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Danger level rises for Perl flaws
A type of security flaw in Perl applications that experts thought could lead only to a denial-of-service attack is now believed to be much more serious. Read more »
BEA eyes scripting languages
BEA Systems -- a company long committed to the Java programming language -- plans to support alternative scripting languages in upcoming products. Read more »
Ruby on Rails reaches 1.0
Makers of the Ruby on Rails software on Wednesday released version 1.0 of their open source Web development kit. Read more »
Microsoft embraces open-source scripting language
Microsoft has released a beta of its .Net port to Python. Read more »
Eclipse embraces PHP
The Eclipse Foundation has released Eclipse PHP Development Tools, software that it hopes will open Eclipse up to the millions of PHP Web developers. Read more »
Open-source firm SourceLabs partners with Oracle
Start-up SourceLabs announced a partnership on Thursday with Oracle to stress-test popular open-source infrastructure software components on Oracle's Java application server. Read more »
Web sites threatened by Samy worm
The newly-discovered Samy worm is the first to exploit a cross site scripting vulnerability, prompting security experts to fear the technique could be used to open a new front in the war against malware. Read more »
Study: Visual Basic use may be slipping
Usage of Microsoft's popular Visual Basic development language--used by about half of all professional programmers--may be on the wane, according to a recent study. Read more »
Developers want Ballmer to show money
Australian developers have asked Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer what the company will do to address a Microsoft coding landscape that hasn't offered financial rewards like those available to iPhone and Facebook developers. Read more »
MySpace launches Facebook-like app platform
In a bid to keep up with Facebook, social network behemoth MySpace launched its beta application platform to Australian developers last night. Read more »
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Easily integrate JavaScript with ASP.NET pages
While ASP.NET provides a robust development platform, developers should not overlook mature technologies like JavaScript. Tony Patton explains how to integrate JavaScript with ASP.NET controls in this article. Read more »
An introduction to Miva scripting
If you're building an e-commerce presence via sites like Yahoo, you should learn Miva's scripting language. We'll show you the basics of this powerful Web application server. Read more »
Improve site speed by preloading content
A key aspect of Web application performance is site response time. Here's how to boost performance by using DHTML and JavaScript to preload data. Read more »
Test entire Web applications with HttpUnit
HttpUnit is a suite of Java classes to test Web applications over HTTP. Coupled with JUnit, HttpUnit is a powerful tool for creating test suites to ensure the end-to-end functionality of your Web applications. Read more »
What is cross-site scripting?
Cross-site scripting, also known as "XSS," is a class of security exploit that has gotten a fair bit of attention in the last few years. This article explains what it is and where the dangers lie. Read more »
Java trends: Scripting languages
Java is still less than a decade old, but it's taken hold of the dev world. It's even spawned Java-esque scripting languages, such as BeanShell and Jess. Read more »
Scripting Java with the Bean Scripting Framework
Want to support all the scripting languages for Java? The Bean Scripting Framework, BSF, enables you to do just that with a simple API. We'll show you how in this article. Read more »
Windows Script Control: Making VB apps scriptable
How can the Windows Scripting Host and the Windows Script Control provide a cheap but serviceable alternative to VBA for providing automation scripting in a Visual Basic application? Read more »
Manipulating strings with JavaScript
While JavaScript has many applications, working with string values is one of the most popular. Let's take a closer look at manipulating strings. Read more »
Builder's JavaScript QuickStart Tool
Get a solid foundation in JavaScript in this download which includes explanations of common tasks, strengths, weaknesses, and the best uses for this powerful scripting language. Read more »
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AJAX applications and security
-- Douglas Crockford, the creator of JSON, gave a talk entitled "AJAX Security" at the recent Web Directions South conference. In this talk, Crockford discussed some of the security concerns with AJAX applications and what can be done to address them. Read more »
Flex 2, ActionScript 3, Flash Player 9 Released
-- Last week was a big week for Adobe, Flex 2 - the major revision of their RIA tool was released. Flash Player 9 and Flex Data Services were also released at the same time with a preview release of the next version of the Flash Professional 9 IDE made available as well. Read more »
Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5
-- Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »
Flash vs. Silverlight
-- In this week's Roundup we take a look at the latest versions of Flash and Silverlight, Windows 7 and what's new in the world of open source. Read more »
The 2008 Trends and Threats to Internet security
-- I recently came across the IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force 2008 Mid-Year Trend Statistics report, which outlines issues affecting internet security, including application vulnerabilities, phishing, malware and spam. Read more »
Microsoft services VS2008 & .NET 3.5
-- Microsoft has just announced the release to manufacturing of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Read more »
Q&A with EditMe: A wiki for non-geeks
-- Finally, a wiki CMS solution that you can safely give to your clients to use. But sshhhh... don't call it a wiki... Read more »
Social Skills
-- With Facebook usage on the decline, is OpenSocial the next big thing? Read more »
Are your Web apps ready for the next-gen browser war?
-- Webkit, Firefox, and Internet Explorer are all scheduled to update their browsers in 2008. Are you ready for Web dev test fest 08? Read more »
Google Developer Day scheduled in 2008
-- Google has announced that it will host a free new event for developers in 2008 in Sydney. Read more »
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In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »
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Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5
Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »
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BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continueAttending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »
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Interplanetary Internet a possibility
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
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Yang's resignation: The talk of Silicon Valley
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
Club Builder this week takes a long look at Senator Conroy's recent attempt to explain his Great Firewall of Australia, we chase Steve Ballmer over Sydney, and find Google's biggest bug of the year.