Best Blogs for Software Architecture
What are the best blogs for topics related to software architecture concepts, as opposed to low-level programming concepts? ...
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How to get started in operating system development
One thing I've always wanted to do is develop my very own operating system (not necessarily fancy like Linux or Windows, but better than a simple boot loader which I've already done). I'm having a hard time finding resources/guides that take you past writing a simple "Hello World" OS. I know lots of people will probably recommend I l...
Direct TCP/IP connections in P2P apps
From a Joel's post on Copilot: Direct Connect! We’ve always done everything we can to make sure that Fog Creek Copilot can connect in any networking situation, no matter what firewalls or NATs are in place. To make this happen, both parties make outbound connections to our server, which relays traffic on their behal...
Task Schedulers
Had an interesting discussion with some colleagues about the best scheduling strategies for realtime tasks, but not everyone had a good understanding of the common or useful scheduling strategies. For your answer, please choose one strategy and go over it in some detail, rather than giving a little info on several strategies. If you ha...
Hidden Features of ASP.NET
There are always features that would be useful in fringe scenarios, but for that very reason most people don't know them. I am asking for features that are not typically taught by the text books. What are the ones that you know? ...
C# Unsafe/Fixed Code
Can someone give an example of a good time to actually use "unsafe" and "fixed" in C# code? I've played with it before, but never actually found a good use for it. Consider this code... fixed (byte* pSrc = src, pDst = dst) { //Code that copies the bytes in a loop } compared to simply using... Array.Copy(source, target, source.L...
Where are static variables stored (in C/C++)?
In what segment (.BSS, .DATA, other) of an executable file are static variables stored so that they don't have name collision? For example: foo.c: bar.c: static int foo = 1; static int foo = 10; void fooTest() { void barTest() { static int bar = 2; static int bar = 20; foo...
Help needed for extending Asp.Net
As most of you would know, if I drop a file named app_offline.htm in the root of an asp.net application, it takes the application offline as detailed here. You would also know, that while this is great, IIS actually returns a 404 code when this is in process and Microsoft is not going to do anything about it as mentioned here. Now, sin...
Hidden features of Perl?
What are some really useful but esoteric language features in Perl that you've actually been able to employ to do useful work? Guidelines: Try to limit answers to the Perl core and not CPAN Please give an example and a short description Hidden Features also found in other languages' Hidden Features: (These are all from Corion's a...
Custom swing component - Turning a node into text
I'm writing a custom swing component (something completely new, but think JTree or JList). I'm trying to follow the general design of JTree, JTable, JList etc for consistency (I've also seen various poor 3rd party components abandon the separable model and/or renderer approach). So, I have a model full of nodes, the component itself and...
Moss 2007: Change Label of Search Option (Advanced Search)
Hi there, I've created a custom search page with some defined options in my search scope. I have a metadata mapped (jobtitle), and added the search option to my custom search. I want to change my managed name to jobtitle, because title doesn't hit the dutch word for jobtitle. I changed the managed name to "jobtitle", after applying ...
Increment version number in advanced installer
I read a little of the help for my advanced installer 6.5.1 and couldn't find a way to change the version string except by hand. ...
Best Practices for Robustness
I just came across this question about initializing local variables. Many of the answers debated simplicity/readability vs. robustness. As a developer of (remotely deployed) embedded systems, I always favor robustness and tend to follow several seemingly conflicting rules: Handle every error to the best of your ability in a way that ...
Very Advanced Javascript WYSIWYG editor
I need a solution where a user could enter the URL of a web page in my system. The page would load, and then the user could click a certain section that he wants to change. So basically what I need is, a way to display a web page inside my app (could possibly be done with frames but I'd prefer not to have a horizontal scroll bar), and th...
Flex : Displaying the Advanced DataGrid data in Pages
I have a flex application where Im displaying login data using an advanced datagrid. Is it possible to show the data in this advanced datagrid, by a page wise way? if so do you have any sample coding to do this. thanks ...
Advanced Search option Programatically Sharepoint Search
I am using object code model to retrieve search result from sharepoint search..Can any one suggest how do i put advanced search option for my search.Do object code model has the feature to perform advanced search. ...
What's the best way to resolve a combinatorial explosion of interactions?
One of the things I'm working on right now has some similarities to a game. For purposes of illustration, I'm going to explain my problem using an example drawn from a fictitious, hypothetical game. Let's call it DeathBlaster 4: The Deathening. In DB4, you have a number of Ship objects which periodically and randomly encounter Phenomena...
What is a good book for learning advanced WPF material?
I've been dabbling with WPF for about 6 months now and I'm pretty confident with 90% of the Framework. I read WPF Unleashed by Adam Nathan,cover to cover, twice, to get up to speed but now I'm ready for something more advanced. Can anyone recommend a good advanced WPF book as a next step? Thanks in advance. ...
List of Advanced ASP.NET & AJAX Books
I have read both beginner and intermediate books, and I am now looking for expert books written for ASP.NET(2 or 3.5) or AJAX. Do you have any suggestions for some free resources? ...
How do I add syntactic sugar in my Javascript library?
Right now the library can translate this operation Select * from List where name = k% order by desc to List.filter(function(x) { return x.first_char() == 'k' }).sort().reverse()); Whats the best hack to remove the () so that the developer can write statements like: List.filter(fn(x) { return x.first_char == 'k' }).sort.reverse; ...