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- Meta tags and the Dublin Core
- The use of HTML meta tags has always been a contentious subject. In the past, search engines utilized them to assign page ranking as well as to display page information. While the meta description tag is still utilized by some search engines, all other techniques are almost obsolete. The usage...
- Tags: Robots, Baseline Inc., Http-equiv, meta tag, META TAGS
- Technical articles 2004-04-08
- A print alternative without the extra work
- I remain a big fan of the printed page. You can hold it, fold it, mark it up, and take it with you without the need for outlets or adapters. Technologies such as eBooks and audio books will never overtake the printed word. Nowhere is this more apparent than the...
- Tags: Baseline Inc., style sheet, CSS, media type, printed page, Braille
- Technical articles 2004-03-04
- Manipulating strings with JavaScript
- While JavaScript has many applications, working with string values is one of the most popular. Strings are objects within the JavaScript language. They are not stored as character arrays, so built-in functions must be used to manipulate their values. The functions provide various ways to access the contents of a...
- Tags: Scripting languages, Baseline Inc., sample code, JavaScript, Tony Patton
- Technical articles 2004-02-09
- Software Development: Take command of your .NET code
- Developers have always had the option of using command line tools for working with Java code by way of the Sun Java Development Kit. This option is now available to Windows developers with the .NET Framework. It provides an alternative to applications like Visual Studio .NET and Borland’s C# Builder...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, .NET, Application servers, software, software development, Baseline Inc., system path, line tool, tool, command line tool, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Windows
- Technical articles 2003-12-10
- Improve your technique: Take advantage of JavaScript coding guidelines
- As a Web developer, I’ve often visited a Web site and wondered how a particular function or visual element was achieved, so I take a quick glance at the page’s source to provide a glimpse into the design. Often this involves scrolling through another developer’s esoteric JavaScript code. While I...
- Tags: technique, Baseline Inc., developer, Variable Name, JavaScript
- Technical articles 2003-11-25
- Laying out elements with the CSS box model
- If you've ever had a chance to inspect the World Wide Web Consortium's CSS2 specification nice bedtime reading, you've been presented with the box model for laying out pages. Basically, the box model states that everything included in a Web page can be described as living in a box. You...
- Tags: box concept, Baseline Inc., CSS
- Technical articles 2003-11-07
- A new approach to locating XML data with XQuery
- By Tony PattonThe rapid adoption of XML throughout the industry has led to an abundance of XML-formatted data. XSLT is the popular method for transforming XML to a required format, but locating data within an XML document is a different story. XPath was developed to easily retrieve items from an...
- Tags: XML-Data, Baseline Inc., XQuery, XML, XML document
- Technical articles 2003-11-03
- Creating reports with Visual Studio .NET has never been easier
- By Tony PattonData collection and management are tasks common to most applications, but the data amassed over time is useless on its own. It needs to be organized or summarized to be useful to management personnel. With this in mind, management most often demands reports be generated to monitor activities...
- Tags: .NET, Microsoft development tools, Microsoft Visual Studio, Baseline Inc., Microsoft Visual Studio.Net, Crystal Reports, Report Export, Crystal Report, Microsoft .NET
- Technical articles 2003-10-30
- Corel's XMetaL Developer allows you to customize interfaces
- XMetaL Developer is a VS.NET plug-in that lets you create custom interfaces for the XMetaL authoring tool. See how this powerful product can help you guide users through the XML creation process.The latest release of the Corel XMetaL product provides an enhanced development environment as well as authoring capabilities. Developer...
- Tags: Microsoft development tools, .NET, XML, Corel Corp., Baseline Inc., XMetal, Microsoft Visual Studio.Net
- Technical articles 2003-03-31
- Use the power of conditional processing in XSLT
- Most developers I know don't regard XSLT as a programming language, but a quick perusal of its many features suggests otherwise. Although it is not as powerful as languages like Java and C#, XSLT does contain basic features for working with XML documents.One element it shares with other languages is...
- Tags: Baseline Inc., stylesheet, XSLT, XML, XPath
- Technical articles 2003-10-20
- Process multiple database records with SQL Server cursors
- By Tony PattonOne of the better aspects of application development is that there are usually multiple ways to complete a task. For instance, when working with database systems, client-based code can be used to process the data or the processing can be moved to the database server via stored procedures.SQL...
