Yes, you are shaking your head, thinking that Internet Explorer (IE) 8 is the latest web browser, but web applications created four or five years ago are expected to operate using the web browser used during that time, Internet Explorer 6. So, here is one of the many Internet Explorer 6 oddities. When dynamically creating [...]
Note: This is unfinished, and I’m still working on typing this up. Last updated: 2008-09-29 We’re going to setup a web environment on Ubuntu Linux version 8.04, and I’ll stick with using the command-line for most things. To access command line in Ubuntu, select Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal Before you click on Terminal you [...]
One of the repetitive web development tasks is collecting form field input from a web page and doing something meaningful with that data. People sign-on to check their e-mail and register for new services all of the time. To do this, you have to key your information into a set of fields on a web [...]
L.A.M.P. is an acronym for a web server setup consisting of an operating system, a web server, a database, and a programming language. These four components, create a web application. In the case of a L.A.M.P. configuration you have: Linux as an operating system. Apache as a web server. MySQL as a database. PHP as [...]