development

Developing .NET Applications on Windows 7 for XP/Vista...

Could somebody point me at some info or pros/cons for using Windows 7 as a development machine? I'm just curious if I develop an application using Visual Studio 2003/5/8 on Windows 7 am i going to run into any issues deploying it to earlier versions of windows... xp/vista/windows server etc. ...

Does access to OSS promote better code design and programming?

I find myself viewing the source code for OSS projects like Spring, Hibernate, Google Collections, Commons Collections and recently the JDK's concurrent utils (well the entire JDK actually). I find myself learning quite a bit from seeing how such code is written -- without any sense as to whether I'm reading crap or not, but I take it ...

How do you use Jython for your Java development?

So you aren't allowed to use Jython for the production code you develop at work. You can, instead, use it to help you on your daily tasks and activities writing that Java code. The question is: How do you use Jython and how did that help your development and/or productivity? ...

Indirectly extend Activity

For ease of use I want to extend an Android Activity with a certain class to give it extra functionality and then extend my main activity with that class e.g. class SuperActivity extends Activity { //Very nice extra functions } //Class defined in the manifest.xml class ApplicationActivity extends SuperActivity { //Start the app...

NSArray throws exception stating that is (UIAnimator *)

I have tried to run the following code, as a proof of concept, and I get the following error: *** -[UIAnimator count]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x3832610 2009-10-09 00:33:22.355 Concept1[680:207] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** -[UIAnimator count]: unrecognized...

Development and Production Workflow

I've seen pieces of this problem solved around the net, yet I'm still confused, so I thought I'd ask the smart folks at Stack Overflow about this. We're a small startup and at the moment our workflow from development -> production involves ftp-ing in and just uploading the dev code. The dev code IS under subversion control - although ...

localhost django dev server vs. postgres slow on mac os?

Hi StackO, Long time fan, first time posting. Hi! Anyone notice slowness from a django dev server running on Mac OS and connecting to a remote (postgres) db? It doesn't seem to be the DNS problem referenced elsewhere. We've got a staging instance running the exact same code on the same remote staging box that's hosting the db, and the ...

Multiple sites in same MySQL database

I'm planning to have 20 or more sites in the same database tables. Like a structure similar to this: cms_config cms_pages cms_users cms_modules I have been thinking that each of these tables should have a customer_id column, so I easily could select and call rows that is for the given customer. But is this the best way of doing it when...

Steps to develop a website

What are the aspects to be considered when I want to develop a website using J2EE application server and a database for back end, I am looking for an answer that can guide me through the steps required to get the site set up- ...

SSIS Package Config File Encryption

We have SSIS package config files that contain DB encryption passwords or PGP encryption passwords. I came to the conclusion that there is no "silver bullet" solution for encrypting SSIS package config files like with web.config files ect. Should we consider not using config files at all for SSIS packages and if so what other options d...

developing on moss for mobile devices

What is the best approach to take when considering a mobile application based on a sharepoint moss platform. I know that moss serves mobile pages but is there any guidance on building and extending this for this platform? I would be interested to hear if anyone has done any extensive work in this area? ...

Programming Ratios

Hi. Has anybody seen studies of ratios of maintainance programming to new development? Thanks. ...

Providing dynamic username & password strings to an Applet in a secured way

I have an applet which connects to a SFTP server to download file. The login credentials need to be included within the applet so that user will only select the download location and the download process will start. Login credentials are dynamic based on some business logic. Now I need to decide the approach to pass the dynamic login ...

How the localhost port number of .NET Development Server set?

Guys, I see that time to time localhost port number changes (http://localhost:1519/ ....). Basically how does it being set or chosen? And when does it change? Thanks! ...

Forum like collaboration environment for small development team

Hello, We have a team of 3 Windows developers and we are currently discussing technical features on IM or email. Issues are discussed and then there is usually a final decision. We want to have a forum-like environment (e.g. phpBB or other more developer centered solutions), where we can discuss issues in a structured way. Here is what...

How can I deploy an app to my iPhone from the command line?

I can already build an app with a distribution profile via the command line xcodebuild -configuration Distribution -sdk iphoneos3.0 clean build However, I'd like to go one step further and install the app to the connected iPhone and execute it ( as if I'd pressed Build and Run in XCode ). The final command listed in the build comman...

To be a lazy developer or not to be a lazy developer?

Am I a lazy developer? Is it being lazy to use automated tools, such as code generators and such? Now, I could, if I had to, create all the data layers and entities I needed, but I choose to use CodeSmith to generate my datalayers and entities. I also use Resharper and I would say it fights with MSDeploy as to which gets installed first...

Cross platform COM development ...

COM as we know is language and platform independent standard, but all the time I see only articles on developing COM components on Windows. Could you share your thoughts on how to develop a true cross-platform application. ...

How do you work on Strategic Development initiatives when Tactical work takes priority?

My day-to-day job consists of maintaining large volume websites and this has given me exposure to developing better methods to develop and maintain the code. This has also given me a large body of knowledge in the code base in terms of troubleshooting that is beneficial to the company. I'm also the maintainer of an IDE plug in I create...

iPhone detecting processor model / NEON support

Hello, I'm looking for a way to differentiate at runtime between devices equipped with the new ARM processor (such as iPhone 3GS and some iPods 3G) and devices equipped with the old ARM processors. I know I can use uname() to determine the device model, but as only some of the iPod touches 3G received a boost in their ARM processor, thi...