frameworks

What in your opinion is the single best tool for any back-end web developer?

It doesn't matter if the back-end is done with PHP, Ruby, Python, ASP.NET, etc. In your opinion, what is the single best tool is for a back end-developer? Why? ...

best way of knowing a frameworks api?

what is the best way of getting acquainted with a frameworks api in a quick way? is it by reading everything class and its members from top to bottom? ...

Swiz mandates weak encapsulation.

I just started using Swiz, and, it seems like Swiz forces you to create classes with weak encapsulation. Swiz requires all event handlers to be public in order to mediate events. Assume that component 'A' dispatches a few events, which I want to listen to in component 'B'. Traditionally, I'll just add event listeners on 'A' in 'B' and a...

Static methods and instance methods in memory

How are those different Method types handled in memory. I found two different explanations to this: Static methods are only once in memory, whereas instance methods are in memory multiple times, one for each instance to handle the references to membervariables correctly in each instance. All methods are only once in memory and instanc...

What separates a "private language WTF" from merely bad library/API/DSL design?

Some of the most entertaining Daily WTF stories feature private languages run amok. However, domain-specific languages can be quite powerful and seem to be increasingly popular. And of course we can't program at all without good libraries, but as the adage goes, "library design is language design". Nobody likes a bad API, but is the dif...

Crash in FixMath and MachineExceptions.h after adding AudioToolbox.framework

Made a new window application. Right-clicked Frameworks > Add Existing Frameworks. Selected Frameworks folder, then AudioToolbox.framework. Build, and 11 crashes. #elif defined __ppc__ || __ppc64__ #define _IntSaturate(x) ((int) (x)) #else #error "Unknown architecture." // To use unoptimized standard C code, remove above line. #defi...

Ideas for a comprehensive Javascript assignment

I am likely to be part of the teaching team for the web programming course at my University next semester and I was wondering what kind of Javascript assignment to hand out to the students. The course is not an introductory one from a programming perspective. It is assumed that the students are familiar with OOP, data structures and al...

Why does the .NET framework not include USB tools

I am wondering why the .NET framework does not provide any managed methods for working with USB drivers. From everything I have read you still have to call into Windows API's and use marshalling and PInvoke and all that crap that none of us .NET programmers want to have to do. Why does .NET provide methods for communicating with serial ...

ruby on rails vs codeigniter

hi all... between ruby on rails and codeigniter, which framework is better (and why) for a website with user management profile pages subscriptions blog upload/download ...

Add-in framework for .NET application

Hi, Could you please give me some tips/web site regarding a software architecture to allow a .Net application to be ready for add-in (allow third partners to develop add-in to plug on top of application) Regards ...

testing framework selection

Greetings, I am looking for a testing framework. Currently we have a home grown Perl script that loops through the input files, calling an AWK script which in turn connects to a server, then collects the output and compares it to a saved output file. This is done on Linux. Currently there are just over 100 tests. We are planning a maj...

Help needed Using C File In Project, iPhone

Hello all, I am new to all this, but here goes: There is an apple file that I would like to use parts of for my app. It is called BatteryTimeRemaining.c. http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/PowerManagement/PowerManagement-211/pmconfigd/BatteryTimeRemaining.c I want to be able to use some of the calculations in it, the problem bein...

Java web framework conference in the US?

I'm looking for a good conference to get an introduction to some java based web frameworks. Nothing needs to get incredibly in depth, just an introduction to a wide range of frameworks or their implementations. Examples of stuff I'd like to learn more about: Grails, RESTful web services, GWT, SOFEA, Struts,Spring, Possibly some 'UI fr...

Glib use in an iPhone App

Hi, I would like to develop an iPhone App based on an existing open-source Objective-C framework, however that framework makes extensive use of the glib library and I cannot find a way to build and include the glib library for an iPhone app (non jailbreak). Is there any way this can be done, or is there any recommended approach to port...

Simple Facebook HipHop Performance Question

If I write a hello world app using a PHP web framework such as CodeIgniter and then I compile it and run it using HipHop. Will it run faster than if I write the same hello world app in django or rails? ...

django like framework for java

I am a java devloper.Is there some django/ruby on rails kind of framework for java? I dont like to create the admin panel for each project i do.Its boring to same thing again and again. Also for my new project i have a short deadline and i would like to use some kind of java framework that speeds devlopment. ...

A blackbox testing frame with testing management system

Hi! Is there a testing framework (preferable python) that executes test, monitor the progress (failed/passed/timeout) and controls the vmware? Thanks I am trying to make some automation functional testing in Vmware using Autoit script, VMs are controlled by a little python script on the host machine (deploy test files into VMs, execute ...

Is there a JavaScript user tracking framework / best practice site?

I am upgrading the tracking of our company click monitoring tool. Currently it uses a <img/> tag to call a page and pass the required information to our system. We need to upgrade this to use <script/> tags and call a JavaScript file hosted on our server, Like Google Analytics Urchin Module Is there a JavaScript framework / best pract...

Is there a pure Java framework for gesture recognition?

Is there any specific Java gesture recognition out there? iGesture is very old. OpenCV is based on C/C++, I used some Java wrapper like JavaCV, but I cannot find any resource and documentation for it. Is there any pure Java framework for gesture recognition? Please suggest if you know. ...

Possible JavaScript framework version conflicts when using site-wide vs local page scripts.

I assume this would be an issue with any JavaScript framework. I use MooTools on allot of the pages on my site. On some pages the scripts are 2 years old. When a new page needs MooTools I usually download the latest version to avoid any possible hang-ups with past bugs and to make use of any new features. This has worked fine as my old...