Page Inheritance In ASP.NET

Use object inheritance with System.Web.UI.Page to apply a common paradigm for user authentication, and extending the base web form feature set in your web application. Apply common security, specify per-page user access levels, and enforce common functionality, with only one line of code per page.

Davis, Jon. Code Project, The (2004). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes>ASP

PHP Configuration Patterns

This article demonstrates several ways to create configurable PHP applications. It also discusses the ideal configuration points in an application, and finding the balance point between an application that is too configurable and one that is too closed.

Herrington, Jack D. IBM (2006). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes>PHP

PHP/MySQL Tutorial

For many people, the main reson for learning a scripting language like PHP is because of the interaction with databases it can offer. In this tutorial I will show you how to use PHP and the MySQL database to store information on the web and include it into your website. Before you read this tutorial you should have at least a basic knowledge of how to use PHP.

Gowans, David. Free Webmaster Help (2001). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes>PHP

PHP/MySQL Tutorial

See why Graeme thinks these packages make the world's best combination for creating data-driven sites, then get started in Web databasing the open source way

Merrall, Graeme. Webmonkey (2002). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes>PHP

Plug-In Detection

Since there are clearly times when it makes sense to use a plug-in, the question arises of how to deal with those who don’t have the required plug-in installed. As Web developers, we have several choices. One option is to do nothing, simply serving the plug-in-dependent content. The trouble is that those that don’t have the required plug-in will get a rather disturbing page with a broken plug-in icon where your beautiful multimedia should be. Another option is to give visitors a choice between the plug-in version and the static HTML version of each page. Sometimes this may be the best choice, since it gives your visitors control over their experience. There are two problems, however. First of all, the choice itself interrupts a visitor’s experience of the site. Second, it requires them to know what plug-ins they have installed. But why should they need to know? Many users don’t know a plug-in from a spark plug? The final and often best option, the one this script is designed to help with, is to check to see if each visitor has a given plug-in. If they do, you can go ahead and serve them the page with the plug-in embedded.

Apple Inc. (2006). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes>DHTML

Programmatically Manipulating Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets with the Apache POI API

The Apache Jakarta POI project consists of Java APIs dedicated to the manipulation of files based on Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound Document format. In this article, you'll learn how to use the APIs of the POI project to read from and write to Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. As you will see, the programmatic liberty to manipulate Excel files represents a powerful offering to the Java programmer.The Apache POI contains a number of components. In this article, we'll be focusing our study on the HSSF component. The HSSF project will provide us with the ability to read and write from XLS spreadsheets.

Bhogal, Kulvir S. Dev Articles (2003). Articles>Web Design>Server Side Includes>Microsoft Excel

Real World Rails: Caching in Rails

Ruby on Rails is increasingly showing up as the base framework for sophisticated and scalable applications of medium and large size. Because Ruby is an interpreted language, to bend Rails to your will, you will need to employ many different caching strategies. This article explores the caching strategies that are available to you, including the ones we use for ChangingThePresent.org.

Tate, Bruce. IBM (2007). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes>Ruby on Rails

Responsible Asynchronous Scripting

Asynchronous or remote scripting has been lurking in the background of web app development for quite some time now. Originally dependent on proprietary technology like Java applets, ActiveX and Flash or clever combinations of disparate technologies like images and cookies, native support for the XMLHttpRequest (XHR) object in modern browsers has made it easier than ever to make web apps more responsive and more like their desktop counterparts. This lower barrier to entry also makes it easier to make poor decisions and inappropriate use of a powerful technology.

Inman, Shaun. Vitamin (2008). Articles>Web Design>Server Side Includes>Ajax

Server-Side Scripting and Templating

The web publishing/applications industry (generally) has learned to separate content from user interface, to our great benefit. The next step, separating templates from scripts requires an equally large mental leap, but should yield an even greater reward. Here's how to make our lives easer.

Boynton, J.R. Diamond Lane, The. Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes

Les Sites Dynamiques

Pour le webmaster, la gestion dynamique du contenu facilite grandement la maintenance d'un site volumineux. Cette technologie offre aussi des avantages en terme d'utilisabilité. Cependant, elle ne sera véritablement perçue comme un gain par l'utilisateur qu'à condition que le design du site respecte certaines règles d'ergonomie : offrir un moteur de recherche efficace, permettre à l'utilisateur de filtrer l'information, autoriser la personnalisation et bien sûr ne pas oublier les standards d'utilisabilité comme pour tout autre site.

Nogier, Jean-Francois. Usabilis (2002). (French) Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes

Sliced and Diced Sandbags

Automate text flow along an irregular outline with PHP.

