contract

Web Service contract without implementation specific information

I have to define a web service contract that afterwards will be used by different software suppliers to implement their servers and clients. I tried to do it defining classes, making a WCF service and using it to autogenerate WSDL document. The problem with this approach is that inside WSDL there are some specifics concerning binding an...

Getting the contract

Is there a way to get a contract from a running service programatically? I want to compare the contract of a running service from a referenced contract in the client side. For example I have two instances of Service1 running on different machines that has different implementations. They both have a contract named IService1 but differe...

Scrum - Responding to traditional RFPs

Hi all, I've seen many articles about how to put together Agile RFP's and negotiating agile contracts, but how about if you're responding to a more traditional RFP? Any advice on how to meet the requirements of the RFP while still presenting an agile approach? A lot of these traditional RFP's request specific technical implementations...

NullReference Exception is thrown while getting a callback channel

Hi! I am trying to get along with WCF's duplex contracts. A code from this article (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms731184.aspx) ICalculatorDuplexCallback callback = null; callback = OperationContext.Current.GetCallbackChannel(); throws a NullReferenceException. So how can i manage this? Thanks for your attention! ...

Which 3rd party Code-by-Contract library is most like MS's .NET 4.0 library?

I want to jump into coding by contract. I got VS2010 (with the C# 4.0 compiler) but I have to target the 3.5 framework. What 3rd party code by contract library has classes and interface the most like the .NET 4.0 ones? ...

Development contract boilerplate?

Wish me luck! I'm starting out a private development company with a couple of colleagues! :) Now I would like to have all the right contracts to present to my clients. That is, a contract authorizing beginning of the design phase at an hourly rate, then a contract to prepend to the technical spec for the fixed price development porti...

Unit tests - The benefit from unit tests with contract changes?

Recently I had an interesting discussion with a colleague about unit tests. We were discussing when maintaining unit tests became less productive, when your contracts change. Perhaps anyone can enlight me how to approach this problem. Let me elaborate: So lets say there is a class which does some nifty calculations. The contract says t...

Do I Own the Source Code?

If I pay someone to write some software for me and our contract doesn't specify, do I own the rights to the source code, or does the company who wrote the software? Who does the intellectual property belong to in this situation? I'm specifically interested in the answer as it applies in the United Kingdom. ...

Contract for partnering with a client

Does anyone know of a good contract template that would be appropriate for partnering with a client? For example, I am creating a web based application with a client that will help guide the development. The application is owned solely by my company but, in exchange for their help, my client will get the application for free in perpetu...

should a contract draft be reviewed?

in software engineering should a contract draft be reviewed by software developers? or it should be left to legal department and to management? ...

In Ruby, what is the equivalent to an interface in C#?

Hi, I'm currently trying to learn Ruby and I'm trying to understand more about what it offers in terms of encapsulation and contracts. In C# a contract can be defined using an interface. A class which implements the interface must fulfil the terms within the contract by providing an implementation for each method and property (and mayb...

eXtreme Design-by-Contract with Java, other than XINS?

Are there any technical Design-by-Contract solutions for Java projects similar to XINS? I'm looking for projects/frameworks that enforce developers to first author a contract for their application and then code within the boundaries of that contract, really using the contract to the full potential. I'm looking for something that, like XI...

What's the legal age to start signing freelancing contracts?

Currently I'm 16 and going on 17 in October. For the past year or so, I haven't been working without contracts because most of my work is local. Now, I'm receiving clients from not-so-local places (not in my state to be specific). Is there a legal age for me to begin creating and signing contracts for freelance work?—If not, is there an...

WCF Large interface at a single endpoint address

I have a wcf service that exposes quite a large number of service methods on a single endpoint address. Up to now, all service methods are implemented in a single service contract class. This service contract class implements several service contract interfaces. Now I would like to split the implementation of of the service contract meth...

Setting up contracts for Paid App ?

Hello, I'm trying to setup a contract in iTunes Connect, but all I have is the free contract. I don't have the option to setup a new contract. Anyone any ideas why ? Stephen ...

Programming != Job Description

I'm currently in a situation where many people on here likely find themselves: I love to program, I do a lot of fun side projects, but it is not my profession. I work as an Electrical Engineering project manager, but at one point I wrote a software application that solved a tricky signal processing problem early in my career. Now the c...

Passing data into a callback, is data guaranteed to be received?

Hello, my question is: having a piece of code like that (communication via callback contract) private void BroadcastMessage(DataEventArgs e) { DataEventHandler temp = DataEvent; if (temp != null) { foreach (DataEventHandler handler in temp.GetInvocationList()) { handler.BeginInvoke(this, e, EndAs...

Valid format for "Address Line 1" in iTunes Contract info

Hello. iTunes connect requires tax contract for Paid Application. I do have one. I've passed the procedure of joining to Apple Developer Program, Apple's accepted my credit card. Now my first app is in status of "pending contract" and when i'm trying to submit my contract request the system displays message: The address entered appears ...

Why is PHP so popular in contract work?

I've decided I'm going to learn the skills to make websites with the hopes of maybe doing contract work one day. Currently I'm dabbling with Django, but I get the impression that most contract work is done in PHP. Why is that? ...

How to enforce interface contracts (in C) at compile time?

Background: We're modeling the firmware for a new embedded system. Currently the firmware is being modeled in UML, but the code generation capabilities of the UML modeling tool will not be used. Target language will be C (C99, to be specific). Low power (i.e. performance, quick execution) and correctness are important, but correctnes...