Archive for January, 2008
Ajax has taken the Web to a new level by offering an intuitive interactive model that rivals the desktop. To compete with desktop applications, database interaction is necessary to unleash the true power of an Ajax Web application.
In this article you’ll learn how to create database-enabled Ajax requests using PHP and MySQL. We begin by creating the front-end HTML and JavaScript files used to make requests to the server-side. The requested
server-side is a PHP file which bridges the gap between Ajax and a PHP object that connects to a MySQL database and returns results as an XML response to the Ajax engine. To cover this functionality you’ll learn about the concepts from a high level overview rather than focusing on each and every line of code. The complete source code for this sample can be downloaded and is necessary to create a working sample on your personal server. Let’s get started by taking a look at the front-end.
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Though there are as many variations as possible, a Web application is commonly structured as a three-tiered application. The Web browser, in its most common form, is the first tier. The second tier or the middle tier is an engine using some dynamic Web content technology. Some of these are ASP, ASP.NET, CGI, ColdFusion, JSP/Java, PHP,embPerl, Python, or Ruby on Rails. The third tier is a database. The Web browser, which is the first tier, sends requests to the middle tier, which then services them by making queries and updating against the database then generating a user interface.
Adobe frequently updates the Flash Player software security model to improve the security of the Flash Player environment. However, that only addresses half of the overall solution to help securely deploy applications that run in Flash Player. As the web developer, you must also correctly leverage the tools provided by the ActionScript language and the Flash Player platform to help ensure that your SWF files are more secure. Poor programming conventions can expose SWF files and the sites that host them to web attacks. Adobe provides many resources to developers such as their Secure Programming Guide to assist with developing more secure code.
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Running a business for yourself means you have to be inventive and always on the lookout for a new and better way to get things done. Innovation junkies, take note: the Internet has a lot to offer. From invoicing to marketing, these are tools that freelancers need to know about.
Organization
If youre busy with lots of client work, its easy for things to get out of hand. Dont let your work get away from you; organize information and projects with these tools.
1. Backpack: Get your projects organized by using Backpack. Create to-do lists, notes, files, images and a calendar with reminders that can be sent via email or to your mobile device.
2. Central Desktop: Collaborate, communicate and share files with clients and coworkers using Central Desktop.
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Web applications are supposed to make our internet life better but it seems that even this has been attacked by malignant cyberattackers. They have begun including Trojans in applications and widget sin social networking sites like Face and MySpace. According to researchers at Finjan, cyberattackers are now going to these social networking sites such to get more victims.
“Attacks will become more sophisticated by combining several services in order to heighten infection ratios and decrease the detection rate, while providing more robust and scalable attack frameworks,” Yuval Ben-Itzhak, chief technology officer, Finjan, said in a news release. “The focus will be on trojan technology as it enables maximum flexibility in terms of command and control. This adds another potentially malicious element to the ‘legitimate’ web traffic that needs to be examined by security solutions.”
In short, before installing the app or widget that your friend sent you, confirm if it came from them. If it didn’t, kindly delete it immediately. If it did come from them, research on the app or widget from previous users.
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Wikipedia describes HTML, as:
HTML, an initialism of Hypertext Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for web pages. It provides a means to describe the structure of text-based information in a document � by denoting certain text as headings, paragraphs, lists, and so on � and to supplement that text with interactive forms, embedded images, and other objects. HTML is written in the form of labels (known as tags), surrounded by angle brackets. HTML can also describe, to some degree, the appearance and semantics of a document, and can include embedded scripting language code which can affect the behavior of web browsers and other HTML processors.
HTML is also often used to refer to content of the MIME type text/html or even more broadly as a generic term for HTML whether in its XML-descended form (such as XHTML 1.0 and later) or its form descended directly from SGML (such as HTML 4.01 and earlier).
Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is an open source Java development framework that lets you escape the matrix of technologies that make writing AJAX applications so difficult and error prone. With GWT, you can develop and debug AJAX applications in the Java language using the Java development tools of your choice. When you deploy your application to production, the GWT compiler translates your Java application to browser-compliant JavaScript and HTML.
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Increase in compliance for regulations and growing data volumes will require companies to further evaluate their strategies for data management as well as implement scalable solutions to solve the challenges of today. The company’s data management also has to integrate the existing application infrastructure that will provide the means of managing data growth while at the same time maintain referential integrity of application.
For example, e-business applications in companies have given them the capturing, analyzing, and retaining ability for huge amounts of data regarding its suppliers, customers or business transactions. Furthermore, there is high pressure on IT systems to capture millions of data and store it efficiently.