What is the difference between a software development pattern? A methodology such as agile DSDM etc how is OO classed as a methodology and a paradigm? How can OO be applied to a methodology such as agile if itself is a methodology? Whats the difference between a paradigm and a methodology or a development pattern? Thanks for any re...
What's the deal with iPhone's GPS? I never get a good reading when i'm in my office building, or in my room. What really ticks it! and what doesn't? Please help me understand the assisted GPS science. ...
How does this condition work? I'm unable to comprehend this. if ([newLocation.timestamp timeIntervalSince1970] < [NSDate timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate] - 60) return; Reference: More iPhone 3 Development - Tackling iPhone SDK 3 ...
Right i've had a search around and can't find anything. @synthesize list; // this is an NSArry -(void) viewDidLoad { NSArray *arr = [self getJSONFeed]; self.List = [arr retain]; // if i copy the access code into here it works fine. } -(void) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath ...
I'd like to know which are the most common (and useful) shell extensions you're using as developers. I bet the following are on the list, but I'd like to know which others you would add: Tortoise SVN Tortoise Hg Tortoise XXX (Git, CVS, whatever) Any others worth mentioning? ...
Been searching the net for an example of how to convert HTML string markup into Plain text. I get my information from a feed which contains HTML, I then display this information in a Text View. does the UITextView have a property to convert HTML or do i have to do it in code. Tried: NSString *str = [NSString stringWithCString:self.fu...
I've been using SQL Server since version 6.5 and I've always been a bit amazed at the fact that the tools seem to be targeted to DBAs rather than developers. I liked the simplicity and speed of the Query Analyzer for example, but hated the built-in editor, which was really no better than a syntax coloring-capable Notepad. Now that we hav...
Hi All, I would love to begin developing applications for the MAC OS X, although I have to idea where to start. Problem: I currently do not, and cannot afford a new MAC OS X-based computer. Solution: A very good friend loves trying out things that I've made for Windows, and also owns a MAC OS X computer, and is willing to test these ne...
Am using windows xp sp3 on netbook and i need to compile c# programs for learning. I don't have fast computer or fast internet connection or fast money. Can someone suggest the best way to get me going? Thanks yous! ...
Hi, im starting a new project and for the first time i want to be cross-platform. But the tricky is my project would involve listen server, cryptos etc., etc. So i was wondering what is the best solution for cross-platform development (OpenSSL, instead of MSCrypto etc.) that would be easy to write with VS2010 (yeah the RC). The language ...
Possible Duplicate: How do you like your comments? G'day, I've read both of Steve McConnell's excellent Code Complete books "Code Complete" and "Code Complete 2" and was wondering if people have any other suggestions for commenting code. My commenting mantra could be summed up by the basic idea of expressing "what the code b...
I currently work in an organization that forces all software development to be done inside a VM. This is for a variety of risk/governance/security/compliance reasons. The standard setup is something like: VMWare image given to devs with tools installed VM is customized to suit project/stream needs VM sits in a network & domain that i...
With the latest changes to the developer agreement by Apple, how inherant is the risk of using any kind of framework to develop Apps for devices now? Should shops risk using things like MonoTouch, Three20, Appcelerator since this change? How are some iPhone/iPad developers here handling it? http://www.pcworld.com/article/193916/apples_...
Hello, all! Is it possible connect USB FLASH DRIVE to iPhone cable and onIphone reading data from this drive ? thanks, ...
hi, what is the best way and technique to develop a ipad magazine app? is it possible to use html5/css including swipe effects and stuff? what are other techniques? thanks in advance regards ...
The ff. does not work. "Second line" is rendered on the same line as "First line". What's more is that there is no space between the two. new BooleanFieldEditor("Name", "First line\nSecond line", getFieldEditorParent()); ...
I'm wondering about that many new applications, I think most built in WPF, has this really cool Windows Aero Glass interfaces. For example Seesmic or the upcoming Firefox 3.7 Searching in the internet most time it looks like you need a hack to realize this. But seriously: I don't think big software development teams use hacks to roll ...
I am developing a J2ME application (CLDC 1.1 and MIDP 2.0) and I was wondering, What is the best way to get the time span between 2 dates? thanks, Tal. Edit: Here is a little sample using the answer below: public class TimeHelper { public static long getTimeSpanInMilliSeconds(Date d1,Date d2) { return Math.abs(d1.getTime() - d2....
I am writing a module for my organization to cache XML feeds to static files to an arbitrary place on our webserver. I am new at Drupal development, and would like to know if I am approaching this the right way. Basically I: Expose a url via the menu hook, where a user can enter in a an output directory on the webserver and press the ...
Which Java open source project would you like someone to start? ...