I'm looking at adding moderator comments to the MOSS discussion board. The requirements are: Moderator comments can be added to any message Only a user with elevated permission e.g. a Site Owner should be able to add moderator comments Moderator comments should be rendered differently to the related message The modified list should be...
What is your favourite feature, or a feature you would want to have, in Version Control support in IDE (or editor) you use? I mean here features such as: automatically adding files to version control when you are adding them to a project graphical diff and quickdiff (highlighting differences) for comparing with last version, and with ...
I'm well aware of the many reasons to use a web framework. I'm just wondering whether anyone out there is using absolutely no web framework whatsoever to develop their web projects. I would really love to know the reason(s) why you're not using a web framework. For the sake of this discussion, your programming language of choice does n...
I am looking for Blogs that discuss low level programming like assembler, how a .dll loads, how to process links to a .dll, and how a loader maps DLLs into a Process Address Space, among other topics. Links are appreciated. ...
There are a number of concerns in software development that I consider to be important yet find continuing resistance from other developers. Topics such as using automated unit tests, test driven design, thinking about the maintenance end of the SDLC from the moment you start (i.e. thinking of future developers), usability, etc. I do un...
I've stumbled upon the MooseX::Declare documentation, and I have to say "WOW!". That looks really nice! I think it's the cleanest OOP syntax Perl has. use MooseX::Declare; class BankAccount { has 'balance' => ( isa => 'Num', is => 'rw', default => 0 ); method deposit (Num $amount) { $self->balance( $self->balance + $a...
We're looking to add credit card payments to our system (and it needs to be fairly custom, handling variable "per use" charges each month). We would like the integration to be simple and secure (i.e. no storing of credit card data on our system). What, in your opinion, is the best credit card processing provider to offer this kind of...
I envision that in an application we are shortly developing, there will need to be a means in which the user (developers) can specify their own custom datastructures. These structures will need to be persisted, and then reported against within the system. I know there are several way to achieve this i.e: Having your SQL database hold...
as a developer, as new technologies come and go quickly, would you specialize in what you are doing or try something new? for example, I am more inclined towards PHP/Zend Framework development until recently (not that recent) when there’s a lot of Hype abt ASP.NET MVC and Ruby on Rails. I am quite tempted to try those to see if they are...
SL 3 is almost here (the official release date is the 10th of July), and most of its new features are already known (mainly UI improvements and wider support in other media formats). I think it's time open a discussion about what are the expecations from SL4. So, what features do you wish will be available in Silverlight 4? My (subjec...
This may seem like a fairly arbitary question but it would be nice to know the symptoms of bad design before its to late to change anything. ...
What forums do you find most useful in Linux-related issues? These can be either general discussion forums (web forums, mail lists..) or speciality forums (tools, distributions etc). There are tons of forums but it would be nice to know which ones generally have the best responses. SO of course helps to a point but obviously you sometim...
When having discussions with superiors and other technical co-workers it is always a good idea to remind them to think about the "what" instead of the "how" when gathering requirements for a new software project. This in itself can be quite a challenge especially when you're dealing with technical folk. Being part of a team of programm...
Does anyone happen to have some sort of a nice command line script they use that could do something like: Clean VS project (delete \bin folder contents, etc) Backup SQL Server database Zip all files up ...
I am just starting on a complex data entry form and thought I'd ask for input from anyone that may have gone down a similar road before. The form is going to represent a cost estimate (plus additional information) for a project consisting of multiple tasks. All TaskTypes are pre-defined in metadata for a ProjectType, and can consist of...
I have a Sharepoint discussion list that belongs to an Exchange list with the idea that it will be able to archive discussions on that list and make them generally accessible, searcheable and so on. The problem is that although I have checked the "Accept e-mail messages from any sender" option on the discussion board, it still appears t...
I am entering into a venture between myself and 2 other people: A) Programmer - Me B) Business guy 1 - long time former client and somewhat of a friend, lots of industry contacts....it was his idea initially. C) Business guy 2 - wealthy, industry insider, MBA. I have only met once at lunch. The application can be most simply described...
Requirement: I want to encrypt an object and store the encrypted object in the database.Later I will take the encrypted data and convert it into a real object. Does it sound stupid? Can it be done ? UPDATE: OK if this can be done how do I say encrypt an object? Can it be done without serialization? In memory or something? Any walkthrou...
I'm currently implementing a JavaScript library that keeps track of the history of changes to the hash part in the address bar. The idea is that you can keep a state in the hash part, and then use the back button to go back to the previous state. In most of the recent browsers, this is automatic and you only have to poll the location.ha...
We are considering using PostgreSQL 8.4 on RHEL for some upcoming projects. We've been heavy users of MySQL since 3.23 (now on 5.1). The database servers are behind a load balanced cluster of web/app servers. Our usage is mostly business related web apps (user accounts with lots of emails / contacts / stats / projects / plans / task...