One of our clients recently asked us to review existing third-party payment processors, with an eye toward selecting one for integration with an existing web application we have developed for them. Here is a summary of our research. We started our search by reviewing payment processors that support recurring payments, since that feature seems to be of critical importance to the overall solution. In other words, we don’t want a user to enter their credit card info every time that they purchase a service. To that end, here are some online resources we reviewed…
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We were recently asked by a client to recommend a load testing tool for a web-based application that Finite Wisdom had developed for them. We narrowed our search among the many alternatives by using a specific set of criteria. This served to narrow our search down to three alternatives: LoadView, LoadNinja, and Loader. Let’s look at each of those three more closely.
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From the publisher: What's the best approach for developing an application with JavaScript? This book helps you answer that question with numerous JavaScript coding patterns and best practices. If you're an experienced developer looking to solve problems related to objects, functions, inheritance, and other language-specific categories, the abstractions and code templates in this guide are ideal.
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