I'm working in a team environment where each developer works from their local desktop and deploys to a virtual machine that they own on the network. What I'm trying to do is set up the Visual Studio solution so that when they build the solution each projects deployment is handled in the post-build event to that developers virtual machin...
Looking for good techniques to justify "great than normal" machine for developers. The company I work for buys the same underpowered $500 dollar systems for everyone, and looking for ways to prove ROI or arguments to use. Sorry, I didn't say this in the initial question, the stack is VS 2008, SQL 2005/2008. As duties dictate we are SQ...
Programming has given me a lot of bad habits and it continues to give me more everyday. But I have also gotten some bad habits from the mindset that I have put myself in. There simply are some things that are deeply rooted in my nature, though some of them I wish I could get rid of. A few: Looking for polymorphism, inheritance and pat...
My company wants to make some serious applications on the Mac, but we're having a hard time finding experienced mac developers. We're talking Objective-C Cocoa native stuff here. What's the best way to get them? Remote employees? From where? Contract workers or companies? Who? ...
What is the greenfield language of business choice today, assuming: no legacy applications to integrate with time to market is high priority reusability is high priority Size and maturity of developer pool is very relevant Would outsourcing be relevant in the choice? Is hardware platform (and associated cost) relevant? ...
Have an older co-worker who has been a programmer for about a year here, and just can't seem to break out of the code-by-the-seat-of-his-pants mentality. Is there a good way to help, or after a year of not taking advice is it best to give up? ...
There is a guy I work with who has been tasked with getting a grid hooked up to a database. There has been some problem with the performance of the built-in grid and we are looking for alternative solutions. I have suggested (and my manager has backed me up) that we try testing 3rd party grids such as Infragistics, XCeed, Telerik, or a...
I have been playing with the idea of working from wherever I happen and want to be. Every now and then there is a need to change the scenery. So far I have done that simply by finding a job and relocating from country to another inside Europe. Luckily, this is pretty straightforward inside EU for an IT professional with some experience...
Do game developers get paid better than conventional application programmers working in products or services based companies ? I could be totally wrong here , I think it takes a lot more to be a game developer than a web developer (for example) who's just writing UIs and server side code and little bit of business logic if the dog is a...
We are designing our office right now and want to know what stuff you guys really care about or started loving in your office. So - What are your must-haves for a developers office? What things can't you live without? ...
Any suggestions for concentrating on the relevant topics? ...
I've been a developer all my life, and my brain works in ways that make sense to a developer. I'm interested in creating tangible, physical items using electronic circuits. I'm finding the following problems with much of the material I find: I can learn all about the physical nature of capacitors, resistors, etc., but I'm lacking the...
Simple one! What are the top developer sites you visit, and why? (aside from SO, obviously!) I'm excluding individual blogs from this question - as that topic has already been covered. ...
How many of you programmers (I assume almost everyone here at Stackoverflow is) has a blog on your website in support of your software? How often do you write? What do you write about? Do you talk about competitor programs? Do you give away plans of new features that you are adding? Are you worried your competitors will read you blog an...
I'm specifically talking about interviewing for a position for a very experienced and competent C++/C#/Java systems developer, not a html, javascript web developer position. In my experience nervousness is often not a good indicator, because many good developers get very nervous under pressure, so what is a good indicator? Hmmm... so...
If you come across - Linus presentation about git - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8, he not only presented git well. He also commands everything (respect, technology, competitors) even as a developer. Whenever I feel low, I watch that video. It really motivates me, though it was not his intention. I learn lot of lesson, give ...
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...
I'm looking for advice on how to give a junior developer a chance to gain experience on a big project with tight deadlines without hurting the timeline. If we all know it will take a little longer with the developer because of less experience, then what is the best way to give them a portion of the project and spread the risk? Giving the...
I'm moving to a small town (Panama City, Florida) at some point in the future. I've found a Linux user group, and a .Net user group, but I'd like to spend my time outside of the office learning about Python, Android, JQuery -- mostly things that aren't owned by .Net. I'm debating trying to start another user group of some sort there, ...
My company sells developer tools. As a developer myself, it is hard not to assume that what is important to me is important to many other developers: In our case, the thing we lack the most is time. So, I'm willing to spend money on things like Microsoft Team Foundation Server which integrates well with Visual Studio and handles variou...