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Wikipedia describes Ruby on Rails:
Ruby on Rails is a free web application framework. It aims to increase the speed and ease with which database-driven web sites can be created, and offers skeleton code frameworks (scaffolding) from the outset. Often shortened to Rails, or RoR, Ruby on Rails is an open source project written in the Ruby programming language, and applications using the Rails framework are developed using the Model-View-Controller design paradigm.
Ruby on Rails led the charge among next-generation web application frameworks, popularizing features that are now considered standard, such as scaffolding, object-relational mapping and simple installation. Other projects such as Catalyst, Django and TurboGears followed suit.
Ruby on Rails divides itself into various packages, namely Active Record, Active Resource, Action Pack, Active Support, Action Mailer and Action Web Service. Apart from standard packages, developers can make plugins to extend existing packages.
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If the data growth is unchecked, it will affect all other areas of the company and also make it impossible for full utilization of SCM, ERP, and CRM applications. This will potentially impact business performance and decrease productivity.
If there are large data volumes, it will also slow down the reporting process and application response time. This will have a net effect of limited business decisions especially during the quarter and year-end close. If you will maintain large database applications, it will add to the cost, risk and complexity of the business. There will also be more time spent to perform routine maintenance and back-up activities.
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Unlike file and e-mail servers, database applications require multiple copies in the production system. There should be versions for training, QA, patch, test, and a possible stand-by copy for purposes of disaster recovery. As production in the database grows, so will all copies, as it will consume large storage quantities.
Also, the government and other regulatory bodies are pushing for data retention. Healthcare data for example, needs to range from 10 years of patient records up to permanent storage of data for deaths and births. Some banks also need to retain data for 5-7 years to make sure that there are proper operational and financial records of businesses. Without proper data management strategy, the company will carry a huge burden since failure to produce records is no longer considered as a defensible strategy in court litigations.
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James Gonzales also said:
Good Encoding Starts During Filming. In order for Flash Video to playback smoothly, it needs to have been shot well in the first place. That means using a still background, so that there’s no extra movement, and avoiding colors that don’t translate well.
You Can’t Edit While Encoding. Because encoding tools are used to create online video, people often assume that they can be used for editing, as well. For the most part, they can’t. While Adobe’s standalone Flash Video encoder lets people make simple trims off the front or back of a clip, it doesn’t offer true editing, and neither do the other encoders. For that, you’ll need a separate editing tool.
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Dynamic HTML or DHTML is a collection of technologies used together to create interactive and animated web sites by using a combination of a static markup language (such as HTML), a client-side scripting language (such as JavaScript), a presentation definition language (Cascading Style Sheets, CSS), and the Document Object Model.
A DHTML webpage is any webpage in which client-side scripting changes variables of the presentation definition language, which in turn affects the look and function of otherwise “static” HTML page content, after the page has been fully loaded and during the viewing process. Thus the dynamic characteristic of DHTML is the way it functions while a page is viewed, not in its ability to generate a unique page with each page load.
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Do you want to know what you should not do when working with Flash Video? One of he country’s top flash video turners gave these answers when asked questions on what problems his students routinely had. The answers could save you frustration and time.
James Gonzales taught in classrooms, in online tutorials, in books where his experience in getting students to master Flash. A professor at College of Marin, in California, and the author of Macromedia Flash Professional 8 Hands-on Training, published by Peachpit Press, he has also written tutorial articles for InformIt.com
1. Video Capture Is the Real Difficulty. When teaching, Gonzalez often sees that capturing video gives his students far more problems that converting it. Getting the digital video they want into a format that can be encoded is the bigger headache. Often, students approach him with a commercial DVD and ask how they can get the content onto their sites. Gonzalez then needs to educate them about video formats�and digital rights.
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Cownter allows site visitors to see how many people are simultaneously viewing the page they are on.
Techniques that engage users with Web content are always worth exploring as are simple methods for capturing site metrics that help profile how your site.
My topic today, Cownter, is a service (in beta - of course) that allows the visitors to your Web site to see how many people are simultaneously viewing the page they are on. It also tells site owners who have implemented Cownter how many users visited specific pages.
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