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WebReference Update: December 8, 2005
New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:
1. FEATURE: Book Excerpt: The Non-Designer's Web Book, Third Edition2.OTHER VOICES:
- What's New in PHP 5 and PHP 6
- Support Eastern Languages in Your Struts Web Applications
- The TransactionScope Object Makes ADO.NET Transactions Easy
4. NET NEWS:
1. FEATURE: Book Excerpt: The Non-Designer's Web Book, Third Edition
Typography on the Web can be a terrible mess, due in part to the
different browsers and limitations on what can be done. In this
installment you'll learn about the basics of good typography, how to
adjust traditional typographic rules to work on the Web and how to use
Cascading Style Sheets for better typographic control.
[Read the entire article ]
2.OTHER VOICES
- What's New in PHP 5 and PHP 6
Most PHP installations out there are still running PHP 4.x. PHP 5.0 has been out a while, and PHP 5.1.1 has just been released. For those of you who haven't yet upgraded, this month we'll look at some of the changes you can expect to find in the newer versions of PHP, and we'll give you a preview of what you can look forward to in PHP 6.
PHP Builder, December 6, 2005, - Support Eastern Languages in Your Struts Web Applications
Learn how to enable your Struts Web applications to handle Eastern languages such as Arabic just by using the basic Struts support for i18n and some additional Java/JSP code.
DevX.com, December 5, 2005, - The TransactionScope Object Makes ADO.NET Transactions Easy
Learn how the TransactionScope object enables you to auto-enlist database operations in your ADO.NET transactions.
CodeGuru, December 5, 2005,
3. SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WEB: Yahoo Maps and Food Searches
There's a really nice map source, a food finder, available at
macromedia.com. The app is simple: specify a city and state and the
top of the page. The page will reload with a map of the area you
specified (there's also a pretty nice "map-within-map" resource that
shows a larger overview of the area which you can fold away if it
blocks your view of the map.) Choose a food type on the right side of
the page and you'll get pointers for restaurants; click on them and
you'll get additional information including ratings, address, and
phone number. Click on that and you'll be taken to an information page
for the restaurant from Yahoo Local. There are additional selectors to
find nearby parking, ATMs, and public transportation.
[Visit the Web site! ]
[Source: ResearchBuzz]
4. NET NEWS
- A Job For The Holidays
If the first item on your holiday wish list is a job, you just may get your wish. That is, if you lay off the eggnog and work the phones. Many people see the time between Thanksgiving and the winter holidays as downtime, a period where business goes into a lull. They are wrong, wrong, wrong, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. In fact, the professional outplacement firm says, this month can be an excellent time to look for a tech job.
internetnews.com, December 7, 2005 - Gosling: Java's All About The Community
Ten years after, he'd still love to change the world. The father of the decade-old Java programming language is urging the developers who made Java what it is today to make sure they're building Java for tomorrow's tech needs.
internetnews.com, December 6, 2005 - Sober Worm Plans January 5th Attack
Security outfit iDefense is reporting that the next Sober worm attack will take place on January 5th - the 87th anniversary of the founding of the Nazi party. The information has been gleaned from breaking encrypted code in the latest version of Sober which dominated the November anti-virus ratings.
The Register, December 8, 2005
That's it for this Thursday. I'll have more for you next time.
Lee Underwood
Newsletter Editor, WebReference.com
lunderwood(at)jupitermedia.com
Created: December 8, 2005
URL: http://www.webreference.com/new/051208.html
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