Monthly Archives: October 2008

Python Parameters, Functions and Arguments

In this eighth part of a nine-part series on the Python programming language we focus strongly on two aspects of functions parameters and arguments. This article is excerpted from chapter four of the book em Python in a Nutshell Second Edition em written by Alex Martelli O Reilly ISBN 5961… Continue Reading
by | 30 Oct 2008

Handling MySQL Data Set Failures in PHP 5

If you re a PHP developer who wants to learn the basics of implementing customized exceptions in PHP 5 then look no further because you ve come to the right place. This is the third part of a four-part series entitled Subclassing exceptions in PHP 5. It teaches you how… Continue Reading
by | 29 Oct 2008

An Enhanced Ajax Approach to Active Client Pa...

In this final part of a four-part series I give you my enhancements to the AJAX approach to Active Client Pages. Before I conclude the series I will introduce two other approaches to you. Keep reading to learn how to help your web pages load more quickly…. Roxio Creator 2009… Continue Reading
by | 28 Oct 2008

Building Site Registration for Web Applicatio...

In this article we will be exploring the registration script of our site. This script is responsible for registering new users for the website. We will also be looking at database security since the registration script also uses a database table we will implement some of the concepts that we… Continue Reading
by | 27 Oct 2008

Yahoo! Store Updates: SSL path changed effect...

Yahoo! Merchants may have received some new information a few weeks back about the Secure Server address change. This may affect the merchants whose stores are using the SSL paths for the layout images and the CSS files. As an effect of this change, if your websites is not updated… Continue Reading
by | 25 Oct 2008

Python Statements and Functions

In this seventh part of a nine-part series on the Python language we continue our discussion of statements and move on to functions. This article is excerpted from chapter four of the book em Python in a Nutshell Second Edition em written by Alex Martelli O Reilly ISBN 5961 469… Continue Reading
by | 23 Oct 2008

Intercepting Customized Exceptions in PHP 5

Welcome to the second part of a four-part series on sub classing exceptions in PHP 5. In the first part of this series you learned how to build a basic processing class which could throw customized exceptions to client code. What you haven t yet learned however is how to… Continue Reading
by | 22 Oct 2008

The Ajax Approach to ACP: A Simple Example

This is the third part of my four-part series Active Client Pages An Ajax Approach. In this part I illustrate the Ajax approach with a simple example complete with code. Be sure to read the first two parts they will help you understand what I m trying to accomplish here… Continue Reading
by | 21 Oct 2008

Securing Your Web Application Against Attacks

In this article we will continue our discussion of authentication and how it helps in securing web applications. You will probably recall from the last article that I mentioned the existence of two methods of authentication and discussed the first one which is through an HTML form. In this article… Continue Reading
by | 20 Oct 2008