Questions tagged [web-development]
Web development is a broad term for the work involved in developing a web site for the World Wide Web or an intranet.
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How will we be able to produce websites without using cookies with the new law? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I comply with the EU Cookie Directive?
Under this new EU law we are not allowed to use any cookies without asking first,
I for one need to use a cookie to register ...
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Should I be paid for time spent learning a framework? [closed]
To give light to the situation: I am currently one of two programmers working in a small startup software company. Part of my job requires me to learn a Web development framework that I am not ...
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difference between Visual Studio and RADs?
What is the main difference between a Rapid Application Development tool like MonoDev and Visual Studio, is an RAD more focused on one thing? I'm looking to make a web application, are there ...
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What screen resolutions should we test on when developing for mobile devices? [closed]
If I wanted to make a mobile version of a website, what are the most common screen resolutions that I should be testing on?
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Should we hire one consultant for website design and another for development or find someone who will do both?
We've outsourced our app development, and they've created a DB hosted on Amazon-EC2.
For the UI we're in talks with a web designer, but they don't do any of the coding to integrate the website with ...
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web framework or not for web app development [duplicate]
I see a lot of folks asking for the best web application frameworks for web development. My question is - do we really need to start with a web application framework? what's the pros and cons of ...
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Do backend developers care what their code looks like in the frontend?
As a backend and a frontend developer I see the process from start to finish, first by creating the logic, displaying the correct data on a web page and then using frontend skills to make this look ...
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ASP.NET web-application example for newbies [closed]
I want to learn ASP.NET web-application development by example. I want to learn it from an already developed web-application that is good as a tutorial for newbies. A fully functional web application ...
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Mobile web development rudiments [closed]
How does one get started with web development for mobile devices (including phones)? I know some old good HTML & JS, but I'm wondering what the modern way is.
To make it concrete, I need to ...
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Tips/Process for web-development using Django in a small team [closed]
We're developing a web app using Django and we're a small team of 3-4 programmers — some doing the UI stuff and some doing the Backend stuff. I'd love some tips and suggestions from the people here. ...
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Future of web development - Front-end > Back-end development?
People used to say it's "better"/"Make more money" to do back-end programming (PHP, asp.net) instead of front-end(HTML, javascript) for web development.
But I notice that HTML5, CSS3, WebGL, ...
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Learning how to integrate JavaScript with other languages [closed]
After learning JavaScript syntax, what are some good resources for learning about integrating JavaScript with other languages (HTML, XML, CSS, PHP) to create real, useful applications?
I'm most ...
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Matching my skills with Java and Web Programming [closed]
here is my main question:
What is the most common way that Java is used in web development?
The reason I ask:
I am currently in the process of finding my first internship. Every employer has a ...
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How should you approach supporting rapidly-updating web browsers?
Today, Firefox 5 was released. If all goes according to plan, Firefox 7 will be out by the end of the year. Firefox has adopted the Google Chrome development model wherein version numbers are largely ...
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Learning PHP for an ASP.NET Developer [closed]
I am mostly developing on ASP.NET MVC and sometimes on ASP.NET WebForms. But when I hit a PHP web site, I always think that;
Should I learn PHP?
Assuming answer here is yes, where would be the ...
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How do you define a project for a web developer?
I am primarily a web designer, and a very rookie web developer.
Say I have a comprehensive web app I want developed through a freelancer on Odesk.com
What is the best way to effectively communicate ...
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Starting Web Development and interactive experiences
I'm new to web development and I'm a bit confused about the different languages and technologies in the web.
I understand the basic is Html, Javascript, and Css.
Then there's jQuery, ASP.net, Html5.
I'...
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License key solution in web application, what is the best approach?
I am stumped by a request from my manager. I work for a small startup and we developed a web application for a fixed rate with a maintenance agreement for a MUCH larger company. Knowing horror ...
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Web-Development preparation and entire project workflow
I work as a lone programmer on web-development projects(front and back-end) - I have completed a couple of projects, so I'm fairly new at this, I have read and tried a few approaches and reached a way ...
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Learning Agile & Scrum [duplicate]
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Is there a canonical book on Agile?
I'm looking for a good book on learning Agile and Scrum for web application development. Can anyone suggest a good resource that guides one ...
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Anyone know about webs.com?
I have a friend who created a website with web.com which use to be called freewebs.com. He also has his domain name registered through them as well. Are theses one of those dangerous sites to stay ...
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Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 Express? [closed]
I just came across this while searching on Google for HTML/CSS tutorials.
Does anyone recommend this software for building websites?
Or should I just stick to learning pencil and paper hand coding ...
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Should MVC/REST return a 403 or 404 for resources belonging to other users?
When working with a resource-based site (such as an MVC application or REST service), we have two main options when a client tries to GET a resource that they don't have access to:
403, which says ...
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How much can one programmer do on his own? [closed]
With software products taking whole teams of people to develop, how much can one programmer accomplish on his/her own? In other words, could a single person write Photoshop, MS word, etc...? And if ...
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OpenID and data espionage
This answer[link] to another question here talks about OpenID and data espionage. I quote:
[Data espionage] Why let them gather
the detailed statistics from many
consumer site and help them ...
