Ruby on Rails on track for 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.
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.
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.
Programming with 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.
Opera to Web developers: Come to 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.
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If the comments are ugly, the code is ugly
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SVG a graphics format for 21st century
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Take Chrome OS for a test spin
Sandra Henry-Stocker
Solaris Tip: Have Your Files Changed Since Installation?
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Android fragments vs. the iPhone monolith
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What Gizmodo missed about the Pro WX Wireless USB disk drive
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
- mburton325
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Google tests ActiveX alternative
Developers praise Android at Google I/O
Silverlight: Is It the Ultimate Web Site “Stickiness†Solution?
Opera to Web developers: Come to MAMA
Programming with multiple databases
Web Application Security Best Practices
Ruby on Rails on track for major upgrades
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