development

Please Explain Drupal schema and drupal_write_record

Hi. A few questions. 1) Where is the best place to populate a new database table when a module is first installed, enabled? I need to go and get some data from an external source and want to do it transparently when the user installs/enables my custom module. I create the schema in {mymodule}_schema(), do drupal_install_schema({tablena...

ASP.NET MVC 3 release date?

When will ASP.NET MVC 3 be released? ...

start up tutorials for symbian development

Hi I am a newbie wants to start symbian development. Can any body show me the path 1) from where to start 2) How to set up development enviornment. Kindly shed some light on this. Thanx in advance. ...

Operating System Development

Hi All I'm looking for any website(s) devoted and/or related to Operating System Development, and would love for you to kindly share any links you may have. I have searched myself, but keep winding up at the same old sites, and am wondering if there are others that just don't get noticed by the major search engines or something. I've ...

dev and prod systems in rails

What exactly is the difference in rails between dev and prod environments. When I develop an application in dev mode, do I have peformance problems, or others if I clone my dev environment on prod? ...

Personal projects competing with employers projects?

Recently at my place of employment it was discovered that I was developing an outside personal project (personal project being a project I have been working on, in my spare time, for my own purposes, using my personal equipment). My employer has an idea which is very similar to my outside project but has not been started, created, put o...

How to update Xcode to install "UNIX Development Support" ?

I installed Xcode a long time ago. Apparently I didn't check back then the "UNIX Developemtn Support" checkbox. Now I want to have them bu when I click on the installation this is what appears: The UNIX Development Support check box is disabled Q. ¿How can I install the UNIX Development Support? Is there a way to run some script ...

How switch UIViewController by flip from 3 controllers ?

Hello, all. I've got next problem: i've got 3 UIViewController and need to switch controllers by UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal. Next code working fine: testController.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal; [self presentModalViewController:testController animated:YES]; where testController - next control...

general things developer must know having 2+ years of exp?

Hi All, I have 2 years of experience in Ruby on Rails. I have basic knowledge (very bsic) of mysql such as data insertion, join, select from more than one table. But now I want to know more about it because my friends are having trouble in interviews when they are asked questions like: What is the trigger? which trigger is called whe...

Feature Driven Development Model (SDLC)

Hi All I've been searching all over the internet for days. Does anybody have, or know of, and can share sample Feature Driven Development documents? I keep coming across gazillions of "samples" with absolutely no useful information whatsoever. Thank you jt ...

Development life-cycle for making an application?

I have an idea that I want to make into an application (I have a C/C++, C#, and Java programming background so I will be developing in QT Creator for cross-compilation's sake). So now I am asking you senior developers, what should I do next? I know that all good programs come from an idea. Then what should I do? Prototype the UI? Then de...

Get_user running at kernel mode returns error

Hi, all, I have a problem with get_user() macro. What I did is as follows: I run the following program int main() { int a = 20; printf("address of a: %p", &a); sleep(200); return 0; } When the program runs, it outputs the address of a, say, 0xbff91914. Then I pass this address to a module running in Kerne...

ant scripts for configuring a new machine with relevant software

A new developer machine needs a variety of software (e.g. java, eclipse, ANT, maven, SVN client), are there any scripts or tools which will set the environment / path variables after retreiving the software from binary distributions. ...

Unit test tools for iPhone development with Xcode

When developing iPhone apps with Xcode 3.2.1/Objective C, which unit test tools are recommended? I am new to the iPhone OS platform, and I am interested in your best practices. ...

Best deployment strategy for Python google app engine

I wonder if there are any best practices/patterns for deploying python apps on Google app engine specifically Django. The best practice should be combination of existing best practices viz. Fabric, Paver, Buildout etc. Also please share best practice patterns for developing (I could not get virtualenv running with Django and Django App e...

Costs and Scope in developing a typical iphone application

Iam new to iphone development and have been tasked to development a fairly simple iphone application. It would basically show listings of information eg accommodations, restaurants...around 8-9 different types. Drilling on one would show the details of it. These are dynamically sourced from a db (through an xml feed) that powers an exi...

Developers: How does BitLocker affect performance?

I'm an ASP.NET / C# developer. I use VS2010 all the time. I am thinking of enabling BitLocker on my laptop to protect the contents, but I am concerned about performance degradation. Developers who use IDEs like Visual Studio are working on lots and lots of files at once. More than the usual office worker, I would think. So I was curious...

In Magento, how can I preview a page before saving it?

I am using the Magento ver. 1.4.0.1 Community Edition. The problem I am running into is that Magento only allows me to preview pages that I have already saved. This works fine if I am creating a new page - but what if I am editing a current page? I want to be sure that the changes I make look good on the site before saving them. Does an...

Apple Mac Software Development

I'm planning on developing an Apple Mac application which will collect hardware information from the host Mac and also installed software info. The hardware and software info will be collected in an encrypted XML file and then posted back to a website. The application should run as a "service" or background process on the Mac and can b...

Need guidance for my first Android application: how many activities should I use?

Hi, I'm starting Android doing an application for searching restaurants, and some guidance would be welcome! On the first screen I'd like to have a search field with a submit button (I get the data from a web service), and below a list with the results of the search. When clicking on one of the items of the list it will show a screen wi...