Swan, Rob. List Apart, A (2006). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes>PHP

Smarty Crash Course

For those of you who have used PHP template engines, the basic concepts of Smarty should look quite familiar. In your PHP application you assign variables for use in the template, then you display it.

Smarty. Resources>Web Design>Server Side Includes>PHP

The Southern California ColdFusion Users Group

The Southern California ColdFusion Users Group (SCCFUG) was formed in 1998 and was dedicated to helping its members understand and use Macromedia's ColdFusion.

SFCUG. Organizations>Web Design>Server Side Includes>California

SVG + Java Servlets for Web Maps

SVG provides a foundation for publishing vector maps over the Internet. SVG web maps can have very flexible database linkage and a full range of customization, while still remaining accessible to generic browsers over the Internet. The purpose of this case study is to look at the details of a typical web mapping application using SVG as the presentation of both map data and database query results. Along the way we will have a chance to look at several approaches to manipulating SVG templates on the server.

George, Randy. SVG Open (2002). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes>SVG

Threaded Discussion with PHP/MySQL

Make your Web site a conversation piece and learn a couple of coding tricks in the process.

Bulger, Brad. Webmonkey (2000). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes>PHP

Understanding the Zend Framework

This tutorial is for developers who want to learn about creating a simple mashup, a Web application that uses information from different sources. It uses the Zend Framework's Zend_Services component and the principle of Representational State Transfer (REST) to demonstrate how to seamlessly include information to extra resources related to our feeds.

Kelly, Sean. IBM (2006). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes>PHP

Users Can Bask in the Benefits of Google Analytics

Google has earned its giant position in search engine marketplace through real innovative solutions, and of course, strategic moves all aimed at users ultimate convenience. It has been almost customary for Google to bring in some exciting features initially for a price then slashing the rate drastically to making it FREE for all. This sort of repeated move could be seen as first serving the target market with its innovative solutions, and later making it free to give many a business in similar or remotely similar categories a run for their money. Critics claims have to stand the test of contemporary business realities.

Azam, Rahbre. Amateur Writerz (2008). Articles>Web Design>Server Side Includes>Search Engine Optimization

Using the .htaccess File

Web designers often ask how to handle redirects or to password protect directories; the .htaccess file can do these things and more. Miraz Jordan has contributes an excellent compilation of advice, tips, tricks and techniques focusing on .htaccess, security and redirects.

Jordan, Miraz. Wise-Women (2004). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes

Web Application Technologies - Surveying The Landscape

ASPs, Java Servlets/JSP, Perl, ColdFusion, PHP. The landscape is filled with languages and technologies to make dynamic web applications. This talk contains a survey of the pros and cons of each technology as well as where to get good examples of key applications most every website needs on each platform.

Birznieks, Gunther. Extropia (2001). Presentations>Web Design>Server Side Includes>Personalization

WebObjects

WebObjects is Apple's suite of tools and object-oriented frameworks for creating and deploying scalable, reusable web and Java applications for the Internet and intranets. WebObjects supports the development, deployment, and extension of standards-based web services without the need to write low-level SOAP, XML or WSDL code. Tools enable code-free generation, configuration, and testing of web services from existing data assets.

Apple Inc. (2006). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes

Why (Almost) Every Web Site Needs an RDBMS

When your Web application reaches a certain size, it needs a good database design behind it. And in fact, this 'certain size' is much smaller than almost every small-site developer thinks. Relational Data Base Management Systems (RDBMSes) need not be restrictive or over-architected, as their bad reputation sometimes brings developers to fear. A bit of thought toward what your site does quickly turns into a sensible schema design, and it is easy to leave open expandable storage mechanisms like a configuration table within an RDBMS back end.

Mertz, David. IBM (2007). Articles>Web Design>Server Side Includes>Databases

XML as Intermediate Application Layer

In this article I want to share my thoughts on techniques for keeping our code XML-based - so there's no need to get your hands dirty in your application code to change the markup that is rendered afterwards.

Opitz, Pascal. Content with Style (2005). Design>Web Design>Server Side Includes>XML

eRuby: Getting Started with Ruby on the Web

Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text files and to do system management tasks as languages like Perl or Python do. Ruby is simple, straight-forward, extensible, and cross-platform portable language that has a syntax that is easy to understand. One of the strengths of Ruby is that it strives to be powerful but not complicated. Ruby has advantage over other OOP languages in that it can be used to code procedurally.

Hiveminds (2007). Articles>Web Design>Server Side Includes>Ruby on Rails