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Is Google Spreadsheets / Docs a viable database option for real-world applications?
Started by visua on
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by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Spreadsheets (especially "hosted" like....
Spreadsheets do not allow you to query the data.
No, a spreadsheet and a database are distinct concepts.
Simply on the basis that a spreadshet != a database .
Without knowing what this application does, I'd say no.
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Is UML still seen as a viable way of a documenting a software design?
Extra points for references that back up any claims :)
Started by Thomas Bratt on
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by 15 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
UML is sometimes seen as a viable way.
Thinking is the only viable way of designing software.
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Take a look at http://www.chromeexperiments.com/
I think JavaScript is very close to have everything that RIAs can offer.
What's missing from or for JavaScript to make it a viable RIA development alternative?
Started by Bassel Alkhateeb on
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by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
The other thing Flash has going for it is a (slightly) more ... .
This is changing with the HTML5 standards which includes sound and video as first class html elements .
At the moment the only thing you really can't do in javascript/html is sound and video .
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I'm creating a few web forms that have areas to them.
Are fieldsets viable options for sectioning forms anymore?
Should I just use a div with styles to be similar?
Started by DevelopingChris on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Fieldsets....
However, personally I find that since it renders slighly differnt in the browsers that I prefer to use a styled div, so I can be assured of the display format .
The fieldset tag is still an acceptable control to use, I use it on occasion myself .
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I am familiar with C++ RTTI, and find the concept interesting.
Still there exist a lot of more ways to abuse it than to use it correctly (the RTTI-switch dread comes to mind). As a developer, I found (and used) only two viable uses for it (more exactly...
Started by paercebal on
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by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
This is because method dispatch is done on the dynamic type of the... .
I cant say I've ever found a use for in in real life but RTTI is mentioned in Effective C++ as a possible solution to multi-methods in C++ .
Acyclic Visitor (pdf) is a great use of it.
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I am currently in the process of designing a database-driven website to manage various personal data and some business data. This is primarily a personal app, however it will be used by a few clients to retrieve and update information. Is Perl still a...
Started by jerbenn on
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by 24 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Perl is (and will always be, in....
Any (reasonable) language you're confident with is viable.
It's no less viable than it was in the past—it's a solid and well-supported to use Perl, it would be worth looking at.
Small feature at a time.
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I am wondering if it is viable to store cached items in Session variables, rather than creating a file-based caching solution? Because it is once per user, it could reduce some extra calls to the database if a user visits more than one page. But is it...
Started by Chacha102 on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Why not just use the Cache that comes with ASP.NET (you... .
If you're using it to cache things that should be common across multiple sessions, you're duplicating a lot of data needlessly .
Session should only really be used strictly for user specific data .
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Is it a viable option to switch to operating systems 1 written in some managed language (C#, Java, Managed Assembly) in the near future? Maybe not for the desktop platform, but for embedded devices and gaming consoles?
What are the pros and cons of such...
Started by kd304 on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Specifically, I think for a Managed OS to ....
In the "near future" (let's say 10 years) this will only happen if one of the major OS flavors puts a lot of weight behind the idea .
Since nobody seems to want to tackle this question, I'll take a shot at it .
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In evaluating different systems integration strategies, I've come across some words of encouragement, but also some words of frustration over BizTalk Server.
What are some pros and cons to using BizTalk Server (both from a developer standpoint and a business...
Started by Kilhoffer on
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by 13 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
There are so many edge cases and weird little business logic tweaks you have to make when you are doing B2B data integration (which is probably the hardest part of any enterprise application... .
My experience with BizTalk was basically a frustrating waste of time .
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Hello,
I'm not sure if it is viable to use ASP.NET MVC 2 Preview 1 already in a production system? I would like to, because it introduces several much-needed functionalities which are quirky in MVC 1.
Unfortunately I didn't find anything about that topic...
Started by Alex on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
The final MVC 1 Preview 5 was very similar to the final release, differing very little (if at all... .
The original ASP.NET MVC 1 Preview 1 was very different from the final release .
Based on MVC release 1, there were many previews before the final release .
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