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How to implement multi-theme PHP application

I am developing an application which will handle many virtual stores and I would like to have many themes that the user could choose anytime. I would to know what's the main ideia to implement it. I ...
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What kind of JavaScript design pattern is that?

In our workplace we use simple ajax library for getting page data and submitting changes to server ,on certain occasions we do need to change the forms fields values ,now we know that fields can be of ...
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Converting Business Process Maps into Software

I am fairly new to web application development. I have defined my problem domain through talking to various stakeholders and putting a process map together - basically a flow chart showing the ...
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POST/Redirect/GET with invalid form submission?

In the field of web development, is it good practice to do a POST/Redirect/GET when fields in a form submission are invalid, as well? Typically, no sensitive transaction would have taken place, in ...
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How do you handle multiple users editing the same piece of data in a webapp?

There's a project I'm working on that is looking to produce a web application that will manage a task list between multiple users. This is a master task list whose task items get distributed by an ...
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Is the use of security conditionals in a view a violation of MVC?

Often what's displayed to a user (e.g. on a web page) will be based partly on security checks. I usually consider user-level / ACL security to be part of the business logic of a system. If a view ...
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Web App architectural design, help me stop buying more servers to scale up! [closed]

Background: I am part of a small dev team, I am not the lead\senior developer. The lead developer is very knowledgable and I trust his decision making but I am starting to wonder if we could improve. ...
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What are good resources for preparing to answer web development interview questions? [closed]

The standard programmer interview books and websites go over simple algorithm and coding questions. But how does one prepare for high-level questions on building websites? For example, "How would you ...
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Is it better to define all routes in the Global.asax than to define separately in the areas?

I am working on a MVC 4 project that will serve as an API layer of a larger application. The developers that came before me set up separate Areas to separate different API requests (i.e Search, ...
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High-Level Application Architecture Question

So I'm really wanting to improve how I architect the software I code. I want to focus on maintainability and clean code. As you might guess, I've been reading a lot of resources on this topic and all ...
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Pending and Approval process

So let's say I have a DB table with 8 columns, one is a unique auto-incrementing used as ID. So I have a page that pulls in the info for each row based on query string ID. I want to give my users ...
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How would I do a “Server over capacity” message with Django?

This probably isnt' a Django specific question, but I'm wondering how those "Server over capacity" messages are displayed. Some examples: Twitter's fail whale Tumblr's Over capacity slash page ...
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Publish/Subscribe/Request for exchange of big, complex, and confidential data?

I am working on a project where a website needs to exchange complex and confidential (and thus encrypted) data with other systems. The data includes personal information, technical drawings, public ...
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Web Developer interview questions

I read an article today that listed some basic questions about web development: Describe how POST data was submitted to a server by a browser. Explain a number of HTTP status codes (except maybe 404 ...
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Does MVC apply only to web

It is almost and instantaneous whenever I talk to developers about Model View Controller (MVC) they say you make a request to a url the server builds a entity (MODEL) and provides you with visual ...
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Need advice for approach for a web-based app that loads excel worksheet but exposes only the charts

I'm looking for suggestions on the Visual Studio approach to take for a web application that is in the conceptual stage. My environment has a lot of tools: Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard 64bit ...
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What are the disadvantages of unobtrusive script patterns in web applications?

First of all, is there a name for this as a bona-fide design pattern? Currently I've just been referring to it as "unobtrusive javascript". Here is a brief example of what I am talking about: 1.) Use ...
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How to Implement Restricted Access to Application Features

I'm currently developing a web application, that provides some 'service' to the user. The user will have to select a 'plan' according to which she/he will be allowed to perform application specific ...
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Where does form processing belong in an MVC application?

I found this question on stack overflow and I have a question about one of the answers: In Zend Framework, forms are typically objects with decorators, but usually (I thought) processing is done ...
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Is a multi-page web app unsuitable when reliable server pushes are required?

Imagine a call center web application with a soft phone that automatically detects when a call has started or the caller has hung up. The obvious approach to receiving these messages would be some ...
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Examples of MVVM adoption outside the Microsoft community?

IS MVVM getting any kind of traction outside the Microsoft community? Within Silverlight this is a non-issue, but for other technologies, like JavaScript it surely is: For instance Knockout.js is a ...
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Observer pattern over HTTP and TCP/IP (Server-Client)

I have a server and many clients (around 50 clients) who connect to that server based on a web application, which is of course based on HTTP protocol, which in turn uses TCP/IP (correct me if I'm ...
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Software architecture for authentication/access-control of REST web service

I am setting up a new RESTful web service and I need to provide a role-based access control model. I need to create an architecture that will allow users to provide their username and password to get ...
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How to make an app more intuitive?

In the industry, there are few standard checklists on how to make a web application more : Scalable Easy to understand/maintain Perform better Robust etc. etc. Are there any standard checklists ...
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How to manage tailored/branded web tools?

We produce a number of analysis tools which we re-brand and customise for other businesses to include in their websites. The tools are typically product comparison, data/trend analysis and report ...