development

Is Scrum effective on a team where all of its members are amateurs?

We have proposed to use Scrum in our IT Project and our Adviser asks us if it is appropriate to us because we are still amateurs. Is it appropriate to us Scrum even if we are amateurs? ...

Justifications for a test/development server

At my current workplace, the production SQL server and web servers are also used as development and test servers. I've asked for dedicated servers, but been refused as I can't justify it to satisfaction (the reasons against being cost of software, software licenses and hardware resources). So, what justifications are there for a dedicat...

combining controls from different vendor

Duplicate: this is an exact duplicate "using controls from different vendors in one application", by the same author. Please do not answer it - answer the original question. Let's get this one closed as a duplicate. Has anyone tried using controls from different vendors into your .NET application that uses winforms? Does this variety ...

Writing a 2D RTS game in C#: graphics library options?

I am considering writing a 2D RTS in C#/.NET and i was wondering what options are available for a graphics library aside from XNA. What are they? ...

How to deploy software iteratively?

Reading through wikipedia I came across the concept of Sprints in Agile development. From my understanding a Sprint is when a group of developers code a certain amount of features and once these features are programmed they are packaged and shipped of to the client, then the next sprint starts and another set of features are coded and sh...

Setting Up A SVN Development Structure

Hi, I am looking to set up our web application shop to start utilzing svn better. Currently we have programmers making changes into trunk which then directly affects production... yes I know - terrible! I want to set up seperate branches so that there is a branch that we use to make fixes. Then we can promote to the QA branch and then...

Develop smart applications for Windows 7

I'm looking to create a very -tiny- application(s) in Windows 7. I'm looking for a programming language like C# and a simple framework that Makes the application very light weight Doesn't require any libraries or modules (only the *.exe and works on a newly installed Win7) The IDE (Or the compiler) let me easily implement windows 7 fea...

Can I change the visual design UIViewAlert?

Can I change the visual design UIViewAlert? ...

How do I View a Tree list of Schemas for a database in Oracle SQL Developer

How do I view the Schemas that belong to a database in SQL Developer. I am trying to get a view similar to Toad in that you have the database name at the parent level, all the schemas below it which are then expandable to view all the objects that belong to that particular schema ...

Replacing hand-held's custom dashboard with my Windows CE application

I have a Chinese GPS hand-held with Windows CE on board and I would like to install my own applications on. The problem is that this device starts its own UI and doesn't have the option to shut it down (this is basically new dashboard with GPS, media players etc.). I would like to get rid of this app completely so I have a clean system t...

Run terminal command on startup of netbeans in mac osx

Hey, does anybody know of a good way to run a command in the terminal when you startup netbeans in mac osx? Either as an option in netbeans or as a feature of mac osx? I'd like automatically sync my local files with a remote folder on startup of netbeans, so I'd like to run an rsync command when netbeans starts up. Otherwise I forget and...

Symbol not found: _CFXMLNodeGetInfoPtr when start Instruments

Hi guys, I am developing a iPhone app and everything works fine so far. I can build and start the app in the simulator. But when I now start the app with Instruments I got the error: Dyld Error Message: Symbol not found: _CFXMLNodeGetInfoPtr Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Versions/A/Security Expected in:...

iPhone Development - Basic drawing and animation question

Hi all, I have a case where i'm drawing shapes, e.g. a Triangle (Points A, B, C). Now i want to animate it so that Points A, B, C move towards Point X, Y, Z. (Lets just say on button click) I'm using a drawRect: method in my custom view for drawing. I don't want my view to move, i rather want my drawing to move (because i have multiple...

iTune-style apps using C#

Hi All, I'd like to develop some wIndows apps using C# that similar to iTune. The app is similar to iTune where it updates information on the iPhone whenever the phone is connected to a windows-based PC/laptop. From Apple Development Center, my understanding is that I would need the "Accessories SDK" but looking for your guidance on: ...

Getting Started with PHP Extension-Development

Please suggest help articles or tutorials about PHP "low" level С-modules programming interface. ...

Adding to UITableView

I am working on an iPhone app, but i need to be able to add things to a UITableView... What is the easiest way to do this? Techy ...

Scalable ruby application

I am java developer and heard a lot about ruby. My real question is can we develop large scale enterprise (web) application in ruby ? Because I heard that ruby is good for small application, but like java we can't develop large scale scalable (web) application in ruby. ...

Identify common Development Tasks

What would you say are the development tasks for any given project? Say you are handed a functional spec for some sophisticated asp.net form to implement; what are the formal steps from specification to release? I mean something in the spirit of: Get functional spec Identify business objects Create Flow chart Create data chart 5 ... C...

How to combine two different editors in a single file ?

In eclipse plugin development,i am trying to combine two different editors (html and Java editors) in a single multipage editor. Can anyone guide me on this. Thanks in advance regards Mathan ...

Making a local package installer

I'm going to be building a package manager and installer for my home network, and I'm unsure of the technologies i should use. I was thinking WPF for the interface and SQL for actually storing package data, as well as some sort of scripting for configurable installation. However, i don't know if I'm missing anything. In short, here are m...