I'm building a user notification system on a website which involves 2 levels of registration: admin and client I have all users register into a single registration table with the fields: uid email password owner cid admin When an admin level user is inserted, the admin column is flagged with a 1 When a client level user is inse...
In response to this question, David Thornley writes: "Offering a $1K bonus can also really hurt morale and make the team less effective. Don't do this without thinking it over very carefully. You can't measure contributions well enough to make it seem fair." Does offering financial bonuses help or hurt morale? If you have ever received...
The company is growing and we're starting to implement more and more complex software designs. I feel a need for some tracking software... I just don't know if it exists. I currently maintain a Google Doc Folder (shared by our 3 developers) with a well-organized doc for each module. A doc is also created per major upgrade to a module o...
I am a big fan of jquery and PHP. I have already found a solution to batch upload jpg with resizing. I am now on a looking for a solution to MANAGE photo list must i need : view (thumbnail) edit name (simple) delete (single click) Will be cool : crop color correct sharpen So the question, does anybody know a framework or php script ...
I just added a new column in my DB which I need to propagate with a specific text value (Confirmed). Is there a simple way to apply to all my data entries so I don't have to go through all my rows and type the value in? Thanks ...
DUPE: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1091086/simple-single-user-revision-control What are the best options for a single developer SCM set-up ? Previously I've used Perforce and Visual Source Safe, but now I'm a single developer, but still want at least basic SCM ...
I recently joined the IT department of a big insurance company. Although the department's title is "IT", a lot of code gets written here; Java, JSP, JavaScript, COBOL and even some C++ from what I've heard. All the programs that allow insurers, brokers and the rest of the tie-wearing, white-collar workers to issue new contracts and deal ...
How do I do this? The ISP says it's possible, but there's no place in the connection dialog for an IP address. Will it not work with the Express version; do I need the full version of SSMS? ...
I am looking for a web based file management system and have the following requirements: Deal with the