This is exactly why software reuse doesn't happen often enough. I took a class in Software Reuse and Design and I paid attention long enough to gain the following two insights:
1. Software reuse is hard
2. It only happens if people want it to happen
You can build a completely usable system which enables effective software reuse and thus reduces development time, but it won't do a thing for productivity if no one wants to use it.
Companies can foster an environment of reuse, which helps with Number 2. Number 1? We didn't find a way around that one.
Well put, but you forgot one important note: end users can turn off Javascript, rendering any error checking done client-side worthless.
Furthermore, malicious users can attack your site with handcrafted HTTP requests, so server-side security is of paramount importance. Here are a couple examples:
Slashdot Mirror
I wonder how well "Pickle Matrix" translates in Arabic.
This is exactly why software reuse doesn't happen often enough. I took a class in Software Reuse and Design and I paid attention long enough to gain the following two insights:
1. Software reuse is hard
2. It only happens if people want it to happen
You can build a completely usable system which enables effective software reuse and thus reduces development time, but it won't do a thing for productivity if no one wants to use it.
Companies can foster an environment of reuse, which helps with Number 2. Number 1? We didn't find a way around that one.
I was being just a tad sarcastic.
XMLHttpRequest? Never heard of it.
Well put, but you forgot one important note: end users can turn off Javascript, rendering any error checking done client-side worthless.
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Furthermore, malicious users can attack your site with handcrafted HTTP requests, so server-side security is of paramount importance. Here are a couple examples:
http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/sigs.cgi?sid=1080
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/6S00O1561M
Here's the google search:
http://www.google.com/search?hs=hNY&hl=en&lr=&saf
It was these arrows that saved a man from a traffic ticket: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/20/180231 &tid=133&tid=217&tid=1
I believe IE 6 doesn't support 24-bit PNGs.
At least he's not asking how to build his own motherboard...
playing doom 3 online while sitting in the debate hall. either that or downloading porn.