development

Newbie Objective C developer question

I have been looking everywhere for an answer to this question - perhaps I'm looking in the wrong places. Also, I'm brand new to Objective C although I have around 10 years of experience as a developer. for this code: [receiver makeGroup:group, memberOne, memberTwo, memberThree]; what would the method definition look like? - (void)m...

Vi plugin for eclipse?

I have seen a few vi plugins for eclipse. Can anyone suggest which one is the best (not buggy, maintained easy to install...)? Thanks, Marko ...

Mac dashboard widgets not loading external images

I set out to make a quick Mac OS X dashboard widget. I read the documentation and was pleased to find out they use simple HTML, JS, and CSS. I created my widget and it works when I open the .html file in Firefox, but it does not work when I install the widget to the dashboard. The widget is simple: it displays the most recent image from...

BlackBerry Contacts Photo

I am currently working on an application named BlackBerry Contacts Sync and I am stuck at this point on how to sync Contact's Image. How can images be stored in the database (MySQL) and how to retrieve them? ...

Alternatives to Force and Zoho Creator?

I'm wondering what sorts of application development platforms of a SaaS nature are available other than Force and Zoho? ...

How to reduce UIImage size to a maximum as possible

I am using following code to resize the image. Resize a UIImage Right Way And I use interpolation quality as kCGInterpolationLow. And then I use UIImageJPEGRepresentation(image,0.0) to get the NSData of that image. Still its a little bit high in size around 100kb. when I send it over the network. Can I reduce it further. If I am to r...

Reasonable expectation to support new Operating Systems?

My company has a desktop app originally developed for Windows XP. The original programmer has since been fired (fired with extreme prejudice I might add). I have fixed the app various times but overall try to avoid it, it is a mess and the only real way to fix it is to completely rewrite it, which could take a year. We have been tryi...

What to learn for windows programming(that doesn't require any framework installation for end-users)?

Exactly what the titles says, What should I learn to be able to create software that doesn't require any framework installation for end-user(the software user)? So that rules out .net and Java. What other options do i have available? Is win32 api the only way to write native applications for windows? Does Qt require installation any ...

Any C#/VB.NET sample projects on developing ActiveX Documents(?) to be hosted by MS Word 2000-2010?

Hi All -- Do you know about any helpful C#/VB.NET sample projects on developing ActiveX Documents(?) to be hosted by MS Word 2000-2010? I mean a C#/VB.NET sample project having ActiveX Document project/solution sources, which can be compiled, built and registered, and then ActiveX Document instance inserted inline several times into an...

Is it a good idea to work on header files only, just at the start of the project?

To explain my point further, I'm a beginner in programming, and I'm working on a small project. Instead of separating the .cpp file from the header file, I'm implementing the code in the header files, and making one .cpp file for testing. I do this to have less files, hence easier navigation. Then later I'll separate the code as it shou...

What language choice is good for a c# developer wishing to develop on the Linux platform?

Are there any good OOP languages that you can use on Linux? Obviously Java comes to mind, even running C# under mono. Looking for a language that can be used for all round development, web dev, desktop, services etc. Besides Mono C# and Java anything else come to mind? ...

Too slow gwt develpment mode !

I'm using eclipse galileo with latest GWT 2.0 version in development mode, but it runs really slow (i should wait about 1 minute to open one page, but after compilation, my application works very well when I run it using tomcat 5.5). My code is not too heavy & i guess there is an os-related or software inconsistency problem, because I'd ...

Django 0.0.0.0:80; can't access remotely

Hello, I'm trying to access my Django server from another computer on the same network. I've set up my server and can view everything correctly usingpython manage.py runserver and going to http://127.0.0.1:8000 but when I try to use python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:80, I can't view my Django page from another computer. The computer h...

Magento - Code Question

I will have publications (news papers), under these publications there will be editions [location and language] and under these there will be offers and offers will have products. currently i have created all as modules i.e. publication to add / edit /delete publication, edition to add / edit/ update editions and so on. the problem is h...

Analog of COM programming in Linux/UNIX

The Component Object Model (COM) is (or was...) the way in Windows to provide language-neutral software components. Is there any programming model in Linux/UNIX with the same philosophy of code reuse through binary components? ...

import data from the objects created in salesforce

Hi All, I have created an app in salesforce platform, i have some primitive records in that, i need to import them in visual force. For example,if we create a record in Account in Salesforce,,, like charles,Jennifer,Tom and all i need to import them in visualforce and do things which i can do in salesforce..please help me out with t...

Integrating Twitpic with OAuth Echo authentication into iPhone application

Has anyone had any luck integrating Twitpic's new OAuth Echo authentication into their iPhone application? This seemed to be a simple task but it's not getting done. I keep getting 400 or 401 errors. This is also being discussed here: OAuth Echo problems p.s. I'm using Ben Gottlieb's Twitter-OAuth library. ...

Developing for Windows 6.5

Hi All I have just got a new company mobile and would like to begin developing apps for the HTC HD2 Mobile Phone. However, when I downloaded Microsoft Windows Phone Developer Tools, it pretty much said right at the end of installation that "Setup could not install correctly", and I clicked on "more", and it said "Silverlight 4.0 could n...

Android dev time vs iPhone dev time

Hi IF someone has to develop the same application for Android and iPhone, is it more difficult to develop in one platform than on the other? Does it take more time? Lets think about the average app. Lists, text , buttons, fetch information from the internet. Person has same experience on both platforms. Thanks ...

How to find a coding buddy

I was reading Jeff Atwood's blog and he mentioned that he was suffering from code-paralysis (he called it analysis paralysis, but I feel like it's also code paralysis) when he didn't have a code buddy. Unfortunately I think that Jeff has set the bar a bit high, because he only works with developers who are really amazing. The only reason...