web-development

Should Nginx Be Combined With Language Supporting Asynchronous Programming Model?

I found there are a lot of articles comparing Nginx and Apache in Internet. However, all these comparisons are based on stress test to web server running PHP code. I suppose this is mainly due to Apache is generally deployed with PHP as LAMP architecture. In my understanding, Nginx is created to solve C10K problem with event-based arc...

Switching from JQuery to RightJS

I am currently using JQuery and recently heard about RightJS. RightJS seems to be faster, lighter & more object oriented. But I was wondering if RichJS has somethings seriously missing compared to JQuery (Other than the huge plugin base). Update: I tried RightJS in a small web project & decided to use it on a few more projects. But I ...

What web technologies and frameworks are used for kayak.com ?

As a matter of curiosity, what web technologies and frameworks are powering kayak.com ? ...

Designers and developers - what tools do you use to get feedback on your concepts and pre golive releases?

What works best for you and how do you collate the feedback? ...

OAuth recommended for async data transfer in own webapp?

Hi all I am making heavy use of async requests by Javascript to the webserver. Since I am building a multitenant application, I want to restrict access to the json services on the user level. I read a lot about OAuth being recommended for consumer authentification. In my scenario, would the Javascript (client) side be regarded as the c...

A good way of leaving code writers information inside HTML?

I'm wondering, what would be the best way of leaving code writers (programmers) information/initials/(maybe even) copyright... well, some information about web developer, not content maintainer inside HTML. Is leaving a link to my site inside footer a good way, or I there maybe can used <meta> tags for something like that? Thanks in ad...

How to update photo in gridview

Hi There, I have a gridview with employees name, there is link to another page,with employee information,when the user click on the link, according to employee id get the employee information from database, in this page we can add photos or update them,which works fine, the problem is when updating the photo, and click the link, I see ...

ASP.NET dynamic user interface OR form designer

Hi, I need to create an application that allows users to design forms for various purposes. basically users should be able to design a form just like developers can do it in design mode using Visual studio (drag and drop controls and add data). for example users should be able to create a set of questions for a survey and as part of qu...

VirtualPath in AspNetCompiler MSBuild Task - does it have to be equal to the final deployed Virtual Path?

This is VS 2008 and .Net 3.5. I use a custom deployment project script which is similar to the publish right-click menu, but which I have customised to do file renaming and various other bits and pieces. It works really well and has drastically simplified the release procedure. I was made aware of an issue on one of our live sites thi...

Address of public SFTP test server

Hi folks, In my application I want to download file from sftp server and for that I written one program but now I want to test it whether its working fine or not.So I need one public sftp server so that I will download any file from it.I know public ftp server but dont know about any sftp server.So can anyone know such sftp serv...

How Can I load multiple Page (like browser tab) in ASP.NET C#?

Hello, I am developing a web application in ASP.NET3.5 with C#. I also using Telerik RadAjax Control. When user click the menu then open the page with a new tab(Like web Browser).I want to create, when user back any previous tab(page) the will be show the previous data without loading 2nd time( like browser tab). Is it Possible ? plz hel...

Can i use openGL on iphone (native) web apps?

Hi, I want to build an web app that uses openGL, a native one. (examples: http://www.apple.com/webapps/index1.html) I must use openGL and i cannot figure out if i can build a plugin that uses the native openGL component. I do not want it to look as openstreet map or google map in javascript. What i really want is not simple web app, bu...

Web server - ns2 middleware (in Python)

Hi Developers, I want to integrate ns2 with a web server to show some kind of simulation results. Could anyone plz suggest if there's any middleware for this purpose? Google failed to return me any suitable result for this :( Also, if I plan to develop a middleware from scratch for the same purpose, is there any guideline to follow? In...

Is progressive enhancement a current issue anymore?

There are couple of things I hear in defense of progressive enhancement. Javascript is off or not available. According to W3School's Javascript statistics, 95% had Javascript enabled January 2008 (2.5 years ago). The trend, based on those stats, seems to be that Javascript enabled browsers are on the rise. Heavy AJAX adoption has probab...

How to display the same data on all pages in Spring Framework 3.0?

I have some text data from database that I want to display it on all pages on my site. (for example news block etc.) How can I load and pass it to View in Spring Framework 3.0? I don't want to create some method, which will retrieve data, and call it from each controller... ...

Is there a common practice for updating product pricing from vendors?

We have tons of products on our site. The vendors often raise the prices of their product line. If it is something easy like +10% we can easily make this change in the data base. But if the prices are changing chaotically; some up, some down with no common denominator. It can be a hassle keeping track that all the products pricing are up...

Allow file uploads for non-registered users

I am creating a service that allows my website visitors to create content (text) and save it so they can access it at a later time. However, users don't need a user account before they can use this feature. They just click "Try now" and use it. If they want to save their work, then that's the time they need to sign up. I am planning to ...

Indispensable tools for a .net developer

Possible Duplicate: .NET must-have development tools What are Indispensable tools for any .net developer ( all types of projects - Web, Desktop, phone, gaming device, etc) ? ...

Python/Web: What's the best way to run Python on a web server?

I am leasing a dedicated web server. I have a Python web-application. Which configuration option (CGI, FCGI, mod_python, Passenger, etc) would result in Python being served the fastest on my web server and how do I set it up that way? UPDATE: Note, I'm not using a Python framework such as Django or Pylons. ...

Using AJAX for page items while still allowing them to be opened in a new tab/window

I'm looking at using AJAX to allow some content within part of a page to be reloaded without reloading the entire web page (eg things like overview, reviews, specifications, etc pages about a single item). The problem is however I still want to allow users to open these items in a new tab or window (using the normal systems for their we...