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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 »

Can Google break Microsoft's enterprise chokehold?

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Ballmer Q&A: Feeling the heat at Microsoft

For a man who just got fined more than a billion dollars for antitrust violations, Steve Ballmer is feeling plenty of competitive heat. Read more »

Visual Basic developers revolting

The software company's own programmer community has launched a campaign of defiance over a decision to end support for Visual Basic. Read more »

Taronga Zoo .NETting its menagerie

Behind the scenes at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, a small but determined group of IT specialists are working to use Web services to streamline the flow of many core business processes. Read more »

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Master simple forms authentication in .NET

Using forms authentication, you can quickly build a simple, secure Web app. This walk-through shows you how to apply the strategy in your apps. Read more »

How to validate forms with JavaBeans

What if your Web app supports too many forms to validate with hard-coded JavaScript? This server-side strategy can help automate the process. Read more »

Improve the performance of your app with ASP.NET caching

Get the details on what can be cached and how to control the numerous caching options and parameters. Read more »

Unleash the power of macros in ABAP

Like many programming languages, SAP's ABAP makes liberal use of macros. Here are some scenarios that illustrate when using macros in SAP is the best choice. Read more »

Follow these steps to secure your data layer

A secure data layer is essential for a truly secure application. Learn how to nurture a secure environment for the pivotal Data tier of your application with the correct tools. Read more »

How to build secure ASP.NET applications

ASP.NET provides several ways to protect your Web-based app from attack. Here's an overview of authentication, authorisation, and role-based security. Read more »

Simplify .NET SQL queries with the DAAB

Microsoft's Data Access Application Block (DAAB) makes connecting .NET applications to SQL databases easier--if you know how to use it. Read more »

Ask Chuck: Creating Windows apps without a remote database

This week Chuck answers a Builder AU reader's question on creating Windows applications that users can edit without having to connect to a remote database. Read more »

Choose the right JDBC driver for your database interface

Picking the right driver can optimise connectivity between your Java apps and database. 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 »

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The 2008 Trends and Threats to Internet security

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- 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 »

Google's Secret Sauce

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- A new Googler has offered a rare glimpse into the process by which the search giant turns ideas into products. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    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 »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase 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 »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending 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 »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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