web-development

Which popular rapid web development frameworks follow the "Rails paradigm"?

I'm trying to compile a list of notable web frameworks in wide use that follow the "Rails paradigm", which in the context of this question is defined as web frameworks following these key principles: Convention over Configuration (CoC) Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) Sensible defaults Easy scaffolding: automatic generation of CRUD interfac...

How to configure weblogic 10.3 with IIS server 5.1

I want to configure weblogic 10.3 with IIS server 5.1. I tried using the documents available from bea site. The request reaches IIS but, I have an issue of routing my request from IIS server to weblogic ...

Creating a Reddit/Digg/Hacker News clone

I am looking to launch a site like Reddit/Digg/Hacker News internally in my company that lets people submit links, vote on them, and discuss them. The feature set doesn't need to be any more complex than Hacker News. I am looking for an existing platform that can do this and satisfies the following requirements: If it's open source, it...

Framework for creating business objects used in a C# web application

Can anyone recommend a framework. We are looking at Strata Frame but it doesn't seem to work real well with a web application. ...

ASP.NET Rich UI - What do you use?

I'm looking for feedback on what other people use on their ASP.NET projects to provide a rich user interface experience while still remaining as productive as possible. I'm developing an ASP.NET 3.5 web based application however I'm looking to make the UI in this project as rich as possible e.g. minimisation of postbacks and full pag...

Java/Jsp WEB-INF/classes cant import

Hi, Its been a while since I had to do some Java/Jsp... I have a java class in WEB-INF/classes/MyClass.java The build in Netbeans is successful and I can see MyClass.class in the classes folder. In my jsp page, I've got <%@ page import="MyClass" %> Tomcat says that the import cannot be resolved... I tried to put MyClass in a package...

Edit pdf files PHP programmatically

Hey background info: got a project to produce a customised pdf on the fly from a given pdf file using PHP. All I need it to do is to replace strings e.g. search in "template.pdf" for "{Address}" replace with "Street Name". ive seen links to fpdf/pdfi/dompdf etc but cant find any useful example code that i could use :s any help / pointer...

Why does browser show smaller favicon?

In our client's website, favicon.ico file has several sizes from 8x8 to 32x32. I expect the 16x16 to show in browser tab, but instead it shows 8x8 icon in white frame. Why does this happen and what workarounds are there? ...

Is there any error checking web app cralwers out there?

Wondering if there was some sort of crawler we could use to test and re-test everything when changes are made to the web app so we know some new change didn't error out any existing pages. Or maybe a web browser with a million frames so I could scroll down and look through the tiles to find any error pages... you get the idea. ...

Employer wants any non-technical staff to be able to modify content - easy solution?

I'm in a bit of a pickle at work. My department designs a number of internal systems for the company, mostly data-reporting related. We have less than 10 true content pages that actually need to be maintained by a human. These pages were written in PHP and maintained through Dreamweaver by a non-technical staff members - they used the de...

Steps to become web security savvy

Hi, I've been coding in C++, Matlab, and similar languages for scientific purposes for quite some time now, but I recently wanted to get into web programming. I've taught myself HTML and CSS and I've dabbled in Javascript, PHP, and mySQL. I would really like to start making more advanced, user-driven websites (if that makes sense - ult...

Disabled cookies

What options do I have to work around disabled cookies for session management? ...

Can I modify or add cookies from JavaScript?

Exactly what are the restrictions for handling browser cookies from javascript? Can I check if cookies are enabled for example? ...

Sutable plotting lib for comet tecnique?

Could you recommend me the best plotting lib for this task? It should run on a browser (javascript or flash) and It have to let me add points from javascript code in a way like: myPlot.add([x,y]) so I can push data from the server and have real time graphics. Today I'm using flot (jQuery based). Where the task is not as straight as m...

How to get Google Contacts information using Google OAuth?

I am new to OAuth, and want to create a page that gets the user's contact list from Google using the OAuth system so they don't have to login. How do I do this? I am using php, so I would really appreciate if there is example code that does this. I can't seem to find it on Google. Please help! Thanks ...

How do you stop a setInterval function?

I have a function that I want to run at an interval within a frame. I use the following code to start the function: var intervalID = setInterval(intervalFunction, 3000); Then, in a button's onRelease I want to stop the function. In the onRelease, I make a transition to another frame. btn.onRelease = function() { clearInterval(int...

Can XMLSocket send more than once in a frame?

I have a XMLSocket and I call send twice in the same function. The first send works but the second does not? Does XMLSocket have a restriction to only send one message per frame? Do I have to queue messages and have an onEnterFrame function that checks the queue and sends one message for a frame? ...

List of commands of linux which can be helpful for php develpment

Hello. Every one. Actually I would like to know the list of commands & there use, which can be helpful for php development. Say for example, Crop Command => May be used to crop an image, Cut image I know very few commands of linux like "ls", "pwd" just the basic ones. I am not much interested to learn all linux programs. But The com...

Creating a Front Row List's effect for a <div> with Javascript

Anybody up for a HTML/Javascript challenge? For those have used Apple Tv or Front Row on any mac/macbook, I am looking for some web design UI help. I'm trying to recreate the up-down list navigation style with javascript. There would be a list, with a semi-transparent box that scroll up and down the list to frame the list entries. For...

Lua connecting to MySQL

I have a Lua web app. I would like to connect and query my MySQL database. I've googled and etc and have not found a good way to do so from Lua. Any idea how I can connect and query my MySQL from within my Lua web app? Thanks ...