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 | From Scott Orgera, your About Programming Editor This week we teach you how to connect to MySQL in Android using a Web service, how to handle the negative aspects of Responsive Web Design, how to utilize CSS3 media queries, and how to ensure that your databases are HIPAA compliant... | |
Connecting to MySQL from Android
Connecting to a MySQL database in Android is very similar to doing it in iOS. The easiest and most common way to do so is to use a Web service. That is, to connect to server side script that does the actual database work. Also like in iOS, JSON is the easiest way to go about exchanging said data. Here is an activity that gets some JSON data, but doesn't do anything with it.
| Why is Open Source Software Free?
Do you believe that quality has to come with a high price tag? If you're faced with choosing between two things, do you automatically assume that the more expensive option is also the better one? And, when it comes to "free stuff," do you think that there's either got to be a catch or that stuff is free only when it's worthless? If so, it's time to learn about why (and how) open source software is free.
| CSS3 Media Queries
A media query consists of a media type and an optional expression to check for specific media features. Some of the features you can check for include: width, height, and color. For example, you can define a media type of screen and then set the media query to display different styles to a user agent that has a max-width of 320px so that smaller screens would get a different look and feel from larger ones... More about media queries
| RWD: Customer and Client Perceptions
Responsive Web Design or RWD is a powerful tool for Web designers who want to design websites that work on both mobile and computer environments. You see the buzzword all the time. Layouts and templates are labeled as "responsive" and you can't turn around without reading another article about it (including here!). But one thing you don't often read about are the negative aspects of this design tool. And, wonderful as it is, there are some problems that RWD either causes or simply can't solve.
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