web-development

What programming language are used for these websites ?

What programming language or web Framework are used for these websites ? Google Amazon MySpace Yahoo Flickr PayPal Ebay Python If you know only one of this, please comment :) !! ...

stop word-wrap in html

i don't want word wrap but this is being. i have set width more than text length. but this is being break. so how can i stop word break. css .menu{ float:left; width:120px; height:34px; padding:12px 6px 0 6px; color:#cc8d50; } ...

Tools, working environment, development methods, recruitment in starting a software/web development company.

I am gonna start a startup on dotcom. Since I had usually been working freelance alone (from back-end to front-end) and have no experience in working with other developers on web development, I want to know what are the tools, environment, development process, etc. to start a software/ web development company. Machines - Will use Mac. T...

Nine-patch images for web development

I'm wondering if there is something like 9-patch in Android, but for web development? Disclosure: I have no idea about web development at all, but I was curious to know if it exists. And a simple web search with the term 9-patch didn't bring up any related results, so I figured it has either another term or it doesn't exist or is not us...

Is there a free website to store code (php, javascript, css) online?

Hi guys, I am looking for website to store my code and then reused if may I need it. Would be great something like Delicious but for coding or something like Snippely. Thanks. ...

User Authentication and User Accounts - Basic Programming Techniques

I think the answer to my question is so simple that there's not even an answer to my question lol: How does the concept of User Authentication/User Accounts work? How does a certain webpage, for example, know to pull up your information and not someone else's when one logs in? Is it really just a bunch of select statetments with a where...

What is an efficient way to make a PHP front end to a Django project (that runs through cgi)?

I want to develop a site in Django, to have the convenient ORM, and admin, to ease administration. However, the only hosting option I have is running Django through CGI. Therefore, I would also like to make a "read-only" front end in PHP, which will make the experience "normal" for everyday use (i.e only editing [the database] and authe...

1 folder per user or all users share the same?

Im having photo albums on my site which will be a vital part of the website and most users will upload images, lets say i get 10.000 visitors with an avarge upload of 10 images =100.000 images, should each visitor get his own folder MKDIR() or should i just store all the images in the same folder? there is no risk for images having the s...

How do I validate a string in JavaScript?

Have a text input box. Would like the user to enter a string in the exact format: 2010/08/26 17:04:51.24 (with any numbers of course) How can I do this efficiently? Not looking for the answer, just a point in the right direction. Thank You. (html, JavaScript and jQuery) ...

Can I Change the value of a textbox with Ajax

Hello, I just started in Ajax today and the tutorial i was reading showed me how to use the result to change a div. But is it possible that i can get the result and make it the new value of a text box. This way i can still edit the text box but the current value will be the ajax result. Right now i am changing the div with this line: d...

Ideas for SOA Service Components

Hi, I am an undergraduate student from Mumbai University, now in my final year. The topic for our undergraduate project is "Service Oriented Architecture". As a part of this project, we are supposed to build reusable web service components, and then create a demo web application using those services. Please suggest me some ideas for t...

Which web technology[ies] should I learn?

Hey guys, I have never done any web development but am very interested in learning some web technologies. I believe I have a fairly solid understanding about programming, so I think picking up different languages/technologies shouldn't be too difficult. I am a junior in college, majoring in CS, and would like to work on a couple of smal...

What testing advice will you give a beginner for testing websites

I'm just starting out working on test scripts.I'm going to get a web application created in .net for testing. I have no idea what kind of testing is needed for such kind of applications. ...

Web developers - what is the best tool for inspecting network traffic, and what is your default browser?

I'm quite new at web development, and I heard about all kind of tools and plug-ins for inspecting the network traffic. The vast majority of my work is on server side, and I work with ASP.NET if that's relevant.. For now I use Fiddler which seems great, but I also heard about Firebug (for firefox) and ieHttpHeaders.. are these in the same...

Suggestion for WCF books

I am a beginner for WCF and I would like to know which is the best practice book for WCF ...

minify and combine files - what is your development and release setup?

I am currently using PHP minify to combine and compress the static files (CSS and JS). With PHP minify it is very easy to develop and deploy. Because: Say there are two files: a.js and b.js and we combine and minify them in ab.js. Now its enough for me to include only one script tag: <script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.ex...

How to go from C/C++ & Python Game programming into Web Programming?

I have been programming in C/C++ for about five years and Python for three; I mainly program in Python though. My main focus has been on Game programming and Network programming (centered on making scalable multi-player servers.) Recently I have been wanting to switch over to web programming; predominately client-side based applications ...

Is there a website for web developers wanting to give development time to charity?

I'd be willing to invest some time working for a charity, but I feel like I'd be more useful if I get to work in my field (web development). I know that a lot of non-profit are in desperate need for new websites since I already worked for some doing web work. The thing is the organizations I've worked for were always within my personal ...

What are the best frameworks to use for web develpment?

Possible Duplicate: Best Web applications framework for Java? Hello I'm getting into Web application development and was wondering what would be the best frameworks to work with that's relevant to current practice(s) and dev paradigms. I was reading an old book (circa 2006) on JSP and server pages and eventually got an old we...

Getting an irregular area in a web page (much like a Java GeneralPath or Polygon)

Is it possible to create an arbitrary shape on a web page so we can detect mouse overs/outs on it? It's much like an area map for an image but corresponds to a page (or a div etc) rather than an image. This might be a non starter altogether as I haven't found any information in this area. Thought I'll just ask here to see if there is a...