In previous blogs I’ve talked about XML and its many applications in the practical world of computing. In this post I’m going to talk a little bit about what XML is and in the next parts I’ll talk about the support for XML. For those who need a reminder; XML is a way of formatting Read Blog…

At some point during your Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), someone -somewhere- is going to realise that the solution needs to store data somehow. Hopefully that “someone” is the engineer and the “somewhere” is at the requirements or design stage, depending on your process model. There’s a fair amount to consider when choosing information storage Read Blog…

I recently read an article over at ConversationMarketing.com entitled “Why all SEOs should learn to program”. Despite the flippant and generally light-hearted tone of the piece I found that much of it had me nodding in agreement. I love a good rant and that article falls well within that jolly-rant category. First and foremost, it’s Read Blog…

Databases are the mainstay of the web, its part of the backbone that drives our websites, from social networking, media groups to e-commerce shops. For those who don’t know, databases store data; typically in an organised manner such that -given context- it becomes useful information. Most people will be aware of database management systems (DBMS); Read Blog…

It looks like the season is upon us: no, not rabbit-hunting or duck-hunting, it’s web browser season. With the announcement of a release candidate (RC) for Windows ® Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox ® 4 Beta 4, it looks like the battle of the browsers is warming up. It’s now tentatively approaching lukewarm. The latest Read Blog…

Whether you like it, hate it, use it or abuse it, Captcha is difficult to avoid on the web today. It ranges from text with a pattern background through to images with a common theme. In an ideal web, Captcha would be an academic exercise in a variation of the Turing Test. It would pit Read Blog…

High-level programming languages can be as easy or as difficult as you want it to be. The vast majority of the common code patterns are available to you in libraries and frameworks. Procedures such as deep-copying arrays, pushing and popping stacks and sorting have been reduced to a function call or a class instance. It Read Blog…

One of the most common problems I encounter on the web is sites with poor cross-browser compatibility. As a user it’s a minor inconvenience, as a developer, it’s one of my biggest concerns. In the world of SEO there is naturally a heavy emphasis on how a web site looks to a search engine. In Read Blog…