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OStatic blogs - Jun 18, 2008
The developers of Django, a Python-based framework for creating and deploying sophisticated Web applications, announced yesterday that they had established the Django Foundation. This foundation, like foundations for …
Also tagged: web development, python, foundation, django
OStatic blogs - Jun 17, 2008
Web developers can be divided into two camps: Server-side programmers work in languages ranging from Java to PHP to Ruby, and their programs execute on one or more Web servers, typically communicating with a relational …
Also tagged: web, javascript, ruby, prototype, jquery, dojo, client side programming
OStatic blogs - Jun 17, 2008
Ruby on Rails is, of course, one of the hottest open-source technologies being used today. It shouldn't surprise anyone to find that the number of books about the Ruby language, and about Web development using Rails …
Also tagged: deployment, book
OStatic blogs - Jun 11, 2008
Databases provide a great way to store information. But more important than that is their ability to retrieve information, and to do so in many different ways. Because database programmers, like all other programmers …
OStatic blogs - Jun 5, 2008
If you're running a Web site, then the last thing you want is to have a broken link. Broken links look bad, frustrate users, and confuse search engines. Even when links aren't broken, you can have pages that contain …
Also tagged: web development, tarantula
OStatic blogs - Jun 5, 2008
RailsConf, the main conference for the Ruby on Rails community, took place in Portland, Oregon over this past weekend. I wasn't able to attend, which is really a shame; I was at the first RailsConf in Chicago in 2006 …
Also tagged: conference, ruby
OStatic blogs - Jun 2, 2008
Web application development isn't easy. Part of the problem is that programs run on a number of different computers (i.e., browser/client, one or more servers, and one or more database servers). Part of the problem, of …
OStatic blogs - May 31, 2008
The annual RailsConf just kicked off, and as usual for conferences, news of new releases is trickling out. This year's most significant changes include two new implementations of Ruby that can run Rails, a social …
Also tagged: ruby
OStatic blogs - May 22, 2008
How good is open source software? Since the term "open source" was coined 10 years ago, many organizations have wondered whether open-source software can really stand up to its proprietary counterparts. After all, does …
OStatic blogs - May 3, 2008
Ruby on Rails is, as we've written on this blog before, one of the current darlings of the open-source world. Rails, which lets you create sophisticated Web applications relatively easily, is now the tool of choice for …
Also tagged: web development, scaling