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What advantages does Linux give me when developing in PHP for the web? [closed]
I'm about to begin a big PHP project with a friend. It's my first time using PHP and I've been wondering wether I should try developing on Linux since it's so popular.
I've had some past experience ...
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Do customers/clients care about MVC or web forms?
I have a plan to start a small business soon. It is going to be a type of freelancing to build websites and applications using ASP.NET. I want to focus on one thing Web forms or MVC. However, I have ...
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How should I approach developing a Java based client-server application?
I have been asked to develop a client-server application (requires database) for a company.
I am very handy with java so would like to go with it. Its up to me how I develop the application. It may ...
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What's the best approach to Facebook integration?
I have a new site/app going live next week (or somewhere close). I know there will be a relatively small (15,000?) very dedicated group of people on Facebook who will be very likely to be interested ...
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What is the best/easiest way to get my degree, already being an experienced developer? [closed]
I have been an active professional software developer (mostly utilizing .NET) for the past five years and, without being too full of myself, I would say I'm a very competent developer. I stay ...
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What is "the Cloud" and how does it relate to development? [closed]
I keep hearing about Cloud technology, although mostly in social networking development, etc. I heard about it today again, and now I'm very curious: what is the 'Cloud' and how does it relate to me (...
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Good at Backend, but bad at front end
I want to start web development, I have been learning php.
I have experience in Java, Python, and C++
This experience has made me good at the back end side of web development.
But I am terrible at ...
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Does a project typically get built or designed (graphically) first?
Say you are going to build a fairly large website.
Would all the pages be designed before they are built, or would all the pages be built and functional before they are graphically designed?
I am a ...
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All around design book for a developer (Javascript dev) [closed]
I have begun doing a lot of javascript development recently, mostly front-end but also using node.js. As I am currently in the transition from large company to startup, they expect me as a front end ...
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What's the best way to cache a growing database table for html generation?
I've got a database table which will grow in size by about 5000 rows a hour. For a key that I would be querying by, the query will grow in size by about 1 row every hour. I would like a web page to ...
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Looking for quality sites built with JavaScript (not jQuery) to learn from their example [closed]
I'm new to JavaScript.
I've read JavaScript: The Good Parts and half of Professional JavaScript for Web Developers.
Now I want to follow this advice - find the best sites and look at their code.
As ...
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How do you handle "support" on your products (inhouse)
Do you have any kind of update process?
Let's assume you are an "in-house" development shop for php inside your company. You are creating an bunch of applications for other units.
Do you have ...
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Are iframes a design smell?
We have some pretty old, clunky .Net 1.1 apps in our business that - rather than be forcably upgraded - just get an iFrame added so that new functions can be dropped in.
It's become such a well-known ...
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How difficult is Python and Django to pick up for a Java/.NET web developer? [closed]
I just started a new job a couple months ago at a small company where I am currently leading all development efforts present and future. I personally have years of experience in software design and ...
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How much web-design work should a web programmer commit?
I'm creating a website for a friend of mine, and the plan is to eventually solicit outside sources to take care of the overall design. So it's got me wondering, how much design should I be covering ...
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Reading recommendations on development of web applications
For a programmer/cs student that wishes to dive into web development and freelancing... what are some good books/publications/portals/blogs?
Please take into consideration also that I'm used to ...
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ODBC Lic Restrictions / Need way around limitation here are me thoughts? What do you suggest?
We are currently using an old legacy ERP system (Thoroughbred) that we have been bolting on functionality by means of web apps we design in house. I interact with the legacy system via ODBC and have ...
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How can a Mac or Unix owner fix/develop webpages for IE6/IE7?
I work on Debian and before Debian I was on Ubuntu. In my previous job, we simply ignored IE6, but at my present job a page must work flawlessly for IE6 onwards. The one wayout for me is to set up a ...
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New cloud development workflow using Github, Cloud9ide and CloudFoundry
So time is changing towards cloud development/computing.
I'm trying to get the new "cloud" workflow based on the services I'm going to use: Github, Cloud9ide and CloudFoundry.
Here is what is on my ...
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is GAE an infrastructure capable of hosting an app used by millions of active users?
I would like to know with the restrictions of GAE listed below, is it even possible to build a great social app (like Facebook) by hosting that app on GAE?
In other words is GAE an infrastructure ...
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Is "VS Lightswitch" the "Oracle APEX" from Microsoft?
What do you think? Is "Visual Studio Lightswitch" becoming the "Oracle APEX" for SQL Server in the futrure? Are these two technologies comparable?
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I need a true random number generator web service [closed]
Random.org provides 200k free random bits (only 6250 32-bit integers!) from the analog world (cf.) per IP per day.
Does anyone know of an alternative web service that provides more on-demand random ...
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I'm using JSON and degrading gracefully, so how do I prevent duplicate code?
There are a bunch of questions on Stack Overflow about whether AJAX should return JSON or HTML, and most seem to agree that it is ideal to return JSON for the sake of speed. However, that means that ...
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What do I need to know before approaching a web developer/ developing team?
I have little experience in website programming. However, I have an idea for a website that I would like to make real. It would have many of the same features that a site such as TripAdvisor uses, but ...
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Is a compiled language preferred for web development or an interpreted one? [closed]
As you already know there are compiled and interpreted languages. From a performance point of view which is better when visiting a website? Will a website that was developed with a compiled langauge ...
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