web-development

Good books on the theories behind UML/data modeling for web apps?

Hello, Trying to better my grasp on this area of application design/architecture/development and looking for any suggestions in this area. I have read some other posts and have a list of development theory books, but would like to form a list for more architecture based books that relate to web based applications. Thank you! ...

Is there any tools for check html quality?

I know about html, css validation and some rules in pagespeed about css performance. Is there any all in one tool for checking? May be it can check some best practice for html markup. ...

Tips to get started with webdevelopment

I am very curious about what you think is the best approach for people that want to start webdevelopment. I'm now talking about people that finished their education and so want to start from scratch. I still have questions like: Where do you start? What software gets involved in webdevelopment? What tools / setup would you recommend? ...

Connectivity between Mysql & .net 3.5

Hi i want the connection string to connect the MySQL from the .Net 3.5 SP1 ...

How will the key features of HTML5 work, contrast to HTML4?

Please write code. How will HTML5 code differ from HTML4? ...

How do you disable adding the same webpart multiple times from an asp:catalogzone?

If have a standard aspx page (non-sharepoint) that hosts webparts It contains one asp:catalogzone and four asp:WebPartZone's. I have a business requirement that my new webpart must start in the catalog and a user can choose whether to add it to a zone to display it, (not displayed by default). Easy so I add it to the catalog zone inst...

What are the key features/benefits of RIA Services?

I am currently researching .NET RIA Services however I am having trouble finding a definitive list of the benefits of RIA services compared to plain WCF to Silverlight, or event a list of the key components that make up RIA Services. I also find it hard to see where RIA services sits in the development model and exactly what it provides ...

How do I prevent an unwanted extra web site from being set up in Windows Server 2003?

I'm working on an installer that installs a suite of applications, among them being a web server. I'm having a problem where, in Windows Server 2003, in addition to the web site getting installed under DefaultWebSite, it is also appearing as an extra site below DefaultWebSite. Also, two Default Application items are being created under t...

jQuery worked yesterday. Not anymore...

Yeah, so I have NO CLUE what happened. I've been writing an AJAX comment script and I got it working, except it doesn't work anymore. I restored it from a backup just in case I chaged anything, but no luck. It goes to the "action" of the form instead of the jQuery, even though I have return false; This leads me to believe that one of the...

Testing web app GUI reliable

Hi, I'm currently using selenium for testing our web app's interface. However, it isn't very reliable (it's hard to set a good waiting timeout, absolutely a nightmare to work with in any webpages involving frames) and lacks many features (popups/downloads). I took a look at http://sikuli.csail.mit.edu/ and quite like it, but again, it ...

Can anybody point me to a link that describes what the url (dots) mean for example?...

what does ./CoverFlows_files/coverflow.js mean? I understand ../CoverFlows_files/coverflow.js means [move up one directory] And /CoverFlows_files/coverflow.js means [go down from here] Also is there are way to get to the root like in asp.net its ~/ ...? The other thing I dont quite understand is where to put <link rel="stylesheet" t...

Reading response data from TCppWebBrowser in Borland Builder

How to I access the data returned on a web page using the TCppWebBrowser component in Borland Builder 6.0? I have succeeded in posting data using the sample at: http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/27519 ...

Images In Javascript

Hi All, I am creating a small application where there are multiple images displayed and when user clicks on any one of the images it gets bigger and replaces the image that is in middle. But I am not getting the clicked image. <HTML> <HEAD> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="text/javascript"> function swapImage(this.id) { document.write("In SwapImage"...

It's appropriate use AppEngine for serve only static pages?

I have been recived some job offers to develop simple static pages (only with a contact form) and I have been tempted to suggest appengine for the hosting, but, is this appropiate? I don't want to see appengine become in the new geocities. ...

Web visualisations for data?

I would like to display a bunch of data in a meaningful way through visualizations on a site. I have been experimenting with RaphaelJS library, but performance on IE8 is terrible, and HTML5 canvas is still not widely supported. So I'm left with Flash and any existing libraries. On the flash side there seem to be many, but because of ...

Zero-configuration, automated, random testing tools for web-apps?

In short, I'm looking for a tool to perform an automated, zero-configuration, full-frontal assault on a web application. I'm thinking this would logically be a browser-extension that both crawls links on a given domain/path, AND randomly inputs data into forms and submits them. Specifically, form input would randomly include various dat...

Create a range or html fragment in IE from a string

How do I take a string and create an html fragment with it in IE. This works fine in non-ie browsers. var str = "<div>Foo</div>"; var range = document.createRange(); var frag = range.createContextualFragment(str); var e = document.getElementById("element"); e.appendChild(frag); ...

CSS Images and Cookies

Hello, I've set up a sub-domain on my server that serves css and images (to avoid cookies). The 1st time the page loads, everything is fine. The 2nd time however, I see that the css and images contain cookies. Is there something I'm missing? EDIT: Solution found, the following text clarifies the issue. Restricting google analytics ...

What to ask a potential client to make sure they know what they are getting themselves into?

I'm getting asked a lot more frequently by friends and friendly acquaintances to 'redo' their website. I know what to ask to learn exactly what they mean by 'redo' their website, but not what to ask to learn if they know the value/cost of the things they request. Is there a post anywhere that lists really good questions to ask a client...

2 Books: Head First Javascript vs. Javascript The Defenitive Guide

I want to start learning javascript from Scratch (beginner) so I tried to find the best book for that but I am now confused! I have found 2 books and both of them has a very nice reputation. The first book is O'Reilly Javascript, The Definitive Guide, 5th edition. The second book is O'Reilly Head First Javascript I don't really know...