development

Struggling on implementation idea

Hello, What I mean is that when I want to implement something and I have an idea how to do it, I always try to think for other implementation solutions and if I haven't get any I start to struggle about my first though/idea of implementation.Is it really good? Or will other developers think that I did wrong? So these thoughts consumes m...

PHP server on local machine?

Hello, I'm trying to build a php site and I'm wanting to test my php files without uploading them to my host. Basically testing them on my own machine before I upload them. This question has probably been asked a million times, but I can't seem to find a thread on it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance Rich ...

Is there any way to find out which Linux Distribution is used?

I would like to show the user some help on specific operations in my program of the form: Please type "apt-get install foobar" to install the foobar feature. Is there anything to do this or do i have to leave it to the user and offer a dozend choices from Red Hat, Suse, Debian/Ubuntu, Mandriva, Slackware, Gentoo .... ...

Is Solaris or Linux the better C GUI development environment?

What might be a better choice? I have my code (mostly C - as output from the GNU Eiffel compiler and some C++ for the GUI bindings) working with Sun Studio compiler and gcc. But i now have to setup a new developer computer and wonder if i should use Solaris with DTrace, locklint or Linux with Valgrind etc for development. It's just ab...

loading from JAR files during deployment vs development

hi when i am loading some data into my java program, i usually use FileInputStream. however i deploy the program as a jar file and webstart, so i have to use getRessource() or getRessourceAsStream() to load the data directly from the jar file. now it is quite annoying to always switch this code between development and deployment? is t...

Need advice on my PHP development solution

Here is how our current php development solution is set up: Each developer work on their local machine. Each developer commit their change to a common SVN server (intranet). A commit hook upload the change to the staging server and perform validations tasks. When the product is ready, manually deploy it to the production server via SFTP...

Unrecognized selector sent to instance - on setter method

Every time try to set the value of any variable in my model object, I receive 'Unrecognized selector sent to instance' error, and the app crashes. The ivars have been synthesized and they are not readonly. I have checked to see the values set are of the right type. I am not sure if it has to do with some connection in IB, which I have c...

Can software developing in a large team be interesting and fun?

I've been in the business of developing hardware and software for 19 years now. In the earlier days the projects and teams I worked on were smaller, much more effective and more fun. The effect of the input of one single developer to the final product and to its success was evident to everybody. We had direct contact to and feedback fro...

Javascript, Firebug: How do I have multiple views or what is the right of way of doing development?

Most of my javascript work is done with Firebug and I feel annoying most of the times having to switch between the HTML mode and console mode (which again I split into output mode and input mode). When I switch to a different page to see the HTML and come back, I lose the code that I write. What is the best way to go about developing jav...

Changing Development Model and Practices

I am in the process of (finally) migrating our websites and applications from ASP.NET 1.1 to ASP.NET 2.0. AS part of this process I am trying to assess ways that our development practices can be optimized. I am part of a two man team, but wold like to optimize our process so that it is ready for growth. Things I have considered so far...

Where can I get some good hands-on development/design training that won't break the bank?

College is the first step for many professional software developers and while a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science will get you a good foundation it is heavily biased towards theory. You get a good understanding of how computers and programming languages work but it barely scratches the surface of professional software engineering. ...

How can you be a quality programmer in a programming team?

How can you be a quality programmer in a programming team? Despite office politics and social indifferences and unrealistic timeframes. ...

Updating UI when model is changed

I have a series of UITableViewCell elements with various UIControls to set model values. When I make a change to model, I am having difficulty finding a way to update the UITableViewCell that displays the calculated property from the model. I have placed the model in AppDelegate, and accessing it directly from RootViewController. ...

ASP.net development server needs restart every time

I have a problem with my ASP.NET development server. I need to stop before I run my app from VS Express environment again otherwise it uses a previously rendered version. I have searched for solutions all over, over a 3-4 month period but nothing, perhaps I am using the wrong words? ...

Does anyone know about availability of Native SDK for Fly phones?

Is anyone out there aware of any native SDK to develop on Fly phones. I understand that this a non standard development platform- but we have reasons to consider this phone for a product in India. --Kiran Kumar ...

Python and iPhone development on Mac - minimum/recommended hardware ?

What is the minimum configuration to do some Python and iPhone development on Mac ? Platform wise: Mac Mini, Mac Pro, Mac Book, Mac Book Pro ? Memory requirement CPU speed Thanks for your advice. Laurent ...

Good way to coordinate development on an open source project

What would be a good way to coordinate development on an open source project? (It is a Python project.) I know the traditional way is mailing lists, but I don't like it. I don't want to make people get e-mails about the project all the time. They should be able to participate only when they wish. Also, mailman sucks. I considered Googl...

Is there a speed difference between WSGI and FCGI?

From the web I've gleaned that WSGI is a CGI for python web development/frameworks. FCGI seems to be a more generalised gateway for a variety of languages. Don't know the performance difference between the two in reference to the languages python and C/++. ...

Mobile development book

Hi, I want to start coding applications for mobile devices. Can anyone recommend me a good book to start coding in Java? (I am an experience programmer in .NET and PHP). ...

[SharePoint] - Document archive warnings

Hi all Is there an out of the box solution to check the validity of documents? Let's say when a document has been in a document library for 1 year, the author should get a warning, an e-mail for example, to revise the document. I didn't find this in SharePoint. So I was thinking of creating my own feature for this: A timer job which ...