This post is part of the Web Application Development with Clojure tutorial. Part 1: Project Setup Part 2: Data model definition with Lobos and Korma Part 3: Loading Fixures with clj-yaml and HTML Templating with Enlive Part 4: Adding CSS, Post detail page and Simple Authentication Part 5: Blog Administration Area Introduction Clojure is general-purpose [...]
The DBacesslayer aka DBSlayer aka Släyer is a lightweight database abstraction layer suitable for high-load websites where you need the scalable advantages of connection pooling. Written in C for speed, DBSlayer talks to clients via JSON over HTTP
Ample SDK is a standard-based cross-browser JavaScript UI Framework for building Rich Internet Applications. It employs XML technologies (such as XUL, SVG or HTML5) for UI layout, CSS for UI style and JavaScript with standard DOM/jQuery APIs for application logic. It equalizes browsers and brings technologies support to those missing any.
To connect you to information in real time, it’s important for Twitter to be fast. That’s why we’ve been reviewing our entire technology stack to optimize for speed. When we shipped #NewTwitt......
The past year has seen many leaps made to improve developer productivity through better tooling. We're paying increasing attention to our workflow and many
Too often the first step in using a Web application is filling in a Sign Up form. This short talk outlines three alternatives that get people started in more engaging ways.
Ben Nadel takes his previous HTML5 Cache Manifest experiment and converts it into an "App Mode" iPhone application that can fun in full-screen, offline mode.
The TEIViewer is a browser-based application built on a modification of the XHTML branch of the Text Encoding Initiative XSL stylesheet family and the jQuery JavaScript Library.
eSciDoc is as a joint project of the Max Planck Society and FIZ Karlsruhe, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), aimed at building an e-research platform for multi-disciplinary research organizations.
Die Software Goobi dient zur Organisation von Digitalisierungsworkflows. Das Softwarepaket für diese kooperative und kollaborative Arbeitsumgebung ist der zentrale Baustein und erfüllt folgende Funktionalitäten: Plattform-Unabhängigkeit (Web-Applikation), da Partner weltweit auf das Tool zugreifen müssen; Zentrale Metadaten-Verwaltung, d.h. Katalogisieren und Vervollständigung der Metadaten von verschiedenen Standorten aus (zum Beispiel Erstellung der russischen Metadaten in Moskau, Transliterationen in Hannover); Zentrale
Using image sprites is sort of a last resort after you have done as much as you can with other optimization techniques. A sprite is an image that has all of your other images inside of it, so if your sprite has 10 images, you'd be getting rid of 9 HTTP requests and speeding your site's loading time up by the time for each of those 9 requests' latency.
The eXtensible Text Framework (XTF) is a powerful open source platform for providing access to digital content. Developed and maintained by the California Digital Library (CDL), XTF functions as the primary access technology for the CDL’s digital collections and other digital projects worldwide.
XTF consists of Java and XSLT 2.0 code that indexes, queries, and displays digital objects
ice is a track changes implementation, built in javascript, for anything that is contenteditable on the web. Conceived by the CMS Group at The New York Times, ice has been piloting successfully for articles written in the newsroom.
Fingers and thumbs turn desktop conventions on their head. Interaction designer Josh Clark explains what you need to keep in mind when designing for mobile touchscreens and compares finger-friendly touch interfaces for iPhone, iPad and Android