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Compare file contents and render the output with PHP and PEAR
This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.When it becomesnecessary to compare two or more text files in UNIX, most developers reach forthe diff program. This program, included by default in almostall UNIX distributions, compares the files line by line and displays thechanges between them in a number of...
Tags: Software engineering/development
Technical articles 2007-04-10
Create and edit TAR archives dynamically with PHP and PEAR
This article is also available as a TechRepublic download, which includes all of the code in a more manageable text file format.Ifyou've ever downloaded a widget for your UNIX system, you've already met TAR,the Tape ARchive format that iscommonly used in UNIX for packaging multiple files together for easydistribution. This...
Tags: Contributor Melonfire, Creating TAR, disk location, PEAR Archive_Tar, PHP, Software engineering/development
Technical articles 2007-02-22
10 PEAR classes you need to know to code complex math in your PHP applications
This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.If you have a mathematics background, you'll already be wellaware that PHP doesn't come with any special functions for workingwith advanced mathematical concepts -- complex numbers, fractions, polynomials,statistics and matrices. However, this deficiency is more than made up by PEAR,the PHP Extension...
Tags: complex number, Mark Kaelin, PEAR, PHP, Software engineering/development
Technical articles 2007-02-16
Dynamic XML document construction with the PHP DOM
This article is also available as a TechRepublic download, which includes the example code listings in a more manageable text file format.When working with XML-basedapplications, developers often find themselves facing the requirement togenerate XML-encoded data structures on the fly. Examples of this include anXML order template based on user input...
Tags: Contributor Melonfire, DOMDocument, PHP, Software engineering/development, XML, XML document
Technical articles 2006-12-06
Simplify your PHP coding with 10 network programming PEAR classes
This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.Network programming is an area many developers findtroublesome, especially if most of their experience lies in the much"softer" world of Web application scripting. If you're one of thesedevelopers, though, you shouldn't let this fact keep you up at night, because PEAR, the...
Tags: Contributor Melonfire, DNS, IP, IP address, network, Network programming, network programming, PEAR, PHP, programming, Software engineering/development
Technical articles 2006-11-10
Take advantage of built-in PHP flexibility to execute external programs
This article is also available as a TechRepublic download, which includes code Listings A-H in a more manageable text file format.No one, not even its harshest critics, will dispute that PHP is versatile: at last count, the language had over 1500built-in functions and more than 150 add-on extensions. However, the...
Tags: Contributor Melonfire, external program, PHP, Software engineering/development
Technical articles 2006-11-08

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Web Engineering - Old Wine in New Bottles?
Modern Web applications are full-fledged, complex software systems. Therefore, the development of Web applications requires a methodologically sound engineering approach called Web Engineering. It is not clear, however, to which extent existing solutions from relevant areas, most notably software engineering can be reused as such for the development of Web...
Tags: Software, Web, Development, Web Application, Vienna University, Wine, Tools & Techniques, Channel Management, Management, Marketing
White papers 2004-09-03
Requirements Engineering Patterns
Requirements engineering the elicitation, documentation and validation of requirements is a fundamental aspect of software development. Unfortunately, and to the detriment of everyone involved, requirements engineering efforts are often shortchanged or even completely forgone in favor of "getting the code out as soon as possible, at all cost." This month...
Tags: Software, AmbySoft, Software Development, Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Software/Web Development, Management
White papers 2000-05-01
Webcast: Managing Complex Programs: Governing Software Development and Systems Engineering with IBM Rational products
Software development and systems engineering projects are becoming more and more complex. At the same time, business are struggling to establish effective visibility, control and measurements. This IBM Webcast, available on demand, discusses how to deliver software development and systems engineering that connects development, operations and...
Tags: Software, Webcast, Discussion, IBM Corp., Software Development, Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Software/Web Development, Management
Webcasts 2007-06-19
Software Engineering in the Academy
A general discussion of the role of universities in software engineering education and research, with a number of concrete proposals.Rather than just emphasizing quality, we could distinguish software engineering from programming by its industrial nature, leading to another definition: “the development of possibly large systems intended for use...
