(Thomas M. Stockwell) Imagine that you are buying your next pair of shoes from your favorite Internet shoe site. You’ve logged into your account, browsed a few dozen pairs, and made your selection. Now, it’s time to check out with your market basket, enter in your credit card number, and close t
Tag: Development
N-Tier Applications and .NET: Achieving Isolation
(Bipin Joshi) In the previous two article (N-Tier Applications and .NET and N-Tier Applications and .NET: A Simple Example) I explained the concept behind N-tier applications and also gave you a simple example. This example builds on what we developed previously and illustrates how to achieve more i
Highlight Source Code in Your PHP Application
(Stoyan Stefanov) This tutorial explains how you can highlight source code shown on your Website for a number of programming languages without manually formatting and hand-coding the display.
Datagrid Operations
(Mohammad Azam) The Microsoft .NET framework ships with many useful controls. These controls makes the life of developer easy by providing them with the functionality they want.
Five reasons for using an O/R mapping tool
(Sarah Sana) So, why should you use any O/R mapping tool? I am not talking about a specific tool but rather all O/R mapping tools in general. There are a number of reasons for using an O/R mapping tool but before I dive into that, let me give you a brief overview of what an O/R mapping tool really i
Fade-in forms using .NET and C#
(Alexandru Ghiondea) Did you ever wanted to make your applications more “cool”? Do you like the fade-in effect that Windows XP has? Do you want to include that in your application? If the answers to those questions are all true, then you have come to the right place.
Databind Objects and Collections
(Francesco Balena) Databinding is a key feature of the Microsoft .NET Framework, both in its Windows Forms and Web Forms flavors. Many .NET developers are quite familiar with Windows Forms databinding, especially those with previous VB6 experience; therefore, most articles and books focus on databin
EnginSite Editor: A Fully Loaded PHP IDE on the Cheap
(Laurence Moroney) Until recently I did most of my PHP development using DreamWeaver or Notepad. I wasn’t happy with most IDEs for developing PHP applications. In my opinion, the best IDEs for software development were, and still are, Microsoft Visual Studio.NET and BEA Weblogic Workshop. In the PHP
Inside the Firewall: Will Bigger Encryption Keys Keep Your BI Data Safe From Harm?
(Mark Leon) With a solid firewall, you may think your sensitive data is safe, but have you prepared for an attack from within? “Significant numbers of attacks are now coming from inside the firewall,” says Yankee Group analyst Jim Slaby.
Executive Summary: Enterprise Metadata Framework
(R. Todd Stephens) Over the past few years, I’ve had the opportunity to discuss enterprise metadata to a wide variety of audiences and much of this conversation is captured in this “Best Practices” implementation framework. The model has evolved over the past few years as our program continues