- Tags: Databases, database, DECLARE statement, Baseline Inc., Microsoft SQL Server, server
- Technical articles 2003-10-15
- Locate errors in your JavaScript code
- Debugging requires investigative skills, as you try to locate problems that may be embedded deep in a system. Development environments like Visual Studio and JBuilder include powerful debuggers that make the process easier, but locating a JavaScript debugger is more difficult. Aside from an add-in for Visual Studio .NET, there's...
- Tags: Scripting languages, Microsoft development tools, .NET, Web browsers, Baseline Inc., JavaScript, debugger, Javascript Debugger, Microsoft Visual Studio
- Technical articles 2003-10-01
- Control SQL Server locking with hints
- Over the past few years, SQL Server has blossomed from a small office data store to an enterprise-level database server. The number of users concurrently accessing a database also increased with this upgrade. SQL Server 2000's standard approach to locking resources often seems inefficient, but thankfully it provides features to...
- Tags: lock, Microsoft SQL Server, database, Baseline Inc., server
- Technical articles 2004-04-12
- Do you use wizards in your programming work?
- The world of application development is vast. It encompasses everything from Web designers to Visual Basic gurus to C++ programmers. The tools used by these individuals range from simple text editors, like vi or Windows Notepad, to full-fledged IDEs, such as Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. Does the usage of such...
- Tags: Microsoft development tools, PRODUCTIVITY, Development tools, .NET, Middleware, Programming languages, Baseline Inc., development community, programming, IDE, tool, SDK, Microsoft Visual Studio.Net, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft .NET, text editor, developer
- Technical articles 2003-09-22
- Use method overloading in Java
- Naming conventions are an important aspect of any development project, but coming up with unique names can be somewhat tedious. One way to simplify the chore is to reuse method names via overloading. Overloading is the ability to have a class that has multiple methods with the same name that...
- Tags: Development tools, Java, constructor, Baseline Inc., member variable
- Technical articles 2003-09-18
- Carefully choose the location for your Web code
- Modular design is all the rage in the world of application development, and the preferred design approach is the separation of business logic from presentation logic. Where does this leave the Web designer when working with HTML, Cascading Style Sheets CSS, or JavaScript? Thankfully, HTML provides various techniques for including...
- Tags: Scripting languages, Baseline Inc., Web, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
- Technical articles 2003-08-28
- Using VS.NET to debug database stored procedures
- By Tony PattonDevelopers are an inherently finicky group. Most have their favorite tools to complete everyday tasks. This includes text editors as well as IDE’s and even operating systems. While I have favorite tools as well, I am surprised at how little developers know about some of the tools they...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio.Net, server, Server Explorer, Baseline Inc., Microsoft SQL Server, database
- Technical articles 2004-03-04
- Find and dissect errors with SQL Server's built-in bug hunter
- Debugging is a necessary evil of software development. Luckily, tools are available to make the process less painful. Microsoft provides the SQL Server Debug Interface to streamline SQL development.Most developers proudly proclaim their code to be error-free, but deep down we all know that errors, whether logical or physical, can...
- Tags: Databases, Development tools, server, Baseline Inc., Microsoft SQL Server, Debug option, Figure B
- Technical articles 2002-12-30
- C# programmers will enjoy new book on .NET database access
- Making the transition to ADO.NET is often a painful process. This book provides everything needed to take full advantage of the new platform with plenty of real-world examples using C#.Much has been written about Microsoft developers’ painful transition to the .NET platform, but what about database access? Many books scratch...
- Tags: .NET, Databases, Microsoft .NET, Baseline Inc., Microsoft ADO.NET, Dataset, ADO.NET Programming, C#, database
- Technical articles 2002-12-27
- Prepare for the transition from HTML forms to XForms
- By Tony PattonData collection is a standard part of almost every Web application. Although Java applets and Macromedia Flash offer excellent options for getting user input, the HTML form is still the most widely used mechanism for gathering data. The current momentum enjoyed by XML has led to another development,...
- Tags: Baseline Inc., XForm, HTML FORM, HTML, XML
- Technical articles 2003-07-29
