Posts Tagged ‘development’

Dev Wednesday in the Isle of Man

My mate Zak is looking to try and set up a Developer Group here in the Isle of Man. I was speaking to him a couple of days ago, and it’s still uncertain what shape it’s going to take; which is excellent news for anyone wanted to get involved. It...

6 Applications that made 2008 special

I wanted to list a couple of applications that made a difference for me in 2008. Some of these have changed the way I work on my computer, some of them have been instrumental to my knowledge and online experiences. I thought I’d share them here for others to learn...

Picking a Platform

Great post on ReadWriteWeb about 5 issues to keep in mind when choosing a web development platform. Regardless of what sort of platform you’re after, these ideas translate well to other technologies also. Here are the things to watch out for: Reach of the platform – the broader the target market,...

The 12 most common application level hack attacks

I got an interesting paper in my email today entitled The 12 Most Common Application Level Hack Attacks? written by Watchfire Corporation. Most development probably know about most of these, but it was nice to see them collected in one place. In a nut shell, these are: Cookie Poisoning Hidden Field Manipulation Parameter...

Inside Myspace

Here’s an excellent article called Inside Myspace by David F. Carr. It traces the steps MySpace had to go through as they grew from a small website to a social network with technology that needs to handle almost 40 billion page requests a month. The article talks about the architectural...

The Spider of Doom

John sent me an excellent link today. Number of lessons to take away from this: Sites/applications need to be robust and tested. Don’t skimp on your site security Never underestimate the user’s capacity for doing something daft The Spider of Doom – The Daily...

Top 5 Web Service Mistakes

Excellent reading for anyone working with Web Services (especially in .Net) .. Read...

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