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by Matthew Mombrea

  • Adding keyboard shortcuts to your web application

    Posted Feb 15, 2013 - 09:00 am

    Keyboard shortcuts might seem kind of old school since they’re mainly associated with desktop applications, but bringing some basic shortcut functionality into your web application can easily enhance the user experience.
    JavaScript

  • How to validate password strength using a regular expression

    Posted Jun 11, 2013 - 12:00 am

    Password strength requirements are a hot topic as of late due to a slew of compromised sites and services exposing millions of user accounts to hackers. To no one’s surprise, the most used passwords are embarrassingly weak. “password” anyone?
    password security, regex

  • How to process and accept credit cards on your website

    Posted Jan 24, 2013 - 09:00 am

    There are a lot of misconceptions around how credit cards are processed on the web. The reality is that it is fairly complicated to set up the first time if you have no guidance, and it's probably more costly than you'd like.
    credit card processing, online merchant

  • ASP.NET Fall 2012 Update: The most useful new features

    Posted Nov 06, 2012 - 09:00 am

    A few days ago, Microsoft released a preview of the ASP.NET Fall 2012 update to Visual Studio 2012. This update adds some really useful new features to MVC and Web API projects (along with some minor updates to Web Forms) that should save .NET developers a lot of time.
    ASP.Net, Microsoft

  • How to create a session timeout warning for your web application using jQuery

    Posted Jan 16, 2013 - 09:00 am

    If you've got a web application or SaaS project which requires a user to be logged in, chances are their login will expire at some point.
    authentication, JavaScript

  • Creating a Twitter proxy for mobile development

    Posted Aug 21, 2013 - 12:00 am

    It’s been several months now since Twitter switched over to version 1.1 of the Twitter API. Headaches were expected, and headaches are being had. A primary cause of these headaches is the move to enforce OAuth for every API request, but a second culprit - rate limiting - is responsible for drastic restructuring of existing code.
    mobile apps, Twitter API

  • Apple steps up their app store reviewing speed

    Posted Sep 05, 2013 - 12:00 am

    App review times for both new and updated apps have been a major pain point for developers targeting the iOS/OSX platforms. With review times reaching upwards of 20 days, the consequences of submitting an app with a major flaw are serious. Lately however, review times have been down right speedy.
    App Store, Apple

  • iOS7 redesign hysteria

    Posted Sep 20, 2013 - 08:00 am

    It’s as predictable as it is ridiculous. Whenever a popular product undergoes a drastic redesign, users and nonusers alike come out of the woodwork to declare the death of the entire company. In a shocking surprise to nobody, Wednesday’s release of iOS7 prompted overreactions across the web.
    Apple, ios7

  • Microsoft Metro app store lock down

    Posted Oct 08, 2012 - 08:00 am

    Developers for Windows have long enjoyed the freedom to build and distribute Windows software at their discretion. While this should remain true for desktop applications, when it comes to the new Metro tile apps, Microsoft is taking a page from the Mac OS book.
    Metro UI, windows 8

  • Nebula - A turnkey private cloud brought to you by NASA

    Posted Apr 12, 2013 - 08:00 am

    What began as a NASA cloud computing project, and in partnership with Rackspace resulted in the OpenStack project, has now become a turnkey private cloud system for the enterprise. What this means is you can now buy an all-in-one solution to your organization's server needs and be up and running in no time.
    Nebula, OpenStack
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