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JavaScript brings the mobile Web to life. It brings interactivity to HTML5 and CSS3 mobile Web apps. This Q&A with Oren Farhi, front-end architect and JavaScript expert, explores what JavaScript does for mobile sites/apps and when, where, how and why it should be used... and when it shouldn’t. A bit simple, but a good introduction to what JavaScript enables in mobile apps.
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For a long time the accepted wisdom has been to always buy when possible and only build when no suitable packaged solution exists in the market. In this article series, I want to explore the reasons behind the existing preference for buying and, more importantly, I want to challenge the accepted wisdom and explain why I believe that the changes that have occurred in software development over the last decade have shifted the answer to the buy-or-build question away from buy and more towards build. A paradigm shift to Let's-Build-It-Here syndrome?
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Two years ago, I stood on my soapbox and yelled. I told the FP community that their languages were bad, and that they should feel bad. It was a post full of vitriol and frustration, but also a little bit of truth. I believed then (and still do) that functional languages are a poor solution if what you're looking for is a way to get B grade programmers to build scalable, concurrent systems. When a good idea becomes a fad.
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In the pursuit of a more globally harmonious online experience, let’s take a look at 10 lessons relating to aspects of web development with a cultural bent. Some of this may not be new to you, but all of it is relevant if you want to play nice with people from all cultural walks of life. A primer for playing nice on a global scale.
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Data Center Knowledge recently went inside the company’s huge primary data center in Phoenix, and had a chance to discuss Go Daddy’s approach to its infrastructure. The access marked a change, as Go Daddy has historically said little about its data centers. It’s part of a concerted effort to present a fuller picture of the company’s services. ...and when it all goes down, a big chunk of the web goes with it.
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"Keeps" 52 million domains running?
I think you mean "kept" 52 million domains running.
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Between the vast number of services we log into and log out of every day, it’s often hard for us to remember that the strength of the passwords we use is a very important aspect of keeping passwords secure. How to create a strong password, and why it's important.
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Terrence Dorsey wrote: How to create a strong password
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Bastard Programmer from Hell
if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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"AMD Radeon HD 7970 can reach speeds of up to 8.2 billion passwords per second"
Which would mean something if "vast number of services we log into" didn't lock the account after 3 failed attempts. Lock an account for 10-15 minutes after 3 failures and most the length/special character/number non-sense goes right out the window. That holds pretty true for network and online accounts anyhow.
For something like a password protected document excel or PDF... Best just to assume those are never secure.
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During the development of StarCraft, a two and a half year slog with over a year of crunch time prior to launch, the game was as buggy as a termite nest. While its predecessors (Warcraft I and II) were far more reliable games than their industry peers, StarCraft crashed frequently enough that play-testing was difficult right up until release, and the game continued to require ongoing patching efforts post-launch. Why? There were sooooo many reasons. The game was buggy. Here's why.
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Getting started with PHP in WebMatrix is simple and straightforward. There are 3 main options: you can open an existing site, create a new site from the built-in templates, or build your site based on the common open source applications such as WordPress, Joomla!, and Drupal. Diary of a WIMPy (Windows, IIS, MySQL, PHP) kid.
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The jQuery team has been plagued by IE for years. JavaScript in old IE (their collective moniker for anything below IE9) is antiquated, slow, and lacks the new features added to the language since their respective launches. As a result, the codebase of jQuery must incorporate solutions to handle issues specific to IE. This makes the library significantly larger, and as a result, it takes a lot longer to load. So, as part of version 2.0, jQuery will be dropping support for old IE. In 2014, it’s likely that jQuery will completely drop support for old IE. Consider this a warning.
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Interesting, so the millions of users running XP who don't know how to download other browsers, or are hampered by corporate browser policies, are going to be stuffed by this change. That's not a great step forward. I would prefer it if they had an abstraction policy in place that allowed us to make decide for ourselves whether or not we wanted to include support for IE8-.
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If you want to work for Hashrocket, you'll need to provide a resume, references and a week of your time. [ ITworld ]
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Oh dear: just penned a pithy response to this when IE decided to flake out and I lost what I'd typed.
Suffice it to say that I don't like the idea of a week long interview: arrogance at it's finest.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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Very impressive - not. Even less impressive is the fact that I've never heard of any of their clients referenced in their testimonials (other than Vanderbilt University, but the reference is from a professor). Smells like self-promotion to me.
/ravi
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A few thoughts here.
If he really is associated with Anonymous, he's done a great job of screwing their cause.
The internet crazies are out in force (claiming it's really a government conspiracy).
Why is his Twitter account still there?
Why do people feel the need to give him the attention he craves by posting his Twitter account in there?
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It will be interesting to see what the motive behind the attack was and what he/she was trying to expose.
Yes it hurts the customer, but if it exposes critical security issues surely that must carry a positive.
If this is one individual I find it intriguing how he/she can so easily take down such a large player with apparent ease.
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Quote: but if it exposes critical security issues surely that must carry a positive
I don't get it... are you trying to justify this attack as being OK, or are you just being existential and try to find the positive in everything?
There are responsible ways to disclose security vulnerabilities. There is no justification for the way in which this attack occurred.
DaveAuld wrote: so easily take down such a large player with apparent ease.
My guess is social engineering rather than anything purely technical.
Be The Noise
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No I'm not try to justify it as being ok, or looking to find the positive in everything. Yes I am all for responsible disclosure.
I'm only interested in the how it is performed. Maybe that is the engineer in me!
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I just heard about it on the radio,
So this is just for dns lookups hosted by GoDaddy? I use them for name registration.
I wonder why, is it the hot sexy girls they use in there advertising. I don't have a problem with that.
Maybe it's the automatic registration of domain names, when you say no I don't want to renew it, and they do it anyways.
Well, I have the wacky weather here to worry about more, emergency alerts for rain, flash floods, wind and hail.
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