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How will writing the transaction part in Java benefit the security of the application, when all other parts are being written in PHP?

A friend of mine while working on a PHP application asked me to write one part of the application in Java. The part that involved transactions. He said it will be better to write this portion in Java. ...
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Migrating Web based projects from Java to PHP

At our work place after hours of coding, testing and QA we have successfully added a couple of software tools in our product line. We specialize in web based software solutions so in order to tap on ...
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How to implement multi-theme PHP application

I am developing an application which will handle many virtual stores and I would like to have many themes that the user could choose anytime. I would to know what's the main ideia to implement it. I ...
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How to begin with web development in PHP [duplicate]

As I am the New Learner in the PHP Web Development and I want to become a good web developer who can at least make a good and dynamic web site quickly. Currently I have learnt the following things: ...
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Any performance advantage in copying the session to a variable?

I have a fair number of items in a session, and I am wondering if there are any advantages to copying the session variable to a normal php variable (in order to close the session file as quickly as ...
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Presenting PHP source on the Web

I've written a patch for a GPL'ed JavaScript library. To check how the patch works one needs sample CGI (or PHP) backend. I want to write a demo PHP to show that my JS works and put the open code on ...
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Managing Alerts in Web Application Using RESTful API

I have designed a RESTful API and I am now working on creating a web application to use the service. One thing I am struggling with is how to manage alerts in the web application (similar to the ...
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What is a practical level of abstraction in a web application? [closed]

(Originally asked on StackOverflow - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14896121/what-is-a-practical-level-of-abstraction-in-a-web-application) I still consider myself a newcomer to OO programming, ...
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Possible with PHP MVC Framework? A better solution to client 'override' of core functionality?

Background / The Problem I need to make a (large) application with a certain set of core functionality, and certain functionality for multiple clients within it. Each client has different ...
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Can I call a script created in php a “web application” [closed]

Can I call a script created in php a "web application"? See the Wikipedia definition, but I'm still not sure.
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Joomla Secondary Users

Background I have a joomla based application. My customers sign up and they register as a user on the site. My customers (primary customers) then have their own space on the site that they can then ...
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Is there a way to check if redistributed code has been altered?

I would like to redistribute my app (PHP) in a way that the user gets the front end (presentation) layer which is using the API on my server through a web service. I want the user to be able to alter ...
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One codebase - lots of hosted services (similar to a basecamp style service) - planning structure

We have built a service (PHP Based) for a client, and are now looking to offer it to other clients as a hosted service. For this example, think of it like a hosted forum service, where a client signs ...
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Is it possible to build a single game to run in Facebook & Google+?

I was asked by my customer to build a Facebook game. The game would be something similar to Mafiawars.com where the game is hosted on a server and run through a frame on Facebook. The thing is after ...
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Client-Side V.S. Server-Side Searching?

I am currently helping to design a web site and application in HTML. We would like the user to be able to search the site/app for desired content via a search bar. We would also like to include an ...
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Standards & compliances for secure web application development?

I am working with developers right now that write code the way they want and when i tell them to do it other way they respond that its just matter of preference how to do it and they have their way ...
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Most common website scalability pitfalls

We are designing a website/web application where we hope to to achieve high user counts and, in general, lots of use. More specifically, we intend to be using PHP as the programming/scripting language ...
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Designing web-based plugin systems correctly so they don't waste as many resources?

Many CMS systems which rely on third parties for much of their code often build "plugin" or "hooks" systems to make it easy for developers to modify the codebase's actions without editing the core ...
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In PHP, how do you code with scalability in mind?

I know this may be a general question, but what exactly goes into scaling for all the users you will encounter, even if not in the next few months? I did some research and most of what is done is ...
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Evaluating Software Maintenance

1. When to treat a software as deployed and when to start charging for maintenance ? In most of the cases the software we make is deployed on the web at early stages to enhance the testing process ...
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595 views

Why use phpunit when traditional manual testing can be used

When I make a web app I test my work on the browser to see if I receive any errors and fix them. I have made complex applications and testing this way has been easy and fast. I have watched many ...
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The usual metadata objects or: How to move a typical ExtJS App to jQuery, and: What's missing in the middle?

I have entered into an existing project that is all about maintaining nested data structures. You have companies which are assigend to accounts, and contacts and notes and... basically the usual bunch ...
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How do I make web-application development less frustrating?

I am fairly new to web-application development. I just can't shake the feeling that it takes me forever to do anything of even remote complexity. In c++ and java I could write the same applications ...
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Directory structure of web application written in PHP

I would like to know which convention (if any) you use for your PHP web application projects.
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553 views

How To Build An iPhone App With A Web Server?

I have an iPhone app out that stores data on the device. I want to create an app with user accounts like Instagram, Path, Foursquare, Gowalla, etc. What would you recommend for the quickest and ...
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How do I determine which language/framework is best for our web-based project?

I'm in the early stages of development for a web application that has three developers (myself included) working on it. The project is, at its core, a web-based database that will be used by around ...
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Should I re-architect client's web app?

I've inherited a project that's accrued, layer upon layer, like a pearl over the last six years. It started out as a web page to let the client check the status of their work in production, and has ...
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Which reporting tool you prefer for a web-based application? [closed]

For both PHP and ASP.NET, which reporting tool you prefer to create, preview and print reports? Not just printing the web-page directly, any professional third-party or an open-source tool.
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Creating a web-end for a C++ program

I was wondering what would be the best method for creating a web end for interfacing with a C++ program on the server. At first I simply thought just using shell execution from the web server side ...
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Code to simulate a users actions, such as logging in

I've recently begun working on a PHP application, replacing another developer. I believed the application was using an API to communicate with a remote service but when I looked through the code I ...
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What is the best PHP ORM library? [closed]

I want to build a PHP web application, but always faces the problem that I need to connect to database and deal with related objects. So I tried codeigniter and it uses a special way to connect to ...
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Is a Ruby 'Web App' designed differently than a PHP 'Web Site'?

From my understanding, Ruby is a language that can be used to creat desktop applications. How does this get converted into a 'Web App' - and is a 'Web App' really any different than a Web Site with ...