web-applications

[ASP.NET ERROR] The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.

I'm posting this on behalf of a co-worker. He gets a "The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel" error while using a WebRequest object to make an HTTPS request. Th funny thing is that this only happens after a while, and is temporarily fixed when the application is restarted, which suggests that something is being...

Twitching Consumption of Web Services from Web Site to Web Application

I am trying to consume multiple Web Services that redefine some of the same common classes in their wsdl. I currently have them referenced in a Web Site, but I want to convert to Web Application. Since some of the same classes are redefined from multiple Web Service, the problem is that when adding them in a web Application there is no...

How do I implement OpenID in my web application?

Does Stackoverflow create a new OpenID when a user registers with an email address (i.e. does not provide an existing OpenID)? How do you do that? Do you have code examples in C#? Java? Python? ...

What does VS 2008's "Convert to Website" mean?

I have upgraded a MS Visual Studio Application from VS 2003 to VS 2008 (Targeting .NET 2.0). As part of the conversion process the wizard said I needed to take the additional step of Converting my Project to a Website by Right-Clicking and blah blah blah... I didn't follow directions and the web application seems to be working fine. My...

Which jstl url should I reference in my jsps?

I'm getting the following error when trying to run a jsp. I'm using Tomcat 6.0.18, and I'd like to use the latest version of jstl. What version of jstl should I use, and which URL goes with which version of jstl? I'm getting this error "According to TLD or attribute directive in tag file, attribute key does not accept any expressions"...

Automate Deployment for Web Applications?

My team is currently trying to automate the deployment of our .Net and PHP web applications. We want to streamline deployments, and to avoid the hassle and many of the headaches caused by doing it manually. We require a solution that will enable us to: Compile the application Version the application with the SVN version number Backu...

Does anyone here have a favorite memory profiling/memory leak tool they like to use for their java webapps?

I'm looking for a good tool to profile a java webapp. I'd like to get performance information and memory usage if possible. Any suggestions? ...

Top tips for secure web applications

I am looking for easy steps that are simple and effective in making a web application more secure. What are your top tips for secure web applications, and what kind of attack will they stop? ...

UserControl rendering: write link to current page?

I'm implementing a custom control and in this control I need to write a bunch of links to the current page, each one with a different query parameter. I need to keep existing query string intact, and add (or modify the value of ) an extra query item (eg. "page"): "Default.aspx?page=1" "Default.aspx?page=2" "Default.aspx?someother=true&...

Tips for database design in a web application

Does someone have any tips/advice on database design for a web application? The kind of stuff that can save me a lot of time/effort in the future when/if the application I'm working on takes off and starts having a lot of usage. To be a bit more specific, the application is a strategy game (browser based, just text) that will mostly inv...

Is Java relevant in the game industry?

Hi everyone, I'm a web developer/apps programmer who wants to break in the game industry. I used to code in C/C++/C# for desktop apps (mainly database-oriented enterprise apps) but nowadays I mainly do PHP/Ajax for websites. Recently, I try learning java and found it to be a very nice language to work with. I wrote a few simple games o...

How do I implement license management for on-site installation of webapps (preferably cross-platform)?

I have a web application running on a Gentoo-based LAMP stack. My customers buy the software as a service and I host everything. However, there is some demand for on-site deployment inside the clients' own networks. Currently, because I host the system, there is no built-in license management in the app. I bill based on user accounts an...

Some Tomcat webapps not opening

Hi, I downloaded a couple of webapps and placed them in my /webapps folder. Some of them I could open by going to http://localhost:8080/app1 and it would open. However, some others I would do the exact same thing and go to http://localhost:8080/app2 and it will display "HTTP Status 404 - /app2/", even though I am sure it is there. I've...

How would I allow a user to stream video to a web application for storage?

I'd like to add some functionality to a site that would allow users to record video using their webcam and easily store it online. I don't even know if this is possible right now, but I think flash has access to local webcams running through the browser. Do you have any suggestions or resources to get me started on this? I'm primarily a...

How well does .NET scale?

(I'll begin by making it clear, I am not a .NET developer and am not tied to any other environment.) Recently, I heard that the London Stock Exchange went down for an entire day. I've also heard that the software was written in .NET. Up to this point they would experience performance hits on busy days. People seem to be blaming .NET. ...

How do I make dynamic content with dynamic navigation?

I'm creating an ASP.NET web site where all pages hang off a database-driven tree-hierarchy. Pages typically present HTML content. But, some will execute programming. Examples: (1) a "contact us" form or (2) a report generator How should I represent/reference the programming within the database? Should I have a varchar value of a Web...

IMAP forwarder

I'm wondering what is the quickest and most reliable way to forward mail from an IMAP account. My university does not allow our student-mailbox to forward to a private e-mail account (everybody uses either Gmail or Hotmail here). It's a political thing, not technical. We do have IMAP access to the mailbox. I would like to have a service...

PHP Object Oriented or not?

I have a start of a webapp that I wrote without using the Object Oriented features of PHP. I don't really know if it is worth it to go back and rewrite the parts I have finished. Is object oriented PHP worth rewriting all or part of a decent working app? ...

Opensourcing a starter web application

I am just starting with a web application to maintain a household budget. I really want to opensource it and let anyone who wants to work on it do so, as it is a hobby I don't really have the time to develop on it that much well The only problem I have is that if this is an app I want to host on my domain, how do I go about doing th...

Should I use multiple assemblies for an isolated ASP.NET web application?

Coming from a corporate IT environment, the standard was always creating a class library project for each layer, Business Logic, Data Access, and sometimes greater isolation of specific types. Now that I am working on my own web application project, I don't see a real need to isolate my code in this fashion. I don't have multiple app...