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Is using a front controller and headers the best way to mimic a response in PHP?

I've been researching PHP frameworks as of late for some personal projects, and it looks like most of them use a front controller to mimic a response. The controller gets the params from the request, and re-routes by sending the appropriate headers depending on the logic. This is the "response". Is this the best way to do this in PHP, or...

Will plug-ins such as Flash, Silverlight, etc. eventually replace XHTML/CSS/Javascript?

I've been developing with XHTML, CSS and Javascript for about 4 years now. I love it a lot and hate it a little. I've looked into Flash and Silverlight a bit, but as a developer, I'm not too keen on them. One reason is that they lock you into a vendor and generally, into using that vendor's tools. E.g. Adobe Flash or Microsoft Visual S...

Capturing video from the front camera on any mobile platform

Due to a series of bizarre events, I am in the middle of a project targeting mobile phones (more like pocket PCs). I have searched far and wide, but couldn't find a way to (reliably) access the front camera on any platform (I've tried Android, J2ME and Windows Mobile), let alone capture video from said camera. Can anyone provide any ins...

Is the front controller responsible for deciding which controllers/modules to load?

Hi, I am working on a website script, and currently I have a front controller, which determines what to load (e.g. what modules/extensions and controllers) based on the URI. Is this a good approach? I'm using PHP if that matters. I'm just wondering if that's not the front controller's job... ...

Jquery slide in front

Hi all, just a quick question(hopefully). I want to slide one div in front of another div, with Jquery. i dont want to hide one div and then slide the other down and i dont want to push one div down when the other slides in. Any one know a good way to do this? possibly with a plug-in for Jquery? ...

What is std::vector::front() used for?

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I am wondering what the use of std::vector::front() is. Is there a reason to use e.g. myvector.front() rather than myvector[0] or myvector.at(0)? ...

Zend Front controller

My website(a single server) is using front controller pattern as the single entery point and I understand that only a single instance of this controller exist at any given point of time (Singleton pattern) $frontController = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance(); What surprises me is if I get concurrent requests/traffic(assume some big n...

wordpress store front theme

Hi, I am working for a client so I am not able to provide the most of the details here. so if someone already used this theme http://themeforest.net/item/wpa-storefront-the-ultimate-wpecommerce-theme/full_screen_preview/61891 please let me know how to get the last grid view option to show up via the admin. This is another example that I...

Bringing another app's window to front on Mac in C

How do I bring another app's window to front on Mac in C/C++? I have the app's pid. I found solutions for AppleScript, but I'm not familiar with AppleScript. (and also not with Objective C) Thanks! edit: I cannot use Carbon in this program, because it must be a 64 bit binary. edit2: I'm also interested in Carbon and Cocoa solutions. I c...

Visual Studio.NET versus JDeveloper versus YourFavoriteTool when it comes to Data Validation

We know that making front end GUI is tough. I'm glad these tools offer drag and drop to make our lives easier. But which one will help us finish faster? ...

How to detect if there is front camera and if there is how to reach and use front camera ?

How to detect if there is a front camera and if there is how to reach and use front camera ? ...