Archive for the 'WebDev' Category

Giving Caches a Chance

WebReference News Agosto 28th, 2008

Though it tends to get treated poorly, HTTP isn't a dumb file-transfer protocol. It allows you to specify an intention with your requests (GET/POST, with PUT and DELETE available) and offers authentication. The focus of this article, however, is about caching. By Marijn Haverbeke. 0730

Primitive Data Types, Arrays, Loops, and Conditions

WebReference News Agosto 28th, 2008

Before diving into the object-oriented features of JavaScript, one needs to look at some of the basics, including: primitive data types, such as strings and numbers, arrays, common operators, flow control statements, etc. By Stoyan Stefanov. 0804

How to Create a Search Feature with PHP and MySQL

WebReference News Agosto 28th, 2008

This week you'll learn how to create a searchable form feature that will query a database table and display current staff member information. Topics include: creating a database table to hold staff listings, a search form, using PHP and (SQL) to capture information and more. By Ryan Butler. 0807

Primitive Data Types, Arrays, Loops, and Conditions: Part 2

WebReference News Agosto 28th, 2008

Any value that you use is of a certain type. In JavaScript, there are the following primitive data types: Number, String, Boolean, Undefined and Null. Any value that doesn't belong to one of the five primitive types listed above is an object. By Stoyan Stefanov. 0811

How to Create an Ajax Autocomplete Text Field: Part 11

WebReference News Agosto 28th, 2008

Along the way, we learned about the Eclipse IDE, the Eclipse Web Project, JSP pages, how to add a Tomcat server to the IDE, JavaScript, AJAX, JSON and CSS. This week we wrap up the series by adding code to process ENTER and TAB keystrokes, and keeping the list open when returning from another page. By Rob Gravelle. 0814

Primitive Data Types, Arrays, Loops, and Conditions: Part 3

WebReference News Agosto 28th, 2008

This tutorial takes a look at some of the basics of JavaScript, such as primitive data types, arrays, common operators and flow control statements. This final installment looks at arrays, conditions and loops. By Stoyan Stefanov. 0818

Simple Comments Meets OpenID

WebReference News Agosto 28th, 2008

Beginning with version .960, Simple Comments supports visitor logins using OpenID identifiers. In this article, I discuss some of the specific architectural and developmental considerations that went into the process of OpenID-enabling the Simple Comments system. By Dan Ragle. 0820

Advanced Web Performance Optimization

WebReference News Agosto 28th, 2008

On the server side, you can improve performance by: Optimizing parallel downloads, caching frequently used objects, using HTTP compression, deploying delta encoding and rewriting URIs with mod_rewrite. By Andrew B. King. 0825

Hello Triangle: An OpenGL ES 2.0 Example

WebReference News Agosto 26th, 2008

This week you'll learn what's necessary to create an OpenGL ES 2.0 program that draws a single triangle. You'll also learn how to create an on-screen render surface with EGL, load vertex and fragment shaders, create a program object and more. By Aaftab Munshi, Dan Ginsburg, Dave Shreiner. 0728

Book Review: Head First JavaScript

WebReference News Agosto 23rd, 2008

This book is written for someone who has a good grasp of HTML and CSS, and is looking to extend their capabilities. There are plenty of stimulating tutorials, but most importantly, you'll learn how to create dynamic, eye-popping Web sites. By Lee Underwood. 0703

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