development

Looking for a simple blog engine or service oriented toward developers

I'm looking for a blog engine with nice syntax highlighting to share some code snippets. I already know about services http://refactormycode.com/ , but I'm really looking for a blog where people could subcribe to my feed. ...

Coming from a Visual C# Express IDE/C# programming background, is there a tutorial for creating python applications?

It's very overwhelming coming from something that helps you create applications straight forward to something with somewhat convoluted documentation. Can someone please share a tutorial on how to create a simple Hello World application using Python. No, I don't mean command line. I mean a physical window. I'm trying to learn how to pro...

What is the "stringWithContentsOfURL" replacement for objective C?

I found a tutorial on the net that uses the stringWithContentsOfURL command that is now deprecated as of iPhone OS 3.0. However I can't find out what I'm meant to use instead, and how to implement it. Below is the code surrounding the stringWithContentsOfURL line in case you need it for reference. NSString *urlString = [NSString string...

How to Make Program Comments More Useful?

Hai guys, I ve seen people including comments in their program.. Is it to improve inter-programmer communication and code readability, by explicitly specifying programmers’ intentions and assumptions? Should comments be in technical terms rather than in natural launguage terms? How to use comments as effective as possible? Is it reall...

Mapping data from RSS feed with no latitude/longitude using MapKit

Having follow the tutorial at http://mithin.in/2009/06/22/using-iphone-sdk-mapkit-framework-a-tutorial/ to integrate the MapKit into my application. However, I want to be able to display an annotation for a dynamic "incident" on the map. Here's where I'm having problems. Basically my apps an RSS reader, and it downloads everything and s...

Fill in a box on page within WebView from XCode

Hello This is an interesting one for you all! I am looking at doing an app which contains a webview that points to a website that requires a login. I know how to do the webview, etc but is there a way that I can automatically fill in the usernanme and password through XCode? I am looking at storing the user name and password within ...

Set android screen resolution

Hi, I'm trying to alter the default screen resolution of the Android emulator (and by extension, the Android device) to work at 1700x1200. In other words, I need the screen to be able to display unique points over that range. I have set the dimensions in my layout file, yet the device still defaults to 320x480. I've set different dpi...

What's the best environment to develop in?

What is your idea of the optimal development environment? eg. I like to listen to music while developing, it blocks out distracting conversions and noise and allows me to get into The Zone.. ...

Looking for the Right Web Development Firm

Hello to all. I have a business plan to design & develop an online employment agency. A web site that brings together both Job Seekers and Employers in an interactive way, more then just your basic classified employment listings. My two most important goals, are first to find a firm who has a truly experinced web developer with the late...

Searching for a masters thesis topic

Hello! I am a student at an university and I have to write my master thesis (information technology / computer science). I have experience with programming (Objctive-C, PHP, web development, Java, C/C++, JSP, J2ME) and SQL databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache Derby. I am currently interested in two topics: visualization and/or secu...

How can one develop iPhone apps in Java?

Hi there, In my computer science class, I have completed all my projects; So my teacher thought it'd be a good idea to develope IPhone apps. The only problems is that the class is taught in java, and IPhone apps are written in Objective-C. I was wondering if anyone has developed applications in Java, with XMLVM. This compliler (supposed...

What to send back when deleting a dto from list

I have a service oriented architecture. The client holds a list of parent and child dtos that are bound to the front end. The service for this is a get that returns the full list of everything. When deleting is it better to: a. remove the object from the list on the front end on success of the service delete method (return bool for su...

"Add File to Blackberry Project" option is missing in Eclipse

Hi, I just started developing apps for the Blackberry and ran into a glitch. I was trying to add an external java class to my project in Eclipse (Version: 3.4.1) and realized that the "Add File to Blackberry Project" option was missing. I'm not sure if I missed something in the installation but I ran a sample project and it compiled and ...

Mac OS X Programming and distribution

In the recent hype over iPhone App programming, I got my hands on a MacBook. I have an idea for a program. Can I just write it in Objective-C and distribute it, or must I register with Apple Developer Connection? Does the OS X development / distribution process require Apple censorship like the iPhone does? ...

iPhone - Switching between local and production environment settings

I am developing an iPhone app which uses a server somewhere to fetch its data. Somewhere in the app's source code I hardcoded the URL to use to connect to. This is fine, except that I don't always want to test using a production server! I don't want to mess with live data, just to test something locally. So I set up a local version of th...

Joomla module development, Why do I get Call to undefined method JDocumentRendererModule...?

I've been trying to get my first module to work, but keep getting Fatal error: Call to undefined method JDocumentRendererModule::isTuesday() and can't for the life of me figure out what is wrong. I think I followed all tutorials to the letter, however as I am not really comfortable with PHP, I suspect the problem really lies between the...

Can I develop for IPhone using Pear-PC or similiar besides VMWare?

Good morning I've got Windows Vista and Windows 7 here. I intend to create an IPhone application which connects to my website in order to read and show some database records. I cannot afford a Mac Mini or buying expensive hardware and software. I was wandering if it's legal and possible to create IPhone applications, running Mac OS ...

caching in asp.net development server

Details: I am using visual studio 2005 on windows xp sp3. The website is stored on file system. I used subversion to checkout the code from the server. Here is the issue: When I run the application for the first time everything is fine. But when I makes changes in the application then I should just be able to see those changes by reload...

mobile analytics platform

Hi everybody! I want to develope mobile analytics solution, what software platform could you advise me. I think to write apache module as counter, use mysql and php for frontend all on freeBSD, any advises for best performance? ...

How can we improve our development environment in a small team ?

Since 1.5 years, I am a part of a relative small development team with less than 5 developers (not all of the team members are stable and some have left the project during the time I was here). We have a project manager and a parallel team of 3 people who do mostly business stuff and customer care, occasionally testing the software befor...