web-development

How to go about finding ad-hoc development work on the web?

Possible Duplicate: Where to Find Freelance Programmers I'm wondering if its possible to find supplementary development work on line? I have some time available to me in the evenings and I thought it might be good to use it productively. It'd be great if there was a site that I could apply to do some ad-hoc coding for anyone w...

Different ways of crating an instance of class

What are the different way a bean can be created in web development? I know we can use <jsp:useBean />, <bean:define />, or JSON format. Are there more choices? What are their advantages or disadvantages? ...

Terms and conditions of using RSS feed content

hi all, I want to use the RSS feeds from several sites. I wanna know the terms and conditions of using the content from RSS feeds. Is it possible to copy the RSS content from the feed url and put it in my site with refrence links to the feed provider..? ...

Transitioning from the web to the desktop

Can anyone recommend a language, library, framework or book which focuses on GUI programming from the perspective of a web developer? I have experience in web development, for example HTML/AJAX/PHP/MySQL among similar technologies. However, I have never programmed my own back-end, or any kind of standalone program. Does anyone have ex...

iPhone Safari Web App opens links in new window

Hi there, I have problem with web after adding icon to Home Screen. If the web is launched from Home Screen, all links will open in new window in Safari (and lose full screen functionality). How can I prevent it? I couldn't find any help, only the same unanswered question. Please help. Thanks. ...

Quick to develop web app in Java

Hi all, I need to develop a basic web app very quickly (1 week) for a demo. My requirements are Java (I need to make use of existing Java libraries to access the relevant data) 2 screens One for static data view, maybe some search parameters Other for basic form entry No fancy AJAX required Ideally easy for a web designer to come in ...

What is your experience with Nitrogen on Erlang?

I've been checking out the Nitrogen Project which is supposed to be the most mature web development framework for Erlang. Erlang, as a language, is extremely impressive. However, with regards to Nitrogen, what I am not too keen about is using Erlang's rather uncommon syntax (unless you're native in PROLOG) to build UIs. What is your ex...

website session not set

Hello, I'm kind of a website development nub so bear with me. My problem is that the website php session doesn't seem to be set when I log in to my website. After ensuring that the username and password are correct, I have the following simple code: session_start(); $_SESSION['username'] = $myusername; $_SESSION['password'] = $mypassw...

Displaying pic for user through a question's answer

Ok, I am trying to display the profile pic of a user. The application I have set up allows users to create questions and answers (I am calling answers 'sites' in the code) the view in which I am trying to do so is in the /views/questions/show.html.erb file. It might also be of note that I am using the Paperclip gem. Here is the set up: ...

rollover images with Jquery

Beginner question here. I'm going to make a Jquery function that is used to change an image when hovering over it. I use the id name as the selector. How do I make it generic so that I don't have to have a copy of the function for every single tag with a rollover image? $("#home img").hover( function(){ blah ...

Browser Side Photo Editing Library

Hi! Currently I'm searching for a free solution to simple edit some photos at the users browser. Resizing and Cropping would be mandatory. I'm not searching for an online service (for example SUMO or PIXLR which are great), because I want to include the software into a WYSIWYG Editor. JavaScript would be really nice, but it would have ...

Populate text box with JavaScript on PageLoad

I have a text box called txtName on my form. In my page I know I need to place the code in my HEAD tag like so...... <script type='text/javascript' language="javascript"> document.FormName.txtName.value = "Robert"; </script> But I cant seem to set a value to my textbox txtName with the above code...... ...

How can you tell if an an ASP.NET request is remote or from localhost?

How can you programmatically determine if an an ASP.NET request is remote or from the localhost? ...

PHP: Singleton vs Static Class

Possible Duplicate: Difference between static class and singleton pattern? Hello, Just wanted to know what exactly is the difference between a singleton and static class? Thanks for your time ...

Read cookies with JavaScript

I know how to write/create cookies in JavaScript......................................................... //Create the cookies document.cookie = "Name=" + Name + ";expires=Friday, 31-Dec-2011 12:00:00 GMT; path=/"; document.cookie = "Surname=" + Surname + ";expires=Friday, 31-Dec-2011 12:00:00 GMT; path=/"; document.cookie = "Number=" +...

Building a J2EE dev/test setup on a single PC

It's been a while since I did Java work, and even then I was never responsible for starting a large project from the very start... there were test/staging/production systems already running, etc, etc. Now I am looking to start a J2EE project from scratch on my trusty workstation, which has never been used for Java development and runs W...

Creating websites: Code by hand or use a visual editor?

What is currently the best way to code a (semi complicated) website that uses html, css, javascript and some server stuff (php?)? Would you code most of it by hand, use a visual editor for certains parts, are there standard quality editors nowadays? How do web developers go about doing this? ...

What makes an input vulnerable to XSS?

Hi! I've been reading about XSS and I made a simple form with a text and submit input, but when I execute <script>alert();</script> on it, nothing happens, the server gets that string and that's all. What do I have to do for make it vulnerable?? (then I'll learn what I shouldn't do hehe) Cheers. ...

How to document an existing small web site (web application), inside and out?

We have a "web application" which has been developed over the past 7 months. The problem is, it was not really documented. The requirements consisted of a small bulleted list from the initial meeting 7 months ago (it's more of a "goals" statement than software requirements). It has collected a number of features which stemmed from small ...

Why and why not Coldfusion (CFML) ?

When you speak to your colleagues or you want to convince your client to use Coldfusion for some new project and not some other technology or language they heard of before, which arguments do you use? I'm asking because I'd like to make presentation to put in my company's portfolio and seems that I can't find any real life, non developm...