web-development

Deployment of ASP.NET application to Heliohost

Greetings, I am developing an ASP.NET application (ASP.NET 2.0) using VS 2008 and i want to put it in Heliohost.org. I am searching the web for tutorials on how to do this, but it is not clear to me what's the best method. I was wondering if you guys can guide me through this process. Thanks in advance. ...

unobtrusive javascript pain points to beware of

I have recently started learning unobtrusive JavaScript. Using JQuery its really fun. However with this thinking of writing JavaScript code has come a real long way from traditional ways. Also adding quick onclick="fun()" is helpful sometimes and as the application grows 100% unobtrusive code "sometimes" become difficult to write. Like ...

How to develop multiserver web applications ?

Hi, I'm wondering how to develop multiserver web applications (ASP.NET). Any articles, books ? ...

How do you figure out what test will best represent the feature you want to create?

Test driven development on wikipedia says first develop a test that will fail because the feature does not exist. Then build the code to pass the test. What does this test look like? How do you figure out what test will best represent the feature you want to create? Can someone give an example? Like if I make a logout button feature t...

Best uses of virtualization for webapp development

I'm preparing to upgrade my main development system to Ubuntu 9.10. Previously it was running 8.10 with no virtualization. I'd like to start taking advantage of the virtualization technologies built into the newer release, but am unsure what kinds of best practices there are for doing this. Although I'm using Ubuntu, answers for other pl...

Good Websites/Blogs/Books to know about Memory Efficient C# Programming

Based on a Memory Efficient Programming question on StackOverflow ..... I want to know about Memory Efficient C# Programming.... Any good Websites/Blogs/Books to know about Memory Efficient C# Programming..... EDIT: Some tips how to write Memory Efficient C# Programming.... ...

webservice axis2-web/Error/error404.jsp : need help with this error

i have created simple webservice in java using eclipse IDE, it contains a directory called error pages and it says 404 -> /axis2-web/Error/error404.jsp 505 -> /axis2-web/Error/error505.jsp could someone tell me why i am getting these errors, i have no idea what makes these problems. Thing is that , webservice runs with this errors, ...

Compiling Jython for web apps in Eclipse

I have PyDev set up in Eclipse to do Jython web development. Instead of using the Jython interpreter to handle my servlets I prefer to use the Jython compiler instead for a particular project I'm working on. Within Eclipse I use Tomcat to test my web apps. The sort of process that I'm looking for is would be very similar to standard Jav...

SVN and DAV with EasyApache

Hi, I'm having a bit of a struggle trying to get SVN correctly set up on my Linux (Centos 5) VPS. I have EasyApache compiled with the mod_dav module enabled, but I'm struggling with where to go from here. This is my current set up: Centos 5 server Subversion 1.4.2 installed (via yum) SVN repos located at /home/repos I want to access ...

altering locale settings of system/browser to test javascript functions

I'm writing a small JavaScript function to generate a date selector for use in various languages. I want to test the JavaScript date functions toUTCString, toLocaleString, toLocaleDateString in english, french, german, italian and spanish. How do I affect the locale settings that are used by the date object. I've tried changing my windo...

What web technology to opt for to offer interactive colouring?

A customer has asked us to a add a feature to his website allowing visitors to colour in panels in a simple line drawing. The website visitor will have a limited palette to choose from and will select a colour and click in a shape within the line drawing to colour it in as in: There will only be four or five of these line drawings. T...

Basic question about OOP

I often have the same trouble when I have to design my class for a web application. The requirements are : - maintainable (no copy-paste for instance) - layers fully separated (the business layer doesn't have to know which method of the data layer is used) - high performance : don't load useless data. First I have a table with all my cu...

Do you think Silverlight is enterprise ready? Any stats on platform penetration? Any F500 comps investing seriously in Silverlight?

We need some support statistics if available, to decide the future of few major investments we are planning on top of Silverlight platform. According to RiaStats http://riastats.com/ - Silverlight penetration rate was around 20% in March 2009, and now it is around 50%. In US, presently it is ~38% Looking for answers with some stats/fig...

What Path is acceptable?

Hello, I am using below statement to return the directory name of the running script: print dirname(__FILE__); it outputs something like this with back-slashes: www\EZPHP\core\ezphp.php Question: Is a path with back-slashes acceptable across all major operating systems? If not, how should i construct the path either with slashes ...

How do I split an image for use in a web page?

I have an image (source file in Paint.NET format) and it has two areas that need to be click-able when on the web. I've never done anything like this (I usually don't do very graphical sites). Is there an easy way to cut this image up and put it into a web layout? ...

How do I build something when I know I'll get it wrong?

Background I have a personal project that I've been trying to build for around 5 years. In essence it's an online game - a web application. It's not a "money maker", just something that I really want to build, so finding the funding to hire a skilled team is very unlikely. I've built two fully-functional prototypes over the years, both...

Why does jQuery.cssRule plugin have to add rules to all style-sheets ?

I tried to use $.cssRule() plugin and found that it makes it inconvenient to debug those rules in FireBug because each rule appears to be attached to every css file loaded on my page and consequently defined many times. Source code shows that it does that on purpose inside that for loop: for(var i = 0; i < document.styleSheets.length; i...

How to organize files in the filesystem for an upload-type site?

I'm wondering if there are any best practices for organizing files on the filesystem for a site that centers around users uploading files. (Not a hosting site like Imageshack, more like addons.mozilla.org) Or am I over-analyzing this and should put everything in one folder? ...

How do I position a div to upper left of page?

Hey all.. I am struggling with a CSS issue. I have a simple front page that consists of 4 divs. 3 of which are visible. The other is an overlay. <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <div id="header">Header</div> <div id="overlay" visible="false"></div> <div id="container">Container</div> <div id="menu"> <input type="text" /> <inp...

Should my webpage compatible with Outdated IE6 still?

As a web developer, it is tough to do web design which is compatible with IE6. Is it required to make webpages compatible with css?. I heard the usage of IE6 is low. My question is, whether I should still check compatibility of the webpage that i make, in Internet Explorer 6? ...