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Kin Lane03/17/11
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New Generation of Web Applications

I’m noticing a pattern of simple new web applications that focus on solving a single problem. This new generation of web applications are adhering to the core principles of Software as a Service (SaaS). They provide tools in 3 formats:

Howard Lewis Ship03/17/11
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Rethinking JavaScript in Tapestry 5.3

I've always had a love/hate relationship with JavaScript; some of the earliest motivations for Tapestry was to "encapsulate that ugly JavaScript stuff so I don't have to worry about it again." However, as I've come to appreciate JavaScript, over...

Giorgio Sironi03/16/11
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Practical PHP Testing Patterns: Fake Object

The purpose of a Fake Object, a kind of Test Double, is to replace a collaborator with a functional copy. While Mocks prefer a specification of the behavior to check, Fake Objects are really a simplified version of the production object they substitute.

Surya Suravarapu03/16/11
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Book Review: Selenium 1.0 Testing Tools

The Book Title: Selenium 1.0 Testing Tools (Beginner's Guide) Author: David Burns Publishers: Packt Publishing

Hajan Selmani03/16/11
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Posting from ASP.NET WebForms page to another URL

Few days ago I had a case when I needed to make FORM POST from my ASP.NET WebForms page to an external site URL. More specifically, I was working on implementing Simple Payment System (like Amazon, PayPal, MoneyBookers). The operator asks to make FORM POST...

Lynda Moulton03/15/11
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ETL and Building Intelligence Behind Semantic Search

A recent inquiry about a position requiring ETL (Extraction/Transformation/Loading) experience prompted me to survey the job market in this area. It was quite a surprise to see that there are many technical positions seeking this...

Giorgio Sironi03/15/11
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Table-free CSS layouts in 10 minutes

Before switching to CSS frameworks due to the nightmare of aligning columns and build a working layout, take a look at this examples.All code is in the form of an .html file with style attributes, in order for the samples to be self-contained and didactic. Of...

Maximiliano Firtman03/15/11
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Is Apple trying to hinder PhoneGap and other HTML5 frameworks with iOS 4.3?

Last week Apple released iOS 4.3 and the new Nitro engine was presented inside Safari on iOS for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The iPad 2 with iOS 4.3 is on its way in US and worldwide in next days. However, a new situation was discovered last days alarming...

Den Delimarsky03/15/11
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Internet Explorer 9 - first experiences

South by Southwest (SXSW) was certainly very important for the IE team this year. Right there, during a SxSWi event, Microsoft announced the release of the next version of its flagship product - Internet Explorer 9. It carries several new improvements...

Katie Mckinsey03/15/11
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IE9 Final Release: Turning Over a New Leaf

Microsoft's final version of Internet Explorer 9 is finally available for download! After several preliminary releases and much debate about web standards compatibility and overall design, IE9 is ready for general consumption. While Microsoft has...

Giorgio Sironi03/14/11
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Practical PHP Testing Patterns: Mock Object

The Test Doubles we have seen until now are rather passive: they provide predefined results or record calls, but make no decision on their own. A Mock Object instead, is more than that: it verifies if it's used correctly, by making implicit assertions on what...

Axel Rauschmayer03/14/11
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JavaScript values: not everything is an object

This blog post explains that JavaScript has two main kinds of values: primitive values and objects. There are several things one needs to be aware of when working with them.

Ricardo Fiel03/14/11
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Microsoft WebMatrix, more than a toy

Not long ago, Microsoft released WebMatrix, a new development tool that aims to make web development easy. At first, I wasn’t very convinced with it, and I was quite happy with Visual Studio 2010 for my web dev work. Did we really need another...

Rob Allen03/14/11
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Zend Framework View Helpers

I can't seem to find an article here that consolidates my thoughts on Zend Framework's view helper system, so I thought I'd better correct that. Zend Framework's Zend_View component supports helper methods known as view helpers. They are used like this in a...

Brian Swan03/14/11
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SQL Server Driver for PHP Connection Options: Encrypt

This short post adds to my series on connection options in the SQL Server Driver for PHP. I’ll go into a bit more detail on the Encrypt and TrustServerCertificate options than the driver documentation does.