Questions about software development for a web site.
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Webservice like jsfiddle for php & mysql [closed]
Jsfiddle is great service for html,css,javascript, but sometimes I need to check idea for php,mysql. Can you recommend any service like this? (There is of course http://ideone.com/ , but limited to ...
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When is applications a preferred context over web? [closed]
My experience has been that we now see more of a discussion about apps than just a discussion about websites that was before. Do you agree? When is it more appriopriate to speak about apps as compared ...
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Programming related sites/blogs to follow [duplicate]
Thought this question was conceptual/pre-implementation enough for Programmers Exchange.
What Programming/er related sites / blogs / newsletters / forums do you regularly follow?
For example...
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My software is hosted on a “bad” website. Can I do anything about it?
Edit: Thanks for all of the answers, guys! I think I'm just going to include some kind of text on my webpage telling users to only download from the links provided. The thing is that there have been ...
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Building Website with JAX-RS (Jersey)
Is it discouraged/not-common to build Websites (not web-services!) using Jersey or any other JAX-RS implementation ?
I didn't find any guide/tutorial/article regarding that..
At first impression , ...
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Can I use select2 in my website?
I am working on project that deals in customer support. This website actually sells products ( so it is commerical ), and provides customer support. So in this project/website I was about to use ...
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What are good resources for Design Patterns? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a canonical book on design patterns?
Design patterns are really useful when designing software.
What essential sites/books/blogs are good for ...
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Software for a “registered users self service” backend
Do you know any server-side software package for "registered users self service" / "service portal" backends?
Background: software shops (software developers) need a web interface where customers can ...
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Number of sites to build before trying to become a web developer? [closed]
Someone has asked me this question and I couldn't answer as I am not on the web part of development so I'm asking here.
If one has just finished college and is trying to break through into web ...
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Setting up and syncing a developer (local) version and a public version of a website
What is the best and most efficient way to set up two versions of the same website?
I want one version that is online and open for everyone to use but I also want a developer version where I can ...
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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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What kind of JavaScript design pattern is that?
In our workplace we use simple ajax library for getting page data and submitting changes to server ,on certain occasions we do need to change the forms fields values ,now we know that fields can be of ...
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What language would you use to program a website back end? [closed]
I have worked with several backend systems for real estate that don't address the real estate agents needs and am very frustrated. I want to program my own backend and design it how I want it. with a ...
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How to turn a website into an offline usable directed graph for searching shortest ways between pages [closed]
I am an advanced-intermediate level student focused on the .NET and C#. I know all the basics as well as classes, methods, objects, inheritance, OOP principles and all that. Problem is we haven't ...
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Fluid VS Responsive Website Development Questions
As I understand these form the basis for targeting a wide array of devices based on the browser size, given it would be a time consuming to generate different layouts targeting different/specific ...
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Which asp.net technology fits this situation best?
I think I can count WebAPI out, but WebForms, WebPages, and MVC are all possibilities.
I want to create an asp.net web site that is primarily static content and links to other sites. The only ...
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What is a good mobile device testing environment to run under windows? [closed]
I am looking for non-online mobile device testing program that can give you a preview of a website that will run on a mobile device.
I found MITE and MobiOne but I prefer to know any free such kind ...
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2answers
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Different Project Type in a Single Website
I have developed a website in asp.net and I have some additional tasks, improvements to develop. In order to get experience in asp.net/mvc, I want to create an admin panel using asp.net mvc.
Is this ...
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Client-side oriented website approach name (less server-side code, more client-side code)
I have a terminology question.
I was searching about tips to design a website that is using less server-side code and more client-side code, and realized I don't really know which exact term to ...
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MVC 3 Page design; split pages into Many partials?
I am currently working on an MVC 3 Web app project where I need to display a lot of information on the front page. I am relatively new at web page layout and design so I have hit a wall in terms of ...
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client side scripting and server side scripting [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What are the difference between server-side and client-side programming?
Most of the websites in the internet are coded in both server side scripting language and client ...
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Top down or bottom up approach?
I'm an interface designer and now I'm working with a team of programmers to develop a new CMS for a heavy media site.
As I've started developing a specification list for a prototype it turned out a ...
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What is the good way to improve usability of the web projects [closed]
What is the good techniques or software engineering methodologies to improve the usability of the web projects. Of course I want to involve the customer and want a methodology by which I can ...
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In a legacy codebase, how do I quickly find out what is being used and what isn't?
I've been asked to evaluate what appears to be a substantial legacy codebase, as a precursor to taking a contract maintaining that codebase.
This isn't the first time I've been in this situation. In ...
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Cumulative charts within Webdesign
A rather simple question here, With regards to web design and the paperwork behind it (Which I am sure many people/companies don't actually do).
Would there be any reason for using a Cumulative ...
