Web development is a broad term for the work involved in developing a web site for the World Wide Web or an intranet.
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Best way to use GIT to maintain web application template
I am a sole developer and I have a web application template that I have created in Visual Studio. I am using GIT for source control, but only on my development machine. Presently I have a master and I ...
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Web Development methodology [closed]
I’m currently completing my final year project for a degree.
I’m creating a website for my project however unsure of what methodology to use.
Can anyone suggest any appropriate methodologies which ...
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Why should I use a web framework's template language over python's templating options?
I'm coming from a python CGI background and was wanting to move into something more contemporary and think I have decided upon web.py as the framework I would like to use. In regards to templating, ...
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Separation of development responsibilities in a new project
We have very recently started a new project (MVC 3.0) and some of our early discussion has been around how the work and development will be split amongst the team members to ensure we get the least ...
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Develop web site from existing software or cherry pick and use a web framework? [closed]
A small team and I are tasked with developing a web site. The client has referenced a particular open source project (we'll call it X) when describing some of the features. Because of this, the team ...
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How to organize my site's file system properly?
Doing some reading on Stack Overflow, I've found a lot of information suggesting that proper organization of a file system is crucial to a well-written web app. One of the key pieces of evidence is ...
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Expanding existing DVCS Wiki [closed]
A portion of my job is to maintain technical documentation for a rapidly expanding manufacturing company. Because it is only a portion of my job and the company's product line is expanding so ...
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How to become an expert web-developer? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should every programmer know about web development?
I am currently a Junior PHP developer and I really LOVE it, I love internet from first time I got into it, I ...
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Why Firefox caching work will reset in version 3 but version 16 don't?
I am developing a web application and have the app deployed into Tomcat server. Tested on IE and Firefox and are working fine. Meaning when I close the browser and reopen the app, the data will be ...
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What are good resources for preparing to answer web development interview questions? [closed]
The standard programmer interview books and websites go over simple algorithm and coding questions. But how does one prepare for high-level questions on building websites? For example, "How would you ...
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What should I aware of , when preparing a document of website for later maintenance use? [closed]
The development team has finished a website and my duty is to prepare a document so that other programmers can maintain the website with ease.
I have no experience in this and would like to ask what ...
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Is it my responsibility to code for errors on a completely separate website and domain when redirecting or doing a single sign on? [closed]
If my application is responsible for redirecting/doing a single sign on to a destination managed by a third party, in general, where should I draw the line for error handling during this process? If ...
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Consultant in a firm that doesn't understand the tech! [closed]
I got the job as a Consultant in a firm that has 3 other programmers. My job is to rewrite all the old system in Java, Spring etc but the staff programmers only know perl and the manager does not know ...
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How does a browser determine that a script has run for too long? [closed]
How does a browser determine that a script has run for too long ? Is it actually configurable through some advanced settings ?
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Thin client Web browser?
Many times i have heard people saying that a particular hardware to be running a thin client web browser. But from the definition of "thin-client", doesnt all browser qualify as a thin-client? as all ...
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Logging in a web application [closed]
Quick question. I am working on a web application and was wondering that apart from the obvious such as errors, what should be logged in such a web application. The aim here is to log enough data but ...
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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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How can I improve my skills while working on actual projects, in the absence of more experienced developers?
I'm the lead developer at a small company, working with C# and ASP.Net. Our team is small, 2-3 people, without much experience in development and design. I don't have the opportunity to learn from ...
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What are the PHP web server architecture components and the purpose of each one of them?
Given below is an image of a basic PHP web server architecture:
Would someone please explain the several components available and how they interact?
I'm more concerned of how the PHP Core operates ...
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What kind of image should be used in a web page? [closed]
I have a site that will have lots of images of large size. What is the best format that I should choose for displaying these images?
I need the website to load fast. I am jumbled with different ...
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How can I get non-programmer colleagues on board with bespoke software rather than Dynamics CRM + Sharepoint?
I am working with a company which designs and builds one-off machines. They have been 'dabbling' with hosted Dynamics CRM and Sharepoint (on different servers!) in an attempt to centralise their data ...
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How to handle monetary values in PHP and MySql?
I've inherited a huge pile of legacy code written in PHP on top of a MySQL database. The thing I noticed is that the application uses doubles for storage and manipulation of data.
Now I came across ...
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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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Free cloud web service development [closed]
I am looking for a free (as in beer) combination of services, for learning "cloud SW development" and very small scale private use (say, a private streamlined web shopping&todo list with simple ...
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What language available on commodity web hosts would suit a C# developer? [closed]
What programming language;
a. Would suit a developer who prefers C#.
b. Is available to run on many commodity web hosts.
(IE, Standard "LAMP" type webhosts, but with something other than the "P".)
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What are the difference between server-side and client-side programming?
I've seen questions (mainly on Stack Overflow), which lack this basic
knowledge. The point of this question is to provide good information
for those seeking it, and those referencing to it.
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Which web framework to use under Backbonejs?
