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Moving from being a C# "Programmer" to a .net "Developer"

I've been coding in C# for a while, A little over a year professionally, but I think I'm ready to learn more about the CLI and the .net framework, learning about things such as assembly versioning, deployment, CIL, and tons of things I'm sure I'm not even aware I don't know. Any good books or other resources? ...

Web Development Version Control - Multiple Versions

I'd like to hear how other web developers manage their websites over the life of the project. For example I have several sites I've been developing for several years where a "version" could be a completely separate code base. So version 1.0 might be straight html and version 2.0 might be a symfony app. There is also the issue of tho...

iphone developer program: does it require a business license?

Sorry, this is not programming related but I still think its important. I know that for a company of 2 people or more the program requires a business license. Is it the same requirement for an individual developer releasing an application? ...

How do you update yourself or learn further?

Being a relatively new developer I was curious how professionals update their skills or just learn new things with technologies they already know. I personally so far have found that I can only learn something either from work, personal projects, or searching online something that randomly pops into my head. I've tried books, but it di...

Is there a crowdfunding web service for programmers?

Just wonder if there is a kind of www.sellaband.com for developers. Imagine you are running a small web service as your hobby with a bunch of happy users. Now those are asking for a new feature which will take you 400$ to implement based on your hourly rate. You want to answer: Just go to this site, invest some money in my feature fund...

Real world productivity gains of C# vs. C++

Freeing developers from dealing with memory management has been touted as one of the principal advantages of managed code languages such as C#. Are there any studies/real-world examples of actual productivity gains of developing commercial applications in C# vs. C++? ...

iPhone developer certificate

I have a problem after upgrading my iPhone SDK 3.0. Xcode does not get the developer certificate, but it's in the key chain. ...

What is an FE Developer?

I just got a job offer to be a FE Developer, but I've never heard of that term before. Strong HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, XSL skills required. I consider myself proficient in all of those fields except for XSL and I've never heard of that term before. Can anyone enlighten me? ...

Registering as iPhone Developer

Hi, tried to register myself as iPhone Developer. I have already an iTunes Account. Got to this page: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/index.action# but dont know what to do next. I dont want to download anything at the moment. Do I have to? Is the registration process completed now and they will take the money from my credit card? ...

Am I too old to became software developer?

I'm 34 years old. Have I any chance to became a good programmer and to start a career as a software developer if this is new for me? ...

Step/Debug Android built-in applications

I have downloaded the Android source code and can see the java source files for the built-in applications (e.g. com.android.contacts.ContactsListActivity). I am trying to discover how these applications re-use one another via Intents etc. I would also like to see how the UI layouts are assembled for these applications as a design for m...

Live element attribute editing in IE7

Is there anything for IE that would allow me to edit attributes of DOM elements live, like Firebug does for Firefox? So far, I have only found DOM inspectors - Developer Toolbar, DebugBar, Firebug Lite. None of them allow editing the elements, only looking up/highlighting them :( ...

Engineer versus Developer

I'm interested in knowing if there is an actual difference between a developer and an engineer. More recently, I've become indifferent to the language I am using versus the problem I am solving. Is this a key characteristic of an engineer? What are some other characteristics? Is there even really a difference? Is it wrong to suggest a di...

Animation With View

It's possible to set an animation with multiple view? usually i set up an animation with a code like this: NSArray * imageArray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects: [UIImage imageNamed:@"1.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"2.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"3.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"4.png"], [UIImage imageNamed:@"5.png"...

Hiring Software Developers for Testing Positions

Would you hire a software developer/engineer for software testing position? If so, why? What are the pros and cons for hiring development engineer as test engineer? ...

Why We Don't Have Many Objective-C Developers On Windows

Hello, I'm beginning in Objective-C development and as i can see in the development blogs(about Objective-C) all they use Mac and some use Linux, but why we don't have many Objective-C developers on Windows, since Objective-C is a very good and easy language? ...

How do I move from being a software developer to being a software architect?

I mean... Should I start programming less and designing more? Should I stop reading programming books, and start reading more books about pattern designs, etc? Should I stop focusing primarily on Microsoft technologies and open up my horizons with other technologies (in order to get a broader perspective)? How should I change my min...

What is a .NET developer?

Hello everyone, I have been noticing that some software engineering jobs are asking for .NET developers, but I have never been given a definition (formal or informal) of what experience is required to be able to call yourself a .NET developer. I have taken a couple classes where we needed to make Windows Forms every other week using Vi...

How to integrate SQL Server 2005 Express Edition to Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition

Hi. I use Visual Web Developer Express Edition 2008 and SQL Server 2008 Express edition. I have finished a project recently. But many of hosting firms don't have SQL Server 2008. So i decided to uninstall SQL Server 2008 and install SQL Server 2005. Then I would reproduce my database. I uninstalled SQL Server 2008, installed SQL Server 2...

Rational Application Developer freezes when opening XML files

When I try to edit an XML file in the XML Editor of Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software version 7.5.4, the program becomes unresponsive. title bar has "(Not Responding)" appended to it menu bar disappears cursor switches to hourglass window can be dragged and it gets repainted normally window can be minimized and rest...