Web Application Primer - The Dictator and the Database

April 22nd, 2007 : Austin Smith

Welcome back to my unauthorized look into the seedy underbelly of a web application. (did you miss part one?) Today: the database. The model. The schema. The sick, twisted, gang of data that lurks beneath the surface of nearly every web application. This isn’t for the faint of heart, so if you can’t bear to imagine your precious information being crammed feet-first into a database, I understand. Otherwise, read on for the thrilling story of a dictator with some complex data modeling issues. Read the rest of this entry »

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Coding in the 10th Dimension

April 8th, 2007 : David Carnes

Rob Bryanton has a great little Flash tutorial that supports his book Imagining the Tenth Dimension.

A great example of using tech to simplify the complex - the Flash tutorial quickly and clearly explains how to imagine the 4th through 10th dimension. Kid stuff really….

The site won a W3 gold award in 2006.

http://www.tenthdimension.com/medialinks.php

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