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When to use PHP or ASP.NET? [closed]
I have worked extensively in developing web applications using PHP and ASP.NET, but one of the questions that I'm constantly asked by customers is whether to move forward with a php website or an ...
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How do I add restrictions for users to sign up before they can access web site?
How do I get my webpage not to go back when they hit the back button and are logged out ?
how can I add a web page to be blocked like FACEBOOK doesn't let you get into their site with out having a ...
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How do you update live web sites with code changes?
I know this is a very basic question. If someone could humor me and tell me how they would handle this, I'd be greatful.
I decided to post this because I am about to install SynchToy to remedy the ...
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Looking for enterprise web application design inspiration [closed]
I've checked many websites to be inspired about what the look and feel of a serious enterprise web-application should look like. But the whole I saw were designed for being used by single users and ...
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How to make a table structure for products to be available for both wholesale and retail? [closed]
Ignoring the different column details like colors, shapes, and sizes, I already have an idea of dealing with that, I'm more interested in dealing with retail pricing, whole pricing (with or without a ...
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Is having your own website important?
How necessary or important is it? I try to keep a running list of blogs or sites to follow, but a lot of the time I pull up someone's profile and notice there isn't anything there. Is it really ...
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5answers
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Good at Backend, but bad at front end
I want to start web development, I have been learning php.
I have experience in Java, Python, and C++
This experience has made me good at the back end side of web development.
But I am terrible at ...
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Should I use the factory design pattern for every class?
I've been writing a website in PHP. As the code becomes more complex, I keep finding problems that can be solved using the factory design pattern. For example: I've a got a class Page which has ...
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How does a website latency simulator work
Sites like webpagetest allow users to enter a website url and a test location, to run a speed test on the site from multiple locations using real browsers. Can anyone give me a basic idea of how sites ...
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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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“Opportunity” to take over maintenance of a small internal website. What should I do?
I have been offered an "opportunity" to take over maintenance of a small internal website run by my group that provides information about schedules and photos of events the groups done.
My manager ...
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Making sure users have a modern web browser [closed]
We have several users running on old hardware and old browsers.
What would be the best way to get them to upgrade to a newer web browser, without nagging users with a newer web browser.
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Are there any additional considerations to make when designing a site structure if you plan to use persistent connection technologies?
As the title states, I'm thinking of making a simple-card-game based website, using persistent connection technology (Something like signalR) for the actual game part of it.
I've never planned a site ...
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Developing web sites that imitate desktop apps. How to fight that paradigm? [closed]
Supposse there's a company where web sites/apps are designed to resemble desktop apps.
They struggle to add:
Splash screens
Drop-down menus
Tab-pages
Pages that don't grow downward with content, ...
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PHP Drupal alternatives [closed]
Based off answers to this question: Will I pick bad coding habits from PHP books? and many others it is a general consensus that PHP is not the most well suited language for web development anymore ...
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My client wants me to add background music to a site. How do I tell them this is a terrible idea?
I'm having a rather Oatmealesque experience with a particular client's website. The latest 'feature' they have requested is that background music play automatically when the site loads. What should I ...
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What is the best way to become a professional in PHP and Website Building? [closed]
I would like to become a professional in php, I have learned nearly all about the language syntax and concepts and I have a good knowledge in C and C++, which made it easier to become familiar with ...
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How to make a text search template? [closed]
I am not really sure what to call this, but I am looking for a way to have a "template" for my code to go by when searching for text.
I am working on a project where a summary for a piece of text is ...
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Http handler for classic ASP application for introducing a layer between client and server
I've a huge classic ASP application where in thousands of users manage their company/business data. Currently this is not multi-user so that application users can create users and authorize them to ...
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My work isn't being used… what can/ should I do?
Several months ago I was approached by a small business, who had seen my work previously and asked me to create a website for them.
Since then, the website hasn't changed one bit and I haven't heard ...
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Drag and drop fearture for a website
I have to design a website which will have drag and drop features for creating an e-card. So you select items from a tool box and drag and drop this item on the card area. Once you have completed the ...
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Why is better to use external JavaScript or libraries ; and is it prefered to use jquery meaning more security?
I read this article Unobtrusive JavaScript with jQuery
and I noticed these points in the slide page 11
some companies strip JavaScript at the firewall
some run the NoScript Firefox extension to ...
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How does having assets saved on a secondary domain(s) reduce the load time of the website?
I went for an interview yesterday where I was asked this question:
"How does having assets (images/videos) stored on a secondary domain (assets.example.com) reduce the load time of example.com?"
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How would one start a website with robust and scaleable hosting?
This question is about hardware and hosting, and how to "bootstrap" them.
If you built a really great website, how could you have it hosted at low cost but so that it reassures customers that their ...
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What micro web-framework has the lowest overhead but includes templating [closed]
I want to rewrite a simple small (10 page) website and besides a contact form it could be written in pure html. It is currently built with classic asp and Dreamweaver templates.
The reason I'm not ...
