development

what aspect to develop first in a website?

Hi, I'v just started learning different languages in web development and I believe the best way to improve is to think of an idea and develop it. (Feel free to correct me if i'm wrong). My question is what aspect do I develop first. If I am looking to build a simple script which is styled and comprises of HTML, PHP and CSS, which part ...

Why is PHP so popular in contract work?

I've decided I'm going to learn the skills to make websites with the hopes of maybe doing contract work one day. Currently I'm dabbling with Django, but I get the impression that most contract work is done in PHP. Why is that? ...

Would developing in different CMS systems be beneficial?

At this point we are developing Sitecore websites and we are gaining experience every day. This means that we know how to adjust our approach to different types of customers and that we are able to build our applications quicker every project we do. Offcourse Sitecore is not the only W-CMS around and we have looked into other W-CMS's. W...

Android Contacts

Hi I have a java code for contacts app in Android and it needs a package named import com.google.android.collect.Maps; I am not able to figure out how to include this in eclipse so that I can go ahead working with this app. ...

Apple iPhone Push Notification Development and Production Tokens

Do production tokens stay on the device indefinitely unless it is wiped clean? We have downloaded our app from the app store onto a new iPhone and we noticed that the device registers the same apns production token if we delete and reinstall the app. It also appears to be registering the same production token after we delete the app an...

Mobile application for all

I'm new to mobile application development. what should i know if want my application to work on different mobiles (nokia,iphone,blackberry ). Android and j2me will cover entire circle ? Is there any flow to cover all mobiles (for ex: from j2me to android or vice versa). ...

Is there a way to integrate Xcode with bugzilla?

Is there a way to integrate Xcode with bugzilla (like MyLyn for Eclipse) or so? ...

launching android widget

Hello, I am following http://www.helloandroid.com/files/xmaswidget/android_howto-hellowidget.pdf for developing a widget. I am unable to launch a widget on to the home screen. When running the application I am getting the errors like No Launcher activity found and The launch will only sync the application package on the device! Looking f...

Favorite IDE/Code Editor for Mac OS X?

Possible Duplicate: Mac text/code editor What's your favorite Code Editor or IDE for Mac OS X? Note: An associate and myself found a newer Code Editor, WYSIWIG style, about a month ago, and cannot recollect it's name or find it anywhere on the net. It was referred to in several articles as the 'Dreamweaver Killer,' and it's ...

How to defeat outsource fear?

Hi all, I have an idea of new software product but have no time to develop it myself. I have a bad experience in partnership with other person 50/50 (he fooled me in a while and stole my idea with source code) so I think about outsourcing the project. I have a fear that outsource product will be not as good as I expect and price will no...

iPhone UIImagePickerController Pushes Content Down

Hi, I'm working on a pretty simple iPhone app at the moment. I have a UIWebView with a UIToolBar at the bottom of it with a button on it. I've built it all through code, although I did create an empty NIB as I am hoping to get Facebook Connect working with it eventually and have had problems when I don't set it up with this empty NIB in...

Delphi: Is system menu opened?

Hello. I Delphi, I need a function which determinates if the system menu (resp. window menu, the menu that appears when the icon is clicked) is opened. The reason is that I am writing a anti-keylogger functionality which sends garbage to the current active editcontrol (this also prevents keylogger which read WinAPI messages to read the ...

Delphi: Declaration of LONG_PTR, WNDPROC

Hello. Can you please tell me HOW the following symbols are declared in Windows.pas for newer Delphi versions? LONG_PTR = ? WNDPROC = ? I want that my code is compatible with Delphi 2006 and I do not just want to write "Integer" or "Pointer", instead the "correct" and official declaration. Can you please also tell me in which Delph...

RIA technology choice

I'm a .NET silverlight developer. After last project i want to have a rest from this tech and want to learn something new. My next project will be an app for managing workflow of a company.This app will need printing support, export to office formats, document management, maybe authorization\authentication. Can you suggest what technolog...

What is the best development environment for Ruby on Rails?

Hello, I am a person who is completely new to the Ruby on Rails coding language. A friend and I were going to get our feet wet, but instead now want to jump right in. What would be the best development environment for Ruby on Rails? I am on a Windows machine and my friend is on a Mac. I have the Eclipse development environment for Ja...

Development workflow for Heroku?

I have used Heroku to push up my already coded Rails applications. But now I wonder how the workflow would look like if I start coding a new Rails application from scratch. For example if I use their addons (MongoHQ, Redis, Websolr, Sendgrid etc) in my application code, then I guess I shouldn't install MongoDB, Redis, Solr, Mail server...

Android Development: ListPreference Trouble

I don't understand what's going on here. I have a ListPreference with the entries and entryValues correctly set. When I go in the prefernces activity and change the value it successfully works (I added a Toast to output the value after changing the option to test). But when I do the following to compare it, it always executes the else ...

Is a Web Development Certification from a research university worth it?

Hello, Have been wanting to get more into web development. But find with getting gigs or full time employers, I do not have the credentials though I have a decent portfolio. I majored in something non IT related, though I have worked in IT. I have seen a few "webmaster" or "web development" certificates available through University pr...

Whate are some locations to post job requests for iPhone developers online?

I am looking for an iPhone developer for a consulting job. The job is a single project and will have a well defined set of requirements. The problem is I don't know where to go to post for something like this. The developer would of course have a contract and get paid. What are some sites i can post a job description to for iPhone devel...

Unstructured and not-documented software with bugs and problems

Some time ago I started to develop an application. I had to learn how to do it, so I started with testing pieces of code, modules and libraries. From this testing stage I assembled many pieces that worked okay until the application did almost what it needed to do. However, very often I ran into exceptions, bugs, trouble, memory issues et...