I'm learning the C language on my Mac with Xcode. I've created a "Hello World" app, and played around with simple maths. What should be my next goal? If someone was to ask me about PHP for example, I'd say "build a basic blog software". Can someone point me in what would be a great learning experience for someone new to C? One that wil...
For some time now I've been wondering whether I could create a custom template for the Latex Beamer class for my own presentations and how hard it would be. The problem is I can't seem to find any introductory material on how to get started. Does someone have some introductory material on the topic? ...
I'm evaluating Windows PowerShell as a replacement for cmd.exe for basic process automation for command-line code (e.g. setup, execution, and post-processing of large numbers of Fortran jobs.) I know enough perl and shell to achieve what I want but I'm trying to stay within the Windows toolchain rather than needing to train my coworkers ...
Can you refer me to a good starting place for learning GAE from what I already know? I plan to make a fairly elaborate application, and I'm not completely certain on where to start or how far I'll need to go (JavaEE?). I'd rather hear from someone who already knows what's involved than start off by guessing and stumbling. ...
I'm thinking of writing an app to selectively transfer photos/music to and from my iPhone, mostly for fun and personal convenience. However, I'm stuck at the very beginning -- where do I look to find information on how to do this? Pretty much every link I see talks about developing applications that run on the iPhone, but nothing about ...
Is it possible to do a macro that copies a definition of a function to a declaration(, and maybe also the opposite)? For instance Foo::Foo(int aParameter, int bParameter){ // } int Foo::someMethod(char aCharacter) const { return 0; } from the .cpp file would be: class Foo { Foo(int aParameter, int bParameter); i...
Hi, I read this and I was inspired. I am asking for specific help to achieve a 12 for my current project. I am working in a team of 3-4 on a php project that is based on cakephp. I only have a dedicated server running on linux which i intend to have the website live on and i have a plan with assembla where i am using its svn repositor...
Looking for any kind of recommendation, like books, articles, anything that aids me in getting started with game development in Android. ...
I'm coding some ealry windows Phone 7 apps, and running into some issues. What are some good resources for learning the platform? Books, online, etc. ...
I want to write my own network simulator, for fun and for personal challenge. I hope to learn both new programming techniques, and a little bit more about networking. Previous object-oriented attempts ended very quickly, but I've recently downloaded and played with Microsoft's Axum (a new version was released today) and their Concurrency...
I'm very new to flash and as3 design patterns. But I can read and write as3 quite ok, i've created small widgets with that. I've developed several web sites using php and also python. Now for a educational cd-rom project i'm working on, i've basically designed all templates (A home page, a generic page with navigation and a sidebar - ki...
Hi, I am new to Cakephp, and very excited to learn it. I read the docs, downloaded the files, place it on my www root folder. (I am using WAMP). My question is, can I download 1 cakephp and do for multiple projects, for example I put my cakephp at %webroot%, so my to call my projects: [http://localhost/cake/project1] [http://localhos...
I'm interested in learning techniques for distributed computing. As a Java developer, I'm probably willing to start with Hadoop. Could you please recommend some books/tutorials/articles to begin with? ...
I'm looking into creating a GUI program for Windows in C++, I have a good knowledge of C++ in the command line and also in game creation. But I'm not sure where to start with GUI application development. I have Visual Studio 2010 and have created new projects with a GUI but these templates are complex and leaves me not understanding wh...
Im trying to make a script that can generate a kind of chat client in cygwin on windows but i dont have a clue how to start, i saw something like gtk+ but how do i get that inside of cygwin, and what have i to do after that? ...
Hi, I'm very interested in learning about the new feature in html5 called web sockets. I've looked into it and have come out with a few questions. It seems that before I can start implementing this new technology into a web application of mine I need to have a web server which supports it. Does this involve downloading something and in...
I thought of using Fluent nhibernate for data access with my asp.net mvc web application...Any good article that describes about the setup of Fluent nHibernate with asp.net MVC web application... ...
I am in search of a tutorial which leads through the setup of Fluent Nhibernate in an asp.net mvc web application... Any good tutorial.... ...
I'm completely new to this framework and I'm trying to find some sample CRUD application to get started with Kohana 3. There is a tutorial and information in the unofficial Kohana 3 Wiki (http://kerkness.ca/wiki/doku.php), but event there, there are some aspects that are not covered (the model, validation, etc). ...
I've written software on Linux since 1995 but must get up to speed with app development on the Mac. I have no experience on that platform. Obviously I should get my hands on some appropriate hardware. What are good books, tutorial websites, and other resources for experienced devs getting started on Mac? Not just APIs and app inter...