For a previous project, I was using Backbonejs alongside Django, but I found out that I didn't use many features from Django. So, I am looking for a lighter framework to use underneath a Backbonejs ...
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Which would be the best platform to develop websites to be used with very slow connections without sacrificing too much the design? [closed]
How can we give dial-up users in some remote places or less developed countries, a good experience while using dynamic websites.
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Tool to identify (and remove) unnecessary website files?
Inevitably I'll stop using an antiquated css, script, or image file. Especially when a separate designer is tinkering with things and testing out a few versions of images. Before I build one myself, ...
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reading parameters and files on browser, looking how to execute on server
I have a site done in Rails, which uses javascript to load files and generate forms for the user to input certain information. Those files and parameters are then to be used in a fortran code on the ...
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Why are Java servers so scarce and costly? [closed]
I think "why PHP over Java" has been already discussed in other questions, the question I have is:
What makes LAMP/WAMP stacks so cheap and abundant vs a Glassfish one? What are the prime factors ...
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What HTML attributes are mandatory or should be avoided? [closed]
I know that some attributes are mandatory for some HTML elements. For example, to write W3C compliant code, img element should have alt attribute.
In order to stay away from bad habits:
Are there ...
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Building a website, want to use java
I'd like to make a simple-ish website that is essentially a small game. Key strokes are to be processed and sent to a server (already acquired and should support SQL and JSP, I believe) which then ...
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Pinterest - loading more images when scrolling down effect. [closed]
The drag down and load more pictures effect in Pinterest - I see that more commonly used in many a site. What exactly is that done through? Could it be done through javascript? I work mostly in php ...
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The C++ web stack, is there one?
Java would be jsps and servlets (or a framework such as Spring) running on the JVM and tomcat (or glassfish etc).
C# would be asp and C# running on dot.net framework and IIS ? (I have no experience ...
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Taking a Projects Development to the Next Level
I have been looking for some advice for a while on how to handle a project I am working on, but to no avail. I am pretty much on my fourth iteration of improving an "application" I am working on; the ...
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Making simple forms in web applications [closed]
How do you work with forms in your web applications?
I am not talking about RESTful applications, I don't want to build heavy front-end using frameworks like Backbone.
For example, I need to add ...
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What is the proper way to create a cross-fade effect?
When creating an image slider, using a cross fade is one of more popular effects. Various sliders use differing techniques to create such an effect. Major techniques I've found so far are:
Method 1: ...
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Should I implement slugs with my already fairly long URLs? [closed]
I'm considering implementing slugs in my blog. My blog uses MongoDB. One of the side-effects of using MongoDB is that it uses relatively long hex string IDs.
Example
before: ...
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To refund or not to refund this client? [closed]
I'd really appreciate your advice on an ongoing project.
I presented my client with a proposal and design samples which he approved, and he paid in full instead of the 50% upfront deposit as I'd ...
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Time tracking and payment registration architecture
Тitle might be a little bit incorrect. :) Anyway, I'm building a software where employees input time they worked per day (work hours) and employer "pays" for this time. "Payment" is done outside this ...
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What are some really simple rules to keep a PHP codebase organized?
I'm new to PHP in a professional context. I want a few macro thumb rules to keep me on the enlightened path. Here are a few I'm proposing to myself:
no absolute paths in include|require(_once)? ...
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programming contract work and copyrights [closed]
Quick question guys. It may be country dependent so this question is more directed towards EU citizens. If I did a programming job, raised an invoice but never got paid, am I still holding the ...
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Is it better to define all routes in the Global.asax than to define separately in the areas?
I am working on a MVC 4 project that will serve as an API layer of a larger application.
The developers that came before me set up separate Areas to separate different API requests (i.e Search, ...
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What is the motivation behind TypeScript?
We had JavaScript, then we had Flash, then we had Silverlight and then HTML5 ownd them all.
So what is the motivation behind TypeScript? What problems are going to be tackled and what improvements ...
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Sites with overlapping code-bases. Developing multiple sites with little changes
I have to develop 3 different sites
video.com for hosting video
audio.com for hosting audio
docs.com for hosting docs.
domain names for example only
Almost 80% of the functionality is the same ...
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Is a startup revolving around a web app still viable? [closed]
I have an idea for a startup that revolves around a web app. I plan to incorporate a mobile app in the future but, unlike something like instagram, users will be more likely to access with a desktop ...
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What is consultant application development?
Recently I got a job offer from csc as consultant application development.
Currently I am working as a software engineer.
Can somebody enlighten me on what is consultant application development ...
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Using Metro style in my web applications
I love the Metro UI (Modern UI/Windows 8 style UI, whatever) and would like to have the "tile" design on my site as well. Something like this or this. Am I allowed to do this or do I have to contact ...
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How would I go about measuring the impact an article has on the internet?
For an application of mine, I analyze the sentiment of articles, using NLTK, to display sentiment trends. But right now all articles weigh the same amount. This does not show a very accurate picture ...
