Each language I've used has had its pros and cons, but some features have really shone through as being indispensible, shining examples of how to design a programming language to make programmers happy. I use PHP a lot at work, and the one thing I really miss when moving to other languages is PHP's foreach: foreach($items as $item) //i...
Let's say, in a perfect world where everything is possible. What features would you like to have in your operating system, IDE, Compiler or computer in general. of course everybody wants reduced boot times and super faaaaaast processors, anything else? I personally really would like to have human language recognition. the question may ...
In particular, what functionality is not available? what restrictions are there on its use? ...
I currently maintain 3 websites all revolving around the same concept. 2 of them are WinForms applications where the website gives a few basic details, and download links. The third is a web application to query data. I also have a forum (SMF/TinyPortal) that has been serving as a tech support/news hub for the three sites. The download t...
I'm looking for a website that can help me find the best new hardware options to build a new computer. I'm looking for reviews and features. Edit: Thanks for all the good advice. I went with ars technica for most of the hardware advice, it lead me to NewEgg products. I'm looking for a good idea for a fairly cheap custom case for the ...
How much of an impact does a faster application count considering the competition, or does features trump everything? Where is the balance point, and for what type of apps? ...
I am toying with the idea of creating an completely new operating system and would like to hear what everyone on this forums take is on that? First is it too late are the big boys so entrenched in our lives that we will never be able to switch (wow - what a terrible thought...). But if this is not the case, what should a operating syst...
There are several tools that use svn and adds useful external features: Graphical diffing/merging files in Araxis tool Pre-commit changes in JetBrains Team City build server, etc. What new features/tools do you need in subversion most of all (one tool description per post)? ...
We've probably all heard the programming cliché "That's not a bug; that's a feature." I know my question may seem off-topic, but I think it's an interesting question nonetheless. I'm just getting caught up on the Stackoverflow podcast, and in Episode 21 (at around 27:20, (transcript here) Jeff talks about the developer who wrote the sco...
I am adding a webpart to the webpart gallery as part of a feature within a solution. When the webpart is added to the gallery, the webparts Description field is being overwritten by an empty string. I have added a description to everywhere I can think of, including: The webpart itself. myWebpart.webpart <property name="Description" ...
I have to make a presentation at work to convince everyone why they should try coding in Python. So, I thought of taking a poll here... What is it about Python (features, etc) over other languages that you love? The reason I usually give is that in Python you forget about the complexities and frills of programming languages and can jus...
Perl 6 has really shaped up in terms of which features we can expect to see implemented in the final language, when it comes. Some of them are already available through Perl 6 modules for Perl 5 from CPAN. So which features are most compelling, exciting, nifty, eagerly awaited, etc.? Please try to limit yourself to one feature per ans...
I've recently been thinking about moving from Live Spaces and hosting my own blog. I'm not keen to write my own blog engine from scratch (time constraints, etc). What kind of functionality should I be looking for in a free or commercial solution? Sitemap? RSS feeds? Tag support? Offline editor? Any recommendations? Edit: Also hap...
I can't find another topic where this has already been asked, so I'm starting one... if there is one, feel free to link it and close this. What feature do you feel is most missing from Visual C++? Microsoft has been adding nice features for C#/VB.NET development for the last couple versions, but C++ has felt a bit neglected. I don't ha...
What are the 3 killer features of your favourite text editor that you couldn't live without; the features that keep you loyal to your editor, no matter how good other people say other editors are? EDIT: Sorry for what appeared to be a dishonest, or karma whore question. I honestly didn't mean it that way. I have turned it into a commu...
Do you primarily think of reasons TO implement it, or reasons NOT TO implement it? What are the advantages of each? ...
Does anyone know what will be in .NET 4.0? I found tuples on codeplex: .... // NOTE : this is a TEMPORARY and a very minimalistic implementation of Tuple'2, // as defined in http://devdiv/sites/docs/NetFX4/CLR/Specs/Base Class Libraries/Tuple Spec.docx // We will remove this after we move to v4 and Tuple is actually in there public st...
My event logs on my production front end servers are getting filled with error messages: "Failed to determine definition for Feature with ID" Now, I've found the offending feature on one of the development servers - it is an InfoPath form with some code behind. But, it is nowhere to be found on the production servers. I've tried runn...
I need to use feature stapler to add some text columns to Posts list inside OOTB blog site definition. I plan not to use site columns, but only to add those columns to list (I don't use site columns because I have multiple site collections and there will be only one Posts list per site collection, so site columns are not very reusable in...
Does any one know the best way to deploy a resource file to the App_GlobalResource folder of the web application when a feature is activated? ...