http://www.itworld.com/web-development xx http://www.itworld.com/development/60528/ruby-rails-track-major-upgrades It is looking like a very busy year for the popular Ruby on Rails Web application development framework, with multiple enhancements anticipated in an upgrade due this month, followed by a merger later on with the Merb Web framework. http://www.itworld.com/development/60528/ruby-rails-track-major-upgrades#comments Development News development tools open source Ruby on Rails web development Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:03:28 -0500 ITworld staff 60528 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/development/58983/google-tests-activex-alternative Google has released new software designed to let Web developers write more powerful programs that can work directly with an operating system, rather than having to be run through a browser. http://www.itworld.com/development/58983/google-tests-activex-alternative#comments Development Internet News Google web development Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:29:51 -0500 ITworld staff 58983 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/development/58296/web-application-security-best-practices When building a web application there are common practices which should be followed to enhance security. In addition to the basic security of the server operating system and runtimes, web developers should follow accepted guidelines to write secure applications. http://www.itworld.com/development/58296/web-application-security-best-practices#comments Development Best practice best practices PHP programming security web development Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:20:44 -0500 veridicus 58296 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/development/56298/programming-multiple-databases In the past, data was mostly stored on massive computers like mainframes. Today it's common to have databases spread across many smaller servers. Benefits include cost reductions, redundancy, and scalability. This typically adds some level of complexity to the applications which need to access these multiple databases. http://www.itworld.com/development/56298/programming-multiple-databases#comments Development How-to database programming scalability web development Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:10:03 -0400 veridicus 56298 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/development/56167/opera-web-developers-come-mama Opera Software on Wednesday revealed a search engine that indexes structural information about Web pages so Web developers and standards bodies can see what technologies are being used to build Web sites and how they are being used. http://www.itworld.com/development/56167/opera-web-developers-come-mama#comments Development Internet News Opera Software search engine web development Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:29:44 -0400 ITworld staff 56167 at http://www.itworld.com