Web applications remain the largest security risk for any company. The reason is two-fold. First, most software services have moved to a web based environment giving malicious hackers a much larger landscape to attack. Second, most organizations put a majority of their resources, i.e. dollars and manpower, into network and perimeter security leaving the web unguarded.
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PHP User Survey Part IV: Presentation Layer
So far in this series, we have developed the data layer (database tables) and the business layer (PHP methods) for manipulating the data.In this piece, we will look at the presentation layer that is used to display the poll question and poll results.The HTML header will check for the presence of a cookie (in case the user has voted previously) and refresh the page if it has timed out.
Wrapping Your Head Around Canvas: Part 5
The WebGL portion of Canvas isn’t so much a fringe as an add on to Canvas. Since we’ve been working in the 2D API over the course of this series, we can now move on to working with 3D.Much like it’s 2D counterpart, WebGL portions of the Canvas API are still in their infancy ,in my opinion, which leaves a lot of room for improvement. Then again what technology really ever starts out at the top of its game?
Designing a Clean Website: Navigation
There is one design style that can withstand the fluctuating trends that come and go in the design world, and that is to have a clean, simple, minimalist site.Think of sites like Apple, Amazon, and The New York Times. One thing you will notice that they all have in common is perfectly executed use of white space. However, there are some very subtle guidelines to follow or tips that you should consider when designing your own clean website.
PHP User Survey: Setting Variable Values and Reading from Tables
In Part I of this series, we started the process of creating user polls for a business web site. Part I gave the layout of the data layer and began the construction of the class file. In this part we will continue with adding methods to the class file that will enable the administrator to set the variable values and read from the database tables.