Month: January 2007

  • Ajax Widgets and Web Application Security

    I have recently had a requirement in a web application for a WYSIWYG editor as a textarea replacement. Having taken a quick look at some popular Ajax toolkits for the job, it seems that while they all perform to a greater or lesser extent as advertised, it seems that security issues, in particular XSS attacks, […]

  • Can it be done by Friday?

    The biggest problem I’ve encountered in the past is something that sends shivers down the spine of most IT professionals – the dreaded question of how long a piece of work is going to take. I’m not talking about quoting for year long projects – they’re a whole different kettle of fish – but about […]

  • When work goes live

    It’s great to see when your work finally gets up and running and people start using it. I’ve been doing some work on http://www.milkround.ie, a graduate recruitment website, for a little while now and the first draft version went up and had the kinks ironed out before Christmas. Now back from holidays, it’s good to […]