with the same Ent Lib config but only the console application is capable to log into the Event Log. I tried everything with permissions but I don't know what exactly I am doing which services ...

Hiding the fact that my website is built in ASP.NET

I have developed a web application in ASP.NET 3.5 and C#. When I deploy the application, people can see the telltale signs that I'm using ASP.NET. How do I make it so that anyone who sees my site won't see that I'm using ASP.NET? ...

Scripting Languages vs. Compiled Languages for web development

Though I come from a purely PHP background on the web development side of programming, I have also spent much time with C# and C++ on the desktop. I don't really want to spark any flame wars, but: When should you use scripting languages over compiled languages for website development? (and vice versa) Just to clarify, for the sake of ...

JSF 2.0 webdevelopment in Intellij 9 for JBoss 6

Hi *, I was wondering what would be the most practical approach to JSF 2.0 web development using IntelliJ 9, targetting JBoss 6. My project has a Maven Structure, though I would like to shortcut the build/deployment cycle as much as possible. How can I exploit the flexibility of an exploded WAR? Can somebody point me into the right d...

Increased kerning on website text

We're developing a site for a client right now and my boss (designer only) is once again making me increase letter-spacing on the text so that it looks 'prettier'. I am of the firm belief that this often causes eye-strain and hinders readability in body copy, but being the boss, she is of course always 'right' until I can provide her wi...

setting cookies

Okay, so I'm trying to set cookies using Ruby. I'm in a Rack environment. response[name]=value will add an HTTP header into the HTTP headers hash rack has. I know that it works. But the following method of setting cookies doesn't work: def set_cookie(opts={}) args = { :name => nil, :value => nil, :expire...

Open .NET app from Web Page.

Hi, I just need to be able to open a .NET app (click once) from within an ASP.NET web page, and pass 2 string parameter to the app. How can I do this? Any example please, with any method to do it. Thank you in advance. ...

rack variables not showing up

rack.request.form_input isn't in my env variable--what's going on? anyone?? ...

Are there black outlines on this page with IE?

My customer is telling me there are black outlines around the elliptical links on this page http://animactions.ca/volet_entreprise.php when using Internet Explorer. None of my pc's show this and i'm not sure how to fix this. Thanks ...

need help with css selectors

Hey, I have a menu like so: <div class="header"> <ul class="nav"> <li><a class="home" href="four80eastfan_home.php"><img src="Images/home_button.png"></a></li> <li><a class="albums"><img src="Images/albums_button.png"></a> <ul> <li><a class="Album" href="four80eastfan_thealbum.php"><img src="Images/the_al...

Simple / Smart, Pythonic database solution, can use Python types + syntax? (Key / Value Dict, Array, maybe Ordered Dict)

Looking for solutions that push the envelope and: Avoid Manually writing SQL queries(Python can be more OO not passing DSL strings) Using non-Python datatypes for a supposedly required model definition Using a new class of types rather than perfectly good native Python types Boast Using Python objects Using Object Oriented and key...

How to handle browsers where JavaScript may be turned off?

Suppose I'm developing a web app that is heavily dependent on JavaScript and which uses AJAX for all the POST commands to store data, etc. How should one deal with those situations where a user may have JavaScript turned off? Is it unreasonable to require that a user's browser has it turned on? Are there any best practices for these...

How to find an array from parent array

Hi, I am using below code to find an array inside parent array but it is not working that is retuning empty even though the specified key exits in the parent array $cards_parent = $feedData['BetradarLivescoreData']['Sport']['Category']['Tournament']['Match']; $cards = array(); foreach($cards_parent as $key => $card) { if ($key ===...

Importing Dynamic Web Project into Eclipse

Hi, I've been working on a dynamic web project in Eclipse. I have recently reInstalled my OS and I use a clean eclipse. I can import my web project, but when I try to lunch (run on server) I always get this message: "The selection cannot be run on any server" I installed the eclipse's tomcat plugin, and it works fine. I set the tomc...

Web apps which book for the common stuff? (security, scaliability,etc not basics like PHP/MySql)

I guess that the title says it all. I know PHP and am just beginning with MySql (but plan to use ODBC). I don't need any books explaining that. I am probably qualified to develop a simple web site, but aim at taking on quite ambitious apps. I imagine that almost all web apps have some commonality like security, scalability, etc (I have...

Store xml files in resources folder (WAR), read from code

Hi, I have different XML-files in my 'src/main/recources' folder, and I'd like to read them from my webapplication. File f = new File("file1.xml"); f.getAbsolutePath(); The code gets invoked inside a WebService, and this prints out 'C:\Users\Administrator' when I look inside the Tomcat-server-output. My current solution is to put the...

Web-apps : to framework or not to framework?

I know PHP and am just beginning with MySql (but plan to use ODBC). I don't need any books explaining that. I am probably qualified to develop a simple web site, but aim at taking on quite ambitious apps. I imagine that almost all web apps have some commonality like security, scalability, etc (I have absolutely no idea how to distribute...

Database design query

Hi, I've designed a database structure where data is collected about cars over a period of time, for research purposes. The owner of the car enters a large amount of related data each month about the car, it's performance etc. However, I now have to handle situations where ownership of the car is transferred (possibly more than once), a...