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Rapid app development hits Delphi for PHP 2.0

CodeGear has launched the Delphi for PHP 2.0 integrated development environment to improve its developer tools suite for building interactive Web applications. Read more »

Understand the ASP.NET DataGrid control

Need to get up to speed on the ASP.NET DataGrid control features? Try this introduction article on for size. Read more »

Microsoft toolset to promote mobile Web services

Microsoft says that desktop developers will be able to transfer their skills to handheld devices using its new toolset. Read more »

Builder's August Top Ten

Have you missed any of the hottest technology development stories published in the past month? ZDNet Australia's Builder channel can help you keep in touch with the top ten stories of August. Read more »

Open-source projects intertwine for integration

Three open-source projects are teaming up to create an alternative to software-integration products from IBM and other heavyweights. Read more »

Microsoft expands Vista testing

Microsoft on Tuesday outlined plans to expand its test of Windows Vista, the next version of its flagship operating system. Read more »

Interview with Bill Gates

This week Microsoft have released a host of announcements revolved around Longhorn, Whidbey and the future of Web services. Bill Gates sheds some light on the future of their platforms in this interview. Read more »

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Use Perl DBI to build portable scripts for database access

Learn this functionality and it will become a staple in your Perl bag of tricks. Read more »

Access and reusable ASP code

Take a look at six reusable ASP code functions that will help you quickly build database-enabled Web sites using Microsoft Office technologies. Read more »

Retrofitting JUnit: Start testing older code

While best practice says that you write your tests at the same time as - or even before - you write your code, you'll probably have a body of code without tests. Here's how you add tests to existing applications. Read more »

PHP gotchas to avoid

When you are debugging PHP code under a tight deadline, start by looking for the most typical problems. Topping the list should be parsing and scope errors. Read more »

Building custom subroutines in Perl

Subroutines are prepackaged pieces of code that are designed to help you quickly accomplish common tasks. Perl comes with a bunch of built-in subroutines, such as print(), but you can also easily build your own reusable subroutines. Read more »

Copy legacy Oracle tables with SQL*Plus

Tables with a LONG datatype cannot be copied via the CREATE TABLE AS SELECT syntax. They can, however, be copied with the SQL*Plus COPY command. This Oracle tip shows you how. Read more »

Is LINQ the future of database development?

The LINQ (.NET Language Integrated Query) Project is a Microsoft initiative to standardise data access across not only data sources but also development. Will it revolutionise database development? Read more »

Build a database front end with ASP

There are many ways to interface with a database, and one solution is to use ASP to build a front end. Builder AU dives in and creates a sample app in this article. Read more »

Visualise your database with treemaps

In this tutorial we show you how to generate a simple treemap to show which tablespaces have low percentages of free space and include a sample PHP script to generate the results in a graph. Read more »

Creating pie charts with JSP is a breeze

Java Server Pages (JSP) makes it easy to read and summarise data from a database and then display the results in a pie chart. We'll show you what you need to do to tap into this functionality. Read more »

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