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- Test your Web server: Lay Siege to it!
- One of the great fears for many Web developers, and even more so for Web server admins, is watching their sites brought down by an avalanche of traffic. The traffic may be from a DoS attack, or maybe the site just got slash-dotted. Bottom line: It just isn’t available.Do you...
- Tags: Web servers, PRODUCTIVITY, C/C++, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Sean Michael Kerner, Siege, Web server, server, tool
- Technical articles 2004-03-22
- Open Source Awards 2004: Paul Davis for JACK
- What do you do when the only way to get audio out of one application and into another is by running a cable? If you’re an open source developer like Paul Davis, you start a community project.The Jack Audio Connection Kit JACK provides low latency, high efficiency interprocess audio connectivity,...
- Tags: Linux, Sean Michael Kerner, Jack Audio Connection Kit, Paul Davis, open source, Open Source Awards 2004
- Technical articles 2004-01-15
- Open Source Awards 2004: VideoLAN
- Streaming video used to be a very complicated endeavor requiring dedicated hardware and expensive software. One of the ways it has become a lot easier in the last couple of years is through the open source efforts of the VideoLAN project.The VideoLAN project is currently made up of two core...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Sean Michael Kerner, Sam, open source, VideoLAN, Clement Stenac, VideoLAN Project, Open Source Awards 2004, developer
- Technical articles 2004-01-15
- Sophisticated open source ad serving with phpAdsNew
- In a nutshell, phpAdsNew is a robust online ad unit management, publishing, and tracking system. It is fully buzzword-compliant: It's open source licensed under the GNU general public license, PHP-based, and uses a MySQL database. The latest version (2.0) has a comprehensive image delivery system that handles virtually all known...
- Tags: Databases, ad serving, PhpAdsNew, open source, Sean Michael Kerner, phpAdsNew, advertisement
- Technical articles 2003-12-15
- Software review: Features of phpBB discussion server
- There are a good number of open source discussion servers out there. I recently went through the exercise of looking at a few discussion servers and deciding which one was best for my needs. I chose phpBB, which, according to its developers, is "the world's leading Open Source flat-style discussion...
- Tags: Databases, OPEN SOURCE, PHPBB, software, Sean Michael Kerner, phpBB
- Technical articles 2003-11-20
- DIY image gallery in PHP
- Whether as part of an intranet, client extranet, integrated into a CMS, or otherwise, image galleries are an increasingly popular way of showing images. And it's not just for the big online photo development types anymore. With open source tools, you can do the same thing for yourself and your...
- Tags: Scripting languages, Sean Michael Kerner, Gallery Project, Gallery, PHP, open source
- Technical articles 2003-11-18
- Open source discussion servers: Let's discuss it
- Discussion is a tremendous tool for building community. I certainly benefit as much as anyone from the articles here at Builder but it's the discussion here and at TechRepublic that really has me hooked. You don't need to license a proprietary discussion/forum server to get the job done on your...
- Tags: Sean Michael Kerner, YaBB, server, open source
- Technical articles 2003-11-13
- Create Flash effects fast--without Flash
- Let's get something straight. I am a huge fan of Macromedia's products. But there are easier and faster ways of getting things done in Flash than by using Macromedia Flash. Confused? Let me explain. There's Macromedia Flash, the application, and then there are the Flash movies, stored in .swf files....
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Sean Michael Kerner, Macromedia Inc., Macromedia Flash
- Technical articles 2003-10-21
- Prevent copy delays from holding up Web development projects
- At one time or another, every Web developer has been in a production meeting and heard this: "We're waiting on copy from the client." In my experience, text, or lack thereof, has consistently been the number one reason for delayed site launches and late deployments.Despite best intentions and the fact...
- Tags: Channel management, Sean Michael Kerner, Web, Web development
- Technical articles 2003-10-10
- Use this PHP tool to create surveys and gather feedback
- How do you know what your Web site users really want or like? Thanks to a whole industry of companies that offer online polling and survey tools, you don't need to guess—you can ask your users directly.One such tool for Web surveys is called the PHP Easy Survey Package phpESP....
