development

What are the steps in licensing a library ?

I wrote a library and I would like to make it open-source, but I am afraid of others stealing it and taking ownership of it. I am very new to licensing software. What should I do and what are the steps in licensing my software. ...

iPhone Development - Another question on resizng UILabel & custom UITableViewCell

Hi folks, I've used following function in some of my projects, but recently I've created a small example which suggest that it's not reliable (at least in some situations): [NSString sizeWithFont:font constrainedToSize:size] [NSString sizeWithFont:font constrainedToSize:size lineBreakMode:lineBreak] I created a custom UITableViewCel...

How Configure Hibernate for develop Test

Hi every One, we are 9 programmer work on java Web application use hibernate framework, but we have problem by running(in run mode, debug mode) project each time we want test the project we must wait for Hibernate to create SessionFactory and all Relational Query! what should i do that Hibernate Work faster? ...

How to check and access javadoc/source for Maven Artifacts

I am writing a Maven plugin which needs to check if a certain project dependency has javadocs and sources available... and if so, would like to download them and archive them on a server. I cannot find out how to check if the javadocs and source are available or how to access them if they are. Any help would be appreciated. ...

Perl compared to Java

For programming tasks that need to be developed quick how does Perl compare to Java? How about as far as speed, would Perl be much slower than Java? Whenever I need to program something quick I use Java. All the available libraries and built in goodness make Java pretty nice in my eyes. But there's a lot of people that swear by perl. In...

What's the difference between managing "product development" and "software development"

I would like to know, from your expertise, what you consider to be the main differences and/or similarities of managing the development of products and software in large teams. By products, I'm referring to physical engineered objects like a printer, cellphone, car. It's my assumption that both go through a similar cycle of: feature ...

Linux Makefile structure and documentation

Hello, I'm new to Linux development, 'make' seems to be the standard for building applications. I'm having difficulties understanding the structure of a makefile. Please, can you point me to good resource or documentation to look at ? ...

Whats wrong with this array? Whenever I run the action it locks up.

Why isn't this code working? The app loads fine, however whenever I press the button the application locks up (doesn't crash) and returns me to Xcode and there is a red arrow pointing to one of the lines (Indicated on the line below). I also get three warnings (not errors), one says 'NSMutableArray' may not respond to '-objectAt:' and t...

Collaborative Development Overview Diagram

I am going to be implementing a development environment for some young developers and I am looking for a diagram to describe the ideal programming environment. Basically what I am setting up is an environment that consists of the following pieces IDE (Eclipse) Local Development Environment (XAMPP/MAMP) Repository (SVN) Test Environmen...

Why is the Eclipse IDE getting slower?

I have downloaded the latest Eclipse IDE, Galileo, and tested it to see if it good for developing web applications in Java. I have also tried the Ganymede version of Eclipse and find that is it also good. My Problem is that sometimes it hangs and stops responding while I am developing. Sometimes when I open a file, Eclipse hangs and doe...

Software Development - would you ever refer to it as an art?

For an aspiring theatre actor, making it to broadway probably represents success. For a karate newbie, achieving a black belt, probably means everything. As a passionate programmer who just doesn't code for a living... for whom life without computers (I guess programmer is the wrong word here - a geek maybe?) is unimaginable - What shou...

What should I do to develop a well structed C++ program?

Right now, I want to develop a C++ program. And the UI design is the difficult issue. my question is: 1. is there any good practice for developing a well structed c++ program ? 2. is there any good practice for developing UI in c++? 3. I usually heard of Activex in C++, can it use to encapsulate a UI, and is good for maintain after sof...

How can I order the list in LuceneSearch according to number of hits.

Hi All, I am using Lucene Search to get the articles that are matching the search text. Is there any way to get them in ascending order of number of hits in the Article. Example: If my search text is stack and in first Article there are two occurrences of the word stack and in the second Article there are three occurrences of stack the...

Simultaneous C++ development on Linux and Windows

We have a handful of developers working on a non-commercial (read: just for fun) cross-platform C++ project. We've already identified all the cross-platform libraries we'll need. However, some of our developers prefer to use Microsoft Visual C++ 2008, others prefer to code in Emacs on GNU/Linux. We're wondering if it is possible for all...

IIS7 - Password Protect Development Server

Hi, I have a development server running IIS 7.0 with an ASP.NET MVC Web Application, that authenticates using Forms Authentication/Membership. I need to be able to prevent unauthorized users from viewing this site. Our customers however should be able to enter a simple username/password to gain access. After they do so, they should ...

Should you code to protect your application from bad coders?

It's no question that we should code our applications to protect themselves against malicious, curious, and/or careless users, but what about from current and/or future colleagues? For example, I'm writing a web-based API that accepts parameters from the user. Some of these parameters may map to values in a configuration file. If the ...

Is there any BlackBerrry development books or sample apps available?

Hi, I want to write a BlackBerry mobile application. I've noticed that the information for developing BlackBerry apps is obscure compared to the iPhone. The samples on the BlackBerry site don't have examples that utilize the most common form objects besides lables and buttons. Does anyone know any other sites with BlackBerry Sample...

Math needed for software dev jobs

Possible Duplicates: Is mathematics necessary for programming? Do you have to be good at math to be a good programmer? Hello everyone! I am still in my last 2 years of highschool, but I plan to go to a technical school for software development. I want to know what kind of math is required for the job? I have done Algebra, Geom...

SVG images in an iPhone application

Hi all, I'm looking for a small tutorial that can help me use svg images in iphone application. I'm trying to learn about svg format, and would love to know if there is relevant material from apple out there? particularly, w.r.t. iPhone. Are there any open source libraries, or frameworks in iPhone SDK 3.0+ for SVG? Any help is appreci...

What should a teen dev do for practical experience in development?

What should a teen dev do for practical experience? If you want more details , then read on: I learnt programming when I was 9 , with GWBASIC (which I now hate) , which was what was taught @ school. That was done in a month. After that I learnt C++ and relearnt it (as I didn't know of templates and the STL before that) Recently I learnt...