Just in case you ever need to do this
Arrays to MySQL dates and back.
Simple conversion functions to change MySQL dates to arrays, arrays to MySQL dates.
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WebTTY is an interesting package. During my internship I actually had to do something like this. My employer didn’t appreciate a pre-packaged solution though, so I had to produce all the code myself.
The WebTTY package allows any Linux terminal processes to be controlled in a text area HTML element on a webpage. The output from the server process is collected on server side, and is send to a text area element. Keypresses in textarea are collected on client side and send to the server process. WebTTY uses AJAX/DHTML patterns to achieve in-page updates without refreshing the entire page.
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Jeff Croft Writes:
But there was a mindset created in the 90s that anyone could make a web page. That line of thinking led bosses to direct secretaries and copy editors to produce corporate sites and a whole wave of self-proclaimed “designers” to start selling their services as web professionals.
That is so true. And like Jeff, I was one of them. Fired up my copy of Frontpage or Adobe Go Live and I was good to go. He also states that “many people never made that leap from hobbyist to professional”, which is so true.
I think it’s absolutely awesome that my 11-year old daughter could make a personal website if she wants to. Where I have a problem is when these people start to sell their services or get senior-level jobs in the industry.
I must say this is a bit of an over exaggeration. I don’t think that a lot of the “professionals” who sell their services can be grouped into this category of “hack” as he puts it. I feel that if someone is searching for a web design professional a simple look at that person’s/company’s portfolio should give a clear indication of what their skill level is.
When developing production sites for clients with little/no HTML experience this is a must. If your web contract does not include maintenance fees, then this is something that you simply must do in order to have your users freely update their websites. It’s a structure which is simple enough to develop and implement.
Setting up the Foundation for an Extensible Website Engine with PHP 5
Building a dynamic website with a database backend is something that nearly every PHP programmer will need to do, usually sooner rather than later. If you haven’t done it yet (or even if you have), this two-part article series will show you how to develop a website engine that can generate pages on the fly from a simple database structure.
Since this is a two part series, I’m assuming that the portion on editing the database will some in the second part. But just to precede them for a minute, it can be seen that a simple backend could be designed. I would go one step further and insert HTML text into the database rather than simply text. In the backend it would be quite simple to incorporate a WYSIWYG editor such as FCKEditor of HTMLArea to allow users to edit the website easily.
I’ve actually been meaning to try this myself, well a variation of it. I would , however be comparing these speeds from a C# Application performing data access to the SQL Sever 2005 or MySQL backend. Based on these tests it seems that I’d be better off with an ASP.NET connection, since this will be running on a windows environment.
I will definitely take Karl’s tests into consideration as I perform my own.
Karl Write:
Sidetracked with MySQL & SQL Server Performance
Here’s the short version:1. This is only for inserting 500 rows into a 3 column table
2. InnoDB really seems screwed on Windows platforms running 5.x - Certainly don’t have anything conclusive, but I’d watch out
3. For my very simple test, MySQL on Linux blew SQL Server 2005 on windows out of the water.
4. On windows, ASP.NET’s connection to MySQL seems as fast as PHP’s
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Victor De la Rocha Writes
This is just a cut and paste job:
http://www.econsultant.com/web-developer/ajax-tutorials/
Check out the rest :
http://www.econsultant.com/ultimate-web-developer/index.html
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Peter’s Gekko : Pragmatic OOP in JavaScript
Getting started is no big deal. At first sight you just start typing ahead pretending to write in C#. But there is no compiler or unit testing to validate your work; not until the code is interpreted at run time. As you can do horrible things in JavaScript it does take a lot of discipline to write good code. Also because the language itself is not as strict as C#. The following snippet of code will run.
function fCheckId CheckId()
{
if (text1.value != “”)
{
Id = text1.value;
}
else
{
id = -1;
}
return id;
}
This is an interesting article on JavaScript. It’s the first I’ve seen that attacks JavaScript from a programmer’s point of view. To be specific, from a C# programmer’s point of view. Peter goes step by step and compares JavaScript to C#. I speaks about Objects, Methods, Overloads, Properties, Static Members, and Inheritance.
I think that JavaScript has gotten a bit of a stigma attached to it because of its name. People tend to perceive it more as a scripting language. Although its primary purpose is scripting we should not underestimate JavaScript. Used properly, with the enlightenment that Peter has given, JavaScript can be very powerful.
About.com is having a coding competition. Ajax is the topic. So all you Ajax guys out there, this is where you flex your muscles. Give it your best shot, rules at the bottom.
One thing I find funny is that they actually allow the use of third party scripts and libraries. This makes this challenge quite interesting in the sense that developers don’t need to code much from scratch. This allows their real coding skill and creativity to go towards making the application better on a whole.
Good luck guys.
Javascript Coding Challenge #1:A Useful Ajax Application
The Rules* The script must use Javascript to perform an Ajax style call to the server to retrieve data to update the current web page.
* The total of all Javascript and other client side files added to the page to perform the Ajax tasks must not exceed 10k in total size.
* The server side processing can be done using whatever programming language you prefer.
* You need to include a link to a page that contains a working version of the script.
* You agree to a viewable copy of both the Javascript and server side script being placed on this site.
* Any use of third party script libraries must comply with the licensing agreements applicable to those libraries.
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