Alpha Five: Data-driven app dev done right

Learn the ropes on the latest version of the Alpha Five development package.

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AJAX should not mandate HTTP

An increasing number of Web developers are assuming the user will not want to save the Web page or lose network connectivity. This is a mistake.

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The challenges of maintenance programming

Learn about some tools that can make code maintenance more efficient, and hence reduce the cost of programming.

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Can Microsoft win over enough developers?

Microsoft is trying very hard to be the cause and beneficiary of reflexivity, but only time will tell if it can create enough demand in the minds of developers.

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Put these Firefox add-ons in your toolbox

Use the "View formatted source" and "View Source Chart" for viewing and working with the source code for pages viewed within Firefox.

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Silverlight 2.0 offers paradigm shift

Silverlight 2.0 rovides a platform for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) to build dynamic user interfaces that are platform and browser agnostic.

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Develop secure software with the SDL

Formerly for internal use, the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle is now available to the public as a set of principles for mitigating security risks during software development.

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Parallel Extensions Library: Making multithreading easier

Find out what advantages Microsoft's Parallel Extensions Library has over traditional .NET multithreading techniques.

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Manipulate Web pages with Greasemonkey

Discover how you can use Greasemonkey to tweak a page to make it more accessible, fix errors, or pull data from another Web site--to enhance the browsing experience.

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Include CSS media type support in your apps

Adapt applications for different Web audience by using cascading style sheets for different media types.

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Create Web site privacy policies

Since Web site visitors are (understandably) wary of providing personal data, a common practice for Internet sites is to provide a privacy policy.

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Build Web interfaces with YUI Grids CSS

The YUI Library provides core CSS resources that have been developed by a professional team of developers and extensively tested by the Web community.

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Automate and extend Firefox with the Chickenfoot add-on

Chickenfoot is a Firefox add-on that allows you to automate user actions within the browser environment.

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AJAX: Six major drawbacks

AJAX combines the power of existing Web technologies to build powerful user interfaces that offer benefits often found in desktop applications.

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Discover Firefox 3 Beta 3's new features

Firefox 3 Beta 3 has many new features that will interest Web developers.

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Address bookmarks, history navigation with RSH

The Really Simple History (RSH) framework is a way to address bookmarking and history navigation issues within AJAX-based applications.

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Develop slick Web interfaces with Ext JS

The JavaScript development framework, Ext JS, provides the foundation for building Web applications with powerful user interfaces.

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Safari 3 does Windows

Test Web applications on Windows XP and Windows Vista with the latest version of the Safari Web browser.

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HTML 5 aims to formalize Semantic HTML

HTML 5's new additions focus on Semantic HTML by allowing Web developers to easily assign meaning to content via HTML tags.

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Amazon's SimpleDB makes it easier to work with data

SimpleDB takes advantage of Amazon Simple Storage Service and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud--the combination provides developers with the ability to store, process and query data sets in the cloud, or Internet.

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