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Do I really want a dynamic Enum, or something else? Better caching? A Struct?
This question is asked on SO and this site often it looks like. "How do I do a dynamic enum?" Answers range from you shouldn't to possible compile time solutions. Now my question is do I want a ...
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What is “the right way” to do search on a website?
I'm talking the kind of search that auto-suggests your query as you type, the way Google does, the way Wikipedia does, the way Stack Exchange suggests other questions as you type the title, etc. And ...
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How to handle monetary values in PHP and MySql?
I've inherited a huge pile of legacy code written in PHP on top of a MySQL database. The thing I noticed is that the application uses doubles for storage and manipulation of data.
Now I came across ...
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Taking a Projects Development to the Next Level
I have been looking for some advice for a while on how to handle a project I am working on, but to no avail. I am pretty much on my fourth iteration of improving an "application" I am working on; the ...
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How do you put a database online?
I have a very beginner question regarding web development.
I've had some experience with JSP, Hibernate, and MAMP to create a simple system for tracking inventory and sales. But this was all done ...
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4answers
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How to implement a system to hide spammed user content?
I'm trying to work out a good way to manage user submitted content and create a method to determine when spammed/poor content should be hidden.
The aim is to create comment voting similar to youtubes ...
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Website Development tools [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should every programmer know about web development?
I am in a very peculiar situation where I need to design a complete web portal system for a friend who is ...
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2answers
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GIS-based data visualization and maintenance tool
Background
Looking to leverage an existing GIS system for exploring organizational data.
Architecture
The following figure represents a high-level overview of the system's desired features:
The ...
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Making sure database connection information is secured
This is the first time that I am working on a web application. I was going through the question What should every programmer know about web development? and noticed one thing that I knew nothing of:
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Calculate statistics for web application
I'm planning to add a couple of usage statistics to my web application. Some common things like: registered users, amount of comments/posts, etc. over time (last 24 hours / last week / last month / ...
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Data Grid for Web Application [closed]
Are there any good Data Grid libraries that allow the user to view and edit data from a database?
My boss asked me to research possible Data Grid resources to supplement our web application and I ...
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7answers
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Server-side event logs through DB or writing to file?
I am developing a web application as well as the API the web application uses. I'm trying to determine whether it is better to log events (to determine the path that leads to an error as well as to ...
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Which technology stack to use for car pooling over web and mobile
I want to start working on a project where I want to build a intranet website and mobile app for people working in my office for car pooling. The basic idea is that if anyone is interested in looking ...
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what are the best tips for storing images in a database?
Is it appropriate to store the image files in the database? Or it would be better to store only the path of the file in the database, while keeping the file itself on the server?
Are there any other ...
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Unit testing vs Integration Testing
What is the difference between unit testing and integration testing when it come to web development (where 90-95% of the code relies on a database)? One thing I here all the time is that unit testing ...
