Tag: LFY May 2011
Securing Database Servers
With the ever-expanding data requirements for Web applications, database administrators often configure security parameters at the OS and database layer. Unfortunately, administrators seldom consider...
Joy of Programming: The ‘Broken Window’ Theory
It is common to see software projects fail. One important cause is 'design and code rot'. In this article, let's try understanding the causes,...
Exploring Software: ZODB, a NoSQL Database
Let's explore how to use ZODB, a NoSQL database, from Python, with an example that stores and retrieves 'album' and 'track' data from the database.
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CodeSport
Welcome to CodeSport! In this month's column, we continue our discussion on memory access errors.
In last month's column, we had discussed a set of...
