What is the total number of software developers in the world? And to respond to the inevitable "How do you define a software developer?" -- I'll answer two ways: Define it as "Anyone who writes code to make a computer do something he wants done". Define it however you like and then answer the question References to studies or more a...
Hi, I have taken on the task of bettering the communication between our company employees by offering them a blog-like site and a forum. I thought that people could post articles on the blog-frontpage and ask technical and product related questions in the forum section. We have a MS Sharepoint site, but I don't feel it has the same pub...
Hello, today I was looking for a free collaborative code editor for Mac OS X, I don't really need it but I find the idea pretty charming. So I want to know you opinion about that: is there someone in real world who is using a collaborative code editor and gets some benefits out of it? ...
Any good research papers that you studied in school which you found to be interesting, you applied? ...
I've developed a set of small utility classes (a simple markup parser). I'd like to post them online somewhere, both to solicit potential critiques of the code and to make it available in case someone else has use of it. I've looked at RefactorMyCode.com, but it doesn't seem to be well suited to posting code that spans multiple classes...
I'm working on a Django-based web app in which the community fuels the content on the site, much like a wiki. Content is in the form of HTML, and users have total freedom to fork articles/chapters or make their own modifications to existing ones and add them to the current 'working version'. The maintainer of each article/chapter (the or...
I want to set up an opensource community project in .NET, how do I go about it? ...
I'm setting up a niche community web site, I expect it to have a few hundred users to start, probably the maximum would be 1000-2000. Most of my experience has been with the ASP.Net/SQL Server world. I'd like to know which low-cost or free user forum software is best, preferably one that could be fairly easily installed by someone with...
I've been building web sites off an on for about 10 years. 2 years ago I started using ASP.Net. I'm working on 2 projects right now, one using ASP.Net MVC and the other using Java / JSF / Spring / Hibernate. I've also used other frameworks (cgi/perl, php, ASP, jsp, jsf). What do you think is the most productive programming environment...
I've tried RSS feeds, but these always-updating sites that have tons of entries per day just fill up my poor reader. I do keep my Google Reader, I monitor quite a few feeds, but they are all (with the exception of Lifehacker and icanhascheezburger) feeds that have at most one or two entries per day. Right now, I keep a bookmark in my to...
For community websites like Facebook, myspace, etc.. They have a feature called "Friendship", means you can add friends, send "add friends request", etc.. How to structure it in database? I means, what tables required? What are the columns for each table required? ...
I'm just preparing a local Java User Group meeting to take place in a meeting room provided by my employer so that is how this question came up... Some companies sponsor conferences, some hire open source developers etc but are there any other ways of supporting local developer community? ...
When programmers versed in a wide variety of languages are discussing the merits of an algorithm expressed in pseudocode, and the talk turns to efficiency, how much should be assumed about the performance of ultimate the language? For example, when I see something like: add x to the list of xs I see an O(1) operation (cons), while so...
I often find myself detached from the programming community and I generally find out about all the "cool" things that are happening after they have already happened. So my question is how do you stay connected and up to date with the programming community? Podcasts, blogs, meet ups, conventions, twitter, talking with your co-workers what...
Hi, Does anyone know a community where one might find answers relating to printer driver programming? I know it's a bit general, but I'm stuck with a particular SDK and the manual is just really bad. For reference, I'm working with an Epson SDK, and I can't seem to find the a "developer's forum" on their website anywhere. Please don'...
I'm evaluating DotNetNuke for a project in which an offshore team is going to be doing the development. In short, the application will be a community blogging platform with many similarities to stackoverflow except no questions, just posts. Posts may include an image or video, tags, use info, title, body, community vote (up or down) comm...
QUESTION: What are some best practices for building a community site? I LOVE StackOverflow. This is what I think of when I think of an online community. I have an idea for a website that educators could use. (High School Teachers, Curriculum Reviewers, College Professors, etc...) I want to build a community site simular to StackOverfl...
I've just started learning Java as part of my uni course, and am so far really liking it. I did a quick search to try and find a Java Community online, but haven't really had any luck. I was looking for something along the lines of gotoandlearn.com and www.kirupa.com like the flash communities have. Can anyone recommend a good starting...
Duplicate: Is there anywhere that lists open source projects looking for contributors? Where to go to browse for open source projects to work on? Where to find like-minded FOSS developers? Best Open Source Project Hosting Site and a gazillion others I'm looking for a website or on-line resource that I can use to find ...
I have an interesting idea for a new programming language. It's based on a new programming paradigm that I've been working out in my head for some time. I finally got around to start working on a basic parser and interpreter for it a few weeks ago. I want my new language to be successful and I want to eventually create a community arou...