Tags: Software, Software Engineering, Interactive Software Engineering, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
White papers 2001-05-02
Security Engineering and Open Source Software Development
Open source projects usually do not define tasks and workflows explicitly in contrast to the closed source software business. However, this does not mean that security related quality assurance and maintenance does not happen. The paper wants to make open source software more secure by learning how secure systems are...
Tags: Software, Open-source Software, F/OSS, Freie Universitat Berlin, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Security, Management
White papers 2008-01-27
AKEM: An Ontology Engineering Methodology in FF POIROT
This paper documents the study, development and practice of the ontology-based knowledge engineering methodology in the context of FF POIROT. AKEM stands for Application Knowledge Engineering Methodology. It is concerned with methods and techniques in ontology-based knowledge engineering in practical knowledge system development. In the emphasis of structured collaboration and...
Tags: Knowledge, Ontology, Strategy, Management
White papers 2005-10-09
QuickPHP (zip)
QuickPHP is a PHP Tester and Debugger which is also an extremely lightweight PHP Web Server. It is a PHP Development Web Server - similar to ASP.NET Development Web Server. Features: Handles Get, Post, and Head requests; Does not rely on PHP to be installed; Supports PHP extensions and PHP.ini...
Tags: PHP, Server, QuickPHP, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development
Software downloads 2008-07-23
Building Dynamic Data-Driven Web Applications With PHP and DB2 UDB V8.2 and Cloudscape
PHP is one of today's fastest growing Web development languages. This Software Development Platform webcast covers the new PHP-based extension for accessing DB2 and Cloudscape database servers. It also gives an overview of some of the key features of the PHP language, including the available database access interfaces, and a...
Tags: IBM Cloudscape, PHP, IBM DB2 Universal Database, IBM DB2, Scripting Languages, Databases, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
Webcasts
Software Engineering Ontology: A Development Methodology
This paper has presented the results of the first phase of a project aimed at developing a comprehensive ontology of the Software Engineering field. The major contributions provided by this study are: Identification of the ontology development methodologies providing the best guidance to attaint the established goal; Identification of a...
Tags: Software, Software Engineering, Ontology, Strategy, Management
White papers 2004-11-21
Expose your development to more possibilities by using PHP with SQLite
Describe your experience with SQLiteThe downloadable version of this article is available here:http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-3513-6066381.htmlAre you familiar with SQLite and its relationship with PHP? How does it perform? Do you prefer a different database engine for your PHP application development projects?I'm new to PHP altogether, any good online resources to help get...
Tags: Scripting languages, PHP, SQLite
Discussion threads 2006-04-28
DzSoft PHP Editor (exe)
DzSoft PHP Editor is a handy and powerful tool for writing and testing PHP scripts and HTML/XML pages. Being designed specifically for PHP development, it has a friendly, but powerful interface that is comfortable both for beginners and experienced programmers. Has convenient one-click preview in internal browser (with no web...
Tags: PHP, DzSoft PHP Editor, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development
Software downloads 2007-12-17
PHP Code Design
PHP is a server-side, open-source, HTML-embedded scripting language used to drive many of the world's most popular web sites. All major web servers support PHP enabling normal HMTL pages to embed code fragments that get interpreted before being served up to requesting users. PHP is often used with MySQL, a...
Tags: PHP, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development
White papers 2007-06-22
PHP 5, Oracle, and the Future
Since PHP 4 featuring the Zend Engine was so successful, why do users even need PHP 5 and the Zend Engine II? The truth is that there are certain areas in which PHP 4 does not excel. Most of these areas are more important for large projects and companies, where...
Tags: Oracle Corp., PHP, Truth, PHP 5, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development
White papers
Reuse-Based Software Development Methodology
Software has been reused in applications development ever since programming started. However, the reuse practices have mostly been ad hoc, and the potential benefits of reuse have never been fully realized. Most of the available software development methodologies do not explicitly identify reuse activities. The Application of Reusable Software Components...
Tags: Software, Software Engineering Institute, Software Development, Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Software/Web Development, Management
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