How do apps like Apple's "Remote" app control mac applications and send data? is this via php with exec() commands or some other method? and how would I do it in c? Also, how fast is this rate of transfer (can I use it to send real-time data like streaming video or audio?) thanks to anyone who cares to enlighten me on this issue :-) ...
hello, I need a simple, lightweight authentication and data transfer mechanism (on .NET platform). I have looked a WCF and SOAP etc. they all seem too top-heavy and complicated for my needs. I need something simple and straight-forward leading me to a chat protocol like Jabber. My data-transfer is mostly small - example: user searches fo...
I am working on a project where I will have to regularly justify and explain my code and design decisions to team members who are not directly involved in the same area of the project as I am. How can I best explain my technical design decisions to team members in a different location? Are code walkthroughs worth the time for team memb...
What's the difference between the difference some of the Microsoft Unified Communication Products? Primarily Microsoft Office Live Meeting and Microsoft Office Communicator? The two seem very similar, but I don't quite know what each one is especially useful for. Or are they all integrated into one product, but marketed as different pro...
I would like to ask a question about network communication. The Question is: A server uses the socket interface on the Lunix platform, and a client uses Winock on the Windows platform. Can they communicate? Explain briefly. I guess the answer is NO. I guess it is due to the compatibility between 2 different socket interface?! Bu...
It seems to me that since Facebook is removing all application to user notifications(except facebook developed applications) that the application economy is going to become stagnate. How does it make sense to make all application to user communication be through proxy email or through a games dashboard that people have to bookmark your ...
I work in a small team (4-5 developers) on a single project. Every member of our team is developing a different functionality from our project and they are highly independent. In fact, some members use technologies that other member doesn't know about. It's still a single project and there a lot of common business logic in it. In additi...
Can anybody recommend some resources that discuss the common patterns found in communication protocol design and programming? For protocol design patterns, I'm thinking of things like how delimiters are used to mark the start/end of messages, using escaping so that a delimiter can appear within the message data, the pros/cons of variou...
I work with a team of several developers. We develop and maintain many different products which are related to our company. What are some good ways to share code that does common enterprise tasks such as logging, database access, XML handling, etc? We typically have several different versions of the same or similar classes/libraries...
HI! I want to interface PIC18F4550 with Java program and make it cross-platform initially. There are only one way I now Java has is javacomm. But i want it to be USB because not every laptop has RS232 port nowadays. Waht are the ways of interfacing PIC with Java you can suggest to make it really cross-platform and avoid writing driver fo...
I'm using FlashWindowEx to flash the taskbar icon of a .NET application. If I run the app from my local desktop, the flashing happens correctly, but if I'm running the application as a RemoteApp, the taskbar icon doesn't flash -- probably because the app is actually running on the server (even if it looks like it's running on your local ...
Question What programming terms have you coined that have taken off in your own circles (i.e. have heard others repeat it)? It might be within your own team, workplace or garnered greater popularity on the Internet. Directions Write your programming term, word or phrase in bold text followed by an explanation, citation and/or usage e...
Hi, I would like to learn how to use C# to establish wireless connecton, sending data, receiving data between PC and smart device. I know C# has socket namespace that I can use, and have seen examples on google, but the examples do not demonstrate communication between PC and device, mostly just web communication. So can anyone give m...
Do most of the popular iPhone apps that communicate with a back end Internet server communicate via web services? I was assuming this was the case. Some apps I'm thinking about would be: Facebook, Bloomberg, NY Times, ESPN, etc. ...
I have a hard time explaining code or different development paradigms such as design patterns, etc. In my mind, I know what I am talking about, but when I am explaining something I did to a senior or a peer, I feel I am not being as articulate and therefore not doing justice to them. Sometimes, I feel as if I am trying to hard to expla...
Hi, I need to send a write method as a string in C# to a com port. It should be enclosed btween stx and etx. e.g. serialPort1.write("02TY000D03") - where the 02 and 03 are stx and etx. Could someone provide a quick example please as I don't think the code above is correct? Many thanks Darren. ...
hello friends, I am working on a small MFC application..since am new to MFC I am not familiar with all the user controls and classes...anyways my question is "how to communicate between 2 dialog windows"..Normally in C# there will be a panel so we can hide and hold the data's in the forms respectively,but I am not sure,how w...
I want to communicate between two or more dialog windows,when i say communicate It means that I want to use the variables and functions in all dialog boxes with values updated.. So what I did is created three main Dialog boxes,Considering 1 dialog window as main window where it can have variables and functions and I created a pointer var...
I have two different applications and I am using GroupLab Networking to communicate between them. The idea is there is a shared dictionary and when something changes in this shared dictionary, the other application gets a notification. The notification part works. Here is the problem. I have the following code in the first application. ...
What is the nicest way to read the output (i.e. via System.out.println) of a Java app which is called from Python with subprocess.Popen("java MyClass", shell=True) without writing and reading a file? (Using Jython etc is not a possible solution) ...