development

How much PHP do I need to know to design wordpress themes

So I want to start developing Wordpress themes, but I don't know PHP. How much knowledge should I have of PHP before I begin Wordpress development? Can anyone recommend any PHP books? ...

FBConnect on iPhone with device orientation

Hello, all ! I've got next problem: when shows screen Requesting Permisson he don't rotating when i've rotate my device. All others screen rotating normally. Why ? thanks. ...

When to give in and start The Big Rewrite?

I've had my share of projects where the first thing I think is: "This code sucks; let's just rewrite it in framework X." Everybody feels the urge at some point. In fact, I think I've had the urge to rewrite pretty much every project I've ever been on. However, it is accepted wisdom that a total rewrite is generally a bad idea. The quest...

Developing "Command Line" in .NET?

Imagine a "search box" on the right top side of the UI Windows Application. When user types a desired action, a matching functionality is executed. Screen gets opened, or action gets performed. For example: user types "create" and intellisence offered next word options "client"/"product", user picks "client", and "Create New Client" sc...

Possible iphone animation timing/rendering bug?

Hi all, I have been working on an iphone apps for several weeks. Now I encounter an animation problem that I can't figure out how to resolve. Mayhbe you can help. Here is the details (a little long, bear with me): Basically the effect I want to achieve is, when user click a button, a loading view pops up, hiding the whole screen; and th...

super light software development process

hi, For the development process I have involved so far, most have teams of SINGLE member, or occasionally two. We used python + django for the major development, the development process is actually very fast, and we do have code reviews, design pattern discussions, and constant refactoring. Though team size is small, I do think there ...

How to automatically execute python script when Maya first loaded

Hi, I am new to Maya and trying to figure out how to use Python in Maya. I wanted to create a shelf in Maya and when I click that shelf, it will execute a file containing python code. First thing, I figured out that we can't simply "source" python script. I followed tutorial from http://www.rtrowbridge.com/blog/2008/11/maya-python-impor...

Open XML SDK 2.0 breaking changes between 2.0.3920.0 and 2.0.5022.0

I have a project which is using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.dll 2.0.3920.0. However, I want this to be upgraded to the 2.0.5022.0 from here. Note that there is change only in the revision number of the version. I removed the older reference and added the new one and It compiles fine. However, I need to know If there are any runtime breaking ...

Smarter println that shows the depth in the stack

I am using System.out.println in my code to track the execution of a program and get some useful output. This creates results like this in the console: Main function. Program starts. Method getArea. Getting values Method getSide. Side is 6 Method getArea. First value is 6 Method getSide. Side is 8 Method getArea. Second value is 8 Metho...

[CakePHP] Development of frontend/backend application

hi all, i have to develop frontend/backend application using cakephp. can you give me advice how should i develop them, using same cakephp library? or i have to develop them using separate cakephp libraries? thank you in advance on your answer! ...

Too many tools and frameworks - how do you get anything done?

As a developer on the Microsoft stack (say what you will) that always feels "consciously incompetent" and loves to learn and find the "best" ways to get things done, I constantly find myself in a conundrum: when to stop investigating and start working. This problem isn't exclusive to Microsoft developers, but perhaps the problem is more...

When developing Silverlight apps is it ok to just to run directly from the test page?

Hi, When I create a new Silverlight project in Visual Studio it creates a new web project in the same solution and wires it up to run in a local server when developing and debugging. Some demo projects I have downloaded just run directly from the test page on disk. When developing what are the benefits of running via a server? What wo...

How to use git to manage one codebase but have different environments

I'm using git for a personal project at the moment and have run into a problem of having one codebase for two different environments and was wondering what the cleanest way to use git would be. Main Desktop I Use this machine for most of my development. I have a git repository here that I cloned off of an empty repository that I use on...

Web Development further direction

Hi guys looking for some guidance, i have a knowledge of xhtml, css, javascript, php generated from education. But where do i go from here to reach an industrial standard? for example using those 4 languages, i have used notepad++ to write them. I'm particularly focusing on web development here. What softwares should gain experience of...

USSD Retrieve IMEI Number

Hello, I'm very new at USSD developing. I have a question: Can I retrieve the IMEI number of a MS(Mobile Station) via an USSD PUSH Application? The idea is to create an application that is pushed by the gateway, and is totally transparento to the Mobile phone user. Can it be done? Thanks for reading ...

Sending print request from with-in an iPhone application

Is there a way to send a print request to a printer using wifi or some other means? Edit: There must be, because there are some applications which lets you do that. But how do they do it? For example, HP iPrint Photo Air Photo EuroSmartzPrint and maybe others as well. ...

Programming with white text on black background?

Possible Duplicate: White (Light) vs. Black (Dark) Backgrounds: Health Effects Hi, Does anyone program with white text against black background? I have heard some rumors that it is better for your eyes. What's the case? Is it any better than the traditional black on white? What are the pros and cons? ...

Aspects to be considered for iPad development

How different is iPad development compared to iPhone development or Mac OS X development? Does anyone know the best way to learn it? ...

App development: Always subclass, always load from NIBs - caveats?

This is Cocoa Touch (et al), iPhone, XCode only. After completing my first commercial iPhone app, I'm struggling a bit to find a way to start and expand an app from scratch which gives the most linear development (i.e., the least scrapping, re-write or re-organization of code, classes and resources) as app specs change and I learn more...

Implementing JSAPI Text-to-Speech in Blackberry application

Hi Forum, I am newbie in Blackberry development, can anyone please suggest me the correct steps to implement JSAPI Text-to-Speech feature in my Blackberry application. If it would be possible can any one please provide a sample code snippet for the same. Thanks in advance. Thanks, Varun ...