- Tags: Marketing research, tool, Sean Michael Kerner, survey, phpESP, PhpESP, phpESP Management Interface, PHP
- Technical articles 2003-10-08
- Weighing the pros and cons of becoming a Macromedia Certified Professional
- I've been using Flash—and surrounded by a studio using Flash—since it was called Future Splash (version 2.0). Everyone I've ever worked with was self-taught, and nobody was ever certified. I'm a huge fan of Macromedia products. Dreamweaver was the first visual WYSIWIG tool that I ever used—it's the only one...
- Tags: Quality, Macromedia Certified Professional exam, Sean Michael Kerner, Macromedia Inc., certification, Macromedia Certified Professional
- Technical articles 2003-09-02
- Prove your worth with Macromedia certification
- Like a lot of things in the early days of Web development, many Macromedia users were self-taught.But as the Web development business has matured, so have the various training and certification options available for Macromedia products, and, in 2001, Macromedia began its certification programs.Macromedia Certified Professional status is the official...
- Tags: Quality, Macromedia Certified Professional statu, Sean Michael Kerner, Macromedia Inc., Macromedia Flash MX, Macromedia Flash, certification
- Technical articles 2003-08-25
- Take advantage of the Zope open source CMS framework
- In response to my recent article on open source CMS solutions, members noted that I didn't mention the Zope Content Management Framework and one of its associated content management systems—Plone. So in this article, I’ll take a closer look at these options.What is Zope?Zope is not based on the LAMP...
- Tags: Development tools, Content management, Sean Michael Kerner, Zope, content management system, Plone
- Technical articles 2003-08-06
- Handle log file analysis with AWStats
- Most Web developers understand the inherent value of log file analysis, but getting your client to pay for a "maintenance tool" is often an uphill battle. Enter AWStats, an open source log file analysis tool. It's distributed as freeware, but it still packs the performance punch necessary to satisfy most...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Installing AWStats, Sean Michael Kerner, Enter AWStats, open source, analysis, tool
- Technical articles 2003-07-23
- Choose between a commercial, open source, or customized CMS
- Web developers have always struggled with the buy vs. build dilemma when it comes to content management systems. Do you buy a commercial CMS or do you use an open source CMS? Or should you customize and build your own CMS based on an open source CMS framework? Let's run...
- Tags: Content management, Enterprise software, Sean Michael Kerner, content management system, open source
- Technical articles 2003-07-18
- Cubicles or open workspace: Here's how to select the best plan for your shop
- Whenever I find myself at an event or talking to one of my peers about their new job or office space, the conversation often shifts to a discussion about workspace environment. The opinions range from, "I hate cubicles" to "Open concept is insane. I want my cubicle back."I've collected the...
- Tags: Sean Michael Kerner, cubicle, Dilbert
- Technical articles 2003-07-09
- Analyze your hiring needs to decide if you need to use a recruiter
- Not that long ago, software development talent was at a premium, and many tech shops turned to recruiters to attract and hire staff. The ranks of recruiters have thinned in the last two years as the available talent has swelled, but recruiters still have a place as part of a...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, Sean Michael Kerner, recruiter, hiring
- Technical articles 2003-06-20
- How to work with nebulous RFPs from clients who don't know what they want
- Corporate RFPs are supposed to have a specific structure, but clients don’t always know how to write these detailed documents. If you've done any work with RFPs, you've probably seen your share of vague and nebulous requests that create more questions than they answer. In response to my advice on...
- Tags: Sean Michael Kerner, RFP
- Technical articles 2003-06-18
- Do Web developers need a Linux cert?
- Over the last couple of years, I’ve gone from an environment where I was one of only a handful of Web developers to a shop with several hundred technical professionals—and now I'm headed right back down to being one of a handful again. During the boom days, I used to...
- Tags: Channel management, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Sean Michael Kerner, Linux, Web, Web development, certification
- Technical articles 2003-06-03
- The pros and cons of paying for staff certification
- You always need to be concerned about retaining your best staff. You want to do what’s best for the company and your staff to keep everyone happy, productive, and energized. I usually start with doughnuts and coffee, but that will only go so far. There comes a point at which...
- Tags: Quality, Sean Michael Kerner, certification, staff certification
- Technical articles 2003-06-02
