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by William Zeller

This month, we bring you the second (and final) part of William Zeller and Werner M. Krauss' article on Seagull. Last month, we covered the basics of the Seagull framework. This time, the authors provide a step-by-step guide for setting up an example module in Seagull.

by Mike DeWolf

Certain tasks take a long time to complete--longer than the client and server timeouts will allow. In this piece, author Mike DeWolf discusses how to build an admin page to create and monitor a job queue, and dress it up with nearly real time status updates.

by Robert Mark

Recently, there has been a lot of attention paid to the partnership between Zend and Oracle. In this article, author Robert Mark examines the benefits that this partnership offers web developers, and gives practical examples how it could affect you.

by Chad Smith

Active Directory (AD) can often be found with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 whenever it is set up as a domain. In this piece, author Chad Smith offers a number of tips and methods to assist you, the programmer, when accessing, inserting, or altering objects within an AD structure.

by Chris Shiflett

This month, columnist Chris Shiflett gives an explanation of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), one of the most prevalent web application security vulnerabilities today. This article introduces XSS, including its history, common and emerging attacks, and effective safeguards.

by Ben Ramsey

How do you send e-mail on a server in which there is no mail agent installed? How do you redirect e-mail messages in a testing environment so they don't go to your users? Ben Ramsey addresses these two questions, highlighting some useful tricks to redefine or redirect mail().

by William Zeller

This month, we bring you the second (and final) part of William Zeller and Werner M. Krauss' article on Seagull. Last month, we covered the basics of the Seagull framework. This time, the authors provide a step-by-step guide for setting up an example module in Seagull.

by Robert Mark

Recently, there has been a lot of attention paid to the partnership between Zend and Oracle. In this article, author Robert Mark examines the benefits that this partnership offers web developers, and gives practical examples how it could affect you.

by Chad Smith

Active Directory (AD) can often be found with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 whenever it is set up as a domain. In this piece, author Chad Smith offers a number of tips and methods to assist you, the programmer, when accessing, inserting, or altering objects within an AD structure.

by Marcus Baker

When automated, "acceptance tests" are a powerful technique that helps to ensure delivery of requirements as well as to assure quality. The problem is that these tests can change data, send e-mails and so on. So, how do we test the whole system without affecting outside systems? Columnist Marcus Baker has the answer.