web-development

How to restrict access to a staging environment

Our workflow currently has developers working on locally hosted copies of our web application with SVN for source control. We have post-commit hooks that deploy each new revision to a designated staging environment running on a subdomain. My question is, what is the best way to restrict access to these staging sites so that they can't b...

How to use Git or Subversion ?

I code all by myself, and I have 1 website . but i dont ever use subversion or github. Question is: How to develop on souce code of my website server and update it when develop complete. In this case , should use github or subversion. Truthly , i read and using github then try to create repository but anyone can watch mycode . I dont w...

web/unix interface: what to use?

Hello! I wish to make a simple web page, which will strongly interact with unix commands behind. And I'm sure there exist some wonderful technology out there which would be suited to do just that and get you running in a couple of hours. I just don't know which one. Now, please let me explain what I intend to do. Basically, it is very...

What is the command equivalent to GeneXus 9 "Force Theme" in Genexus X?

I need to force a GeneXus Theme in my application, changing controls classes to default names in some imported objects (webpanels and transactions). In Genexus 9 there is a "Force Theme" command. I can't find something similar in Genexus X. How can I do that? ...

JQuery Visual Diff Plugin

Hello, is there a JQuery visual diff plugin that anybody knows about. Something like you would see on GitHub, BitBucket, or any standard source control site? I have found this http://snowtide.com/jsdifflib and it looks pretty good, but wonder if there are more out there like it. Thank You. ...

Why do browsers show ugly errors for untrusted SSL certificates?

When faced by an untrusted certificate, every single browser I know displays a blaring error like this: Why is that? This strongly discourages web developers to use an awesome technology like SSL out of fears that users will find the website extremely shady. Ilegitimate (ie: phishing) sites do fine on HTTP, so that can't be a concer...

The best approach to make a data intensive application in RIA space

We are contemplating about the technology stack for a rich internet application for a data intensive application. The typical characteristic of the application is to load a big amount of data (say around 40000 records and each record having 8-10 fields) and than work on it on the front end. The user might change the data in any way and t...

Why the gridview layout breaks in IE7?

http://210.22.155.222/group/3431/explore-learncentral You can see it by simply clicking the Members tab. It's fine in Firefox and IE8, each <tr> contains 4 items, but in IE7, the layout is broken,each <tr> with only 2 items. What's wrong in IE7? ...

How to develop a webcam function for a website?

I was curious in how would one program a webcam function on a website. Kind of like tokbox, but a simpler version between only 2 people, but other people could view it as well. Also what about chat? I think chat would just be as simple as AJAX/PHP/MySQL right? Forgive my ignorance. ...

Is it possible to implement "Remember Me" using jquery cookies?

Is it possible to implement "Remember Me" using jquery? If so, any suggestion how it can be done? EDIT: I am trying to remember username and password using jquery cookies.store cookies about username and password and read it the next time and redirect to a specific page. ...

ps3 applications development.

Possible Duplicates: PlayStation3 application development ps3 applications development. hi everybody,can anyone tell is there any free ps3 sdk available to develop ps3 applications on windows,if so please tell another requirement besides sdk to develop ps3 applications on windows platform. (or) tell another way to develop p...

Website loading time programmatically

Hello, I'm looking for a solution on monitoring website loading time Programmatically I build my web application on Codeigniter and can use the benchmark class for getting the server site execution time but what I need is the total loading time of a website from the time a server-side call is done until all the contents of the website h...

Web performance, inline script questions

can anyone explain on web performance, load external css (combined css) load external javascript (combined javascript) inline css / inline javascript <- will block other resource downloading, recommended to put the javascript before external css how can i put the javascript before external css when i combined the javascript? Is there a ...

Generate an image an show it in a html page without write it on the disk

In a my project in Ruby On Rails (but this is not important), when I load a html page, I need to decrypt an image (jpg) and show it in the web page: after the page request, the image is decrypted an the file is write on the server disk, so the browser can show the image. I don't want to write the image on the server, but I want to encry...

How to build an HTML5 game

Hi. I'm tasked with building an educational game for 6 - 10 year-old children using HTML5 for a non-profit organization. I've used HTML5/CSS3/jQuery to build a new site but have no experience building games. This project will have to be completed in about 2 months. A few questions for the experts here: Is this doable in 2 months? Do I...

Storing info in a client's clipboard like Activestate

Activestate Code Recipe has the function of storing information in a clipboard in a client that access the web. How can I do that? ...

Is there a good physics engine for web browsers?

I am using JavaScript with images, SVG, canvas or pure HTML and CSS. ...

What good patterns for a web framework are out there?

What are design patterns that would be useful for a web framework besides MVC, the Rails-induced frenzy? Not saying it's a bad thing, but it is now practically ubiquitous in web frameworks. Ideally the pattern should make easier: Separation of concerns Modularity / reusability of code Unit testing What patterns fit the bill? Are the...

Recommended max data size for internal web app?

We're building an internal web app used by about 50 users. Our users will access the app from accross the internet (not by local LAN). What are some current guidelines for how much data can be transferred while providing good load time and a generally positive client experience? Accessing Gmail it seems Gmail downloads almost 900K wor...

What are the common mistakes to avoid when coding javascript for Internet Explorer?

I'm about to start coding a new, javascript-heavy website, but before I start I'd like to minimize my debugging time in Internet Explorer by knowing beforehand what the quirks are. I'm not planning to worry too much about IE6. What are the common mistakes/differences to avoid in javascript code that work fine in other browsers, but brea...