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detailViewController Control Child From Parent

I am using navigation based approach. In RootViewController, I got a detailViewController. I want to control detailViewController from RootViewController. I tried Something like that. in RootViewController.h @interface RootViewController : UITableViewController{ PlayerListView *detailViewController; } in RootViewController.m - (v...

What is best practice on how to handle nulls

In you database and/or code. Do you avoid nulls or do you explicitly program to handle them in your logic? What is best practice on how to handle nulls? ...

Which programming blogs are your hidden gems

Possible Duplicate: What are the best programming and development related Blogs? What are the best-quality hidden gem software development blogs that: Don't swamp the reader with 50 posts a day, but deliver more in the order of 3-5 per week Have a high S/N ratio in the sense that they educate with long-form and in-depth art...

Android: recorded video seems *distorted*

Hi all I'm trying to record video from the Camera using the MediaRecorder. Here's a code snippet snip.. mr.setAudioSource( MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC ); mr.setVideoSource( MediaRecorder.VideoSource.CAMERA); mr.setOutputFormat( MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.THREE_GPP ); mr.setAudioEncoder( MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.AMR_NB ); ...

CSS - "Reverse" Floating of Elements - how keep them at the bottom?

Hi there I'm currently facing an interesting CSS issue for which I couldn't find anything related on the web. I know it must be solvable, perhaps you guys crack the nut.. (?) Following problem: I need to display some icons in front of an image positioned at the bottom left. As the number of icons can vary, the icons are floated next to...

Is it possible to develop for Android on Android?

Lately I've been doing a lot of web development on my Droid via ssh using the ConnectBot app and a few other apps for reference. I've also been doing a lot of Android development back home in eclipse, and I wondered: would it be possible to develop and test my android projects right on my phone? All I can do at the moment is either wri...

Languages using for OS development before C

I know that C is the standard programming language for operating system development, but out of curiosity I was wondering what preceded it. What was the main programming language used for operating system development before C? ...

What developer sites accept articles and reviews?

Hi there, Could you please drop here a few links to software developer sites or blogs that accept software reviews or articles? BR Murat ...

Practical Java - Development Environments

I've had several classes - university level - on Java. However, what these classes lack is some practical approach to Java - or, to programming as a whole. Things you can only learn in a business. However, since I am not allowed to use Java on the workfloor, I don't get to learn this now - even though I would like to. So I guess what I...

How do you understand regular expressions that are written in one line?

This is a neat well documented regular expression, easy to understand, maintain and modify. text = text.replace(/ ( // Wrap whole match in $1 ( ^[ \t]*>[ \t]? // '>' at the start of a line .+\n // rest of the first line (.+\n)* ...

Developing Geo-location apps for the iPhone

How does one build a directory of 'Spots' for users to check-in to in a native iPhone app? Or, does the developer borrow data from, let's say, Google Maps? ...

Android Development: Dialog Box With EditText and Spinner

I have a button that pops up with a dialog box on click. I want the dialog box to have an EditText and a Spinner inside the dialog box. I don't know how I'd set the view for it, I have the code for an AlertDialog and it works, it's just the EditText and Spinner that I need to place inside it then I can get on with the rest of the app's...

Big development teams can't handle a single CSS style sheet?

Hey all. I am currently in a 5-7 large development team creating a really large website with lots of pages and features. I feel like we are in such a situation where a developer can change the style sheet to suit his own needs, but is unaware of the 1000 places where it probably change it for something else. I cannot blame him either, ...

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009: Error executing code: Wrong argument types in variable assignment.

I have added an object member to InventMovement class and have created one parameter method for the same but following line of code is popping up above error: movement.parmProdJournalId(this.JournalId); JournalId parmProdJournalId(JournalId _prodJournalId = prodJournalId) { ; prodJournalId = _prodJournalId; return prodJour...

Outsourcing unit development

As a freelancer, if you are working on a project, and if you outsource the development of a unit or a small component - would it be ethical to do this given that the client is not aware that some development is being developed by a third party? ...

Java Web Development: Class transfer is too mechanical, any alternatives?

Every time I change my Java class, I have to transfer the built class file to the web server (which resides in another machine, in my case). This is not only mundane, it's too mechanical, laborious and mundane. This IMO is THE biggest turn off with Java vis-a-vis other platforms. Especially for noobs. There are so many smart programmer...

What mobile framework is suitable for a project which requires frequent database communication?

I have been struggling between jqtouch, iphone sdk and sencha touch for the past week. I still cannot make up my mind which is the most suitable mobile framework for my project. My project need users to submit content based on their current geological location, thus often fetching and submitting data into the database. It's abit like fou...

Blackberry Bluetooth Development Help

Hello everyone, I've been stuck since several days on my bluetooth application. Its role is to receive data from Bluetooth devices, using Serial Port Protocol ... The application runs in the background of the phone and devices, when they need to send an information, turns on the bluetooth and try to send a data frame. The problem is th...

getSnapshot not supported on Blackberry

Hi I'm having problem when taking a picture using VideoControl.getSnapshot() method. it always throw the exception: getSnapshot not Supported. Im using JRE 5.0.0 with Eclipse and BlackBerry® Java® SDK 5.0 Plugin. What I do first is to list the encoding supported by Blackberry SmartPhone selected (bold 9700) with the command System.get...

Shifted my profile from android developer to web application developer. Bad decision?

I am a masters student pursuing my final semester in an industry, training. Until recently I was working as an android developer, but alas I did not find the assignment challenging enough. Seemed like I was not fulfilling the purpose of learning the "art of programming" because the IDE made my life far too simple. I made a request to my...