I would be interested in looking at a list of projects that did and did not do unit testing, and other forms of regression testing, to see how those companies turned out. All test infected developers know it saves them time, but it would be interesting to what correlation there is between code quality/test coverage and business success....
It should also allow customers to make patches to the software and exchange patched with other customers. And the developing company should be able to hold all the rights on source code and on all accepted patches. ...
This is probably subjective as it is a dilemma between what is good for you and what is good for your customer, but I as a programmer, would really like to know what is the commonly accepted way of doing this. I will keep these answers to my question in mind for future projects. I've personally never sold any of my work using a set rate...
I have an existing enterprise Java application with several layers including a web services facade over a Java services layer over a domain layer over a data access layer. The system currently has not GUI. The clients of this system currently are (simply) other composite web services based applications. I am somewhat new to the whole ...
Background: There are a couple of concerns that are not core business for us. They are essential to our core business, but we have no business writing on our own, in terms of manpower, time, and expertise. I am familiar and very comfortable with some open-source implementations, using closed-source-friendly licenses, that could fill thes...
I know,time restriction implementation as adopted on stackoverflow.com is a way to fight flooding. But sometimes I really want to input another message soon after I input a previous one and I want to wait until the time restriction is lifted. Is there other elegant way to fight flooding? ...
Dear Community, I need a bit of web software (ideally Open Source) that will manage my business -i.e invoices, accounts, clients, contacts, time spent on work, notes, diary. Any ideas ? ...
I just received an initial job offer for a contract position as a PHP developer. I have never had a contract position before, so I don't know what the implications of this are, and how it differs from a salaried position with benefits. =/ What are some things that I should be aware of before accepting the contract position? (i.e. taxes,...
I'm looking for recommendations for vendors - quite possibly start-ups - who can help with two challenging requirements for an app I'm building right now. We're really open to new and innovative solutions to these two challenges. I've got a lot of control in terms of dictating choice of browser, selection of hardware, and even choice of ...
as of this moment, huge database of iPhone users might be a main reason to write for iPhone. but in future, android & others might really take off. So in your opinion, what is the most profitable device to write for? and if you have generated some income based on it, do share with us if you don't mind! for me, i have recently started pr...
Let's say you are designing a web application for internal business use. Should a page be designed to not scroll, and either use paging or have scrollable sub-sections (tables, grids, etc) or is it better to allow the page to simple scroll. What happens when you have a long page that requires a Save/Cancel button or other such buttons. ...
I am looking for a free database (csv, tab delimited, xml, etc) or even a web service or API which will allow me to query for business listings within a certain distance of a latitude and longitude. A global scope would be perfect, but I would settle for Canada/US information. Does anyone know of anything like this? ...
Hi All, I have an XML file <searchResponse requestID=“500” status=“success”> <pso> <psoID ID=“770e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655448549” targetID=“mezeoAccount”/> <data> <email>[email protected]</email> <quotaMeg>100</quotaMeg> <quotaUsed>23</quotaUsed> <realm>Meze...
I'm working on a large program which has an abstracted GUI API. It is very GUI based, many dialogs and a few nasty features which rely heavily on the message flow of the GUI (correct sequences of focus/mouse/active handling etc.) - not easy to port I now want to port it from the currently used FOX Toolkit to native Cocoa/MFC. I give my...
Hi everybody. Can I use Microsoft Sharepoint for implementing business proceses without writing code and without any knowledge about web development and database design? ...
I want to try custom code, this is for my uni project. What if I have Tables - UserCar, CarMake, and CarModel. UserCar - userId, carId, carMakeId, CarModelId CarMake - CarMakeId, MakeName CarModel - CarModelId, ModelName So I want to display on the page User car, using 3 layer architecture. So how do I map this tables??? to busine...
I have an idea for a mobile application (initially targeting iPhone but would like to target others in the future) and am trying to decide the best way to package/sell the product. For lack of a better term, the app would be a "platform" that potential clients could use to create their own branded application. There will be a server-side...
You work for a company for a few months. You are working with a new application by yourself, application which is nicely built, that has a nice database, everything tied up together with constraints, foreign keys, etc. Suddenly you are asked to integrate your application to a very messy database. Messy in the level of: Not having a si...
We are trying to get Resharper introduced to our company but it would have to be for all developers. Management want us to justify the cost with a business case. I am unsure how to go about getting proof that Resharper will benefit the business. What kind of statistics can you get from it? Any help with this would be appreciated. ...
What is business object? In a school management application, what is said to be an business object? Is there any software packages available to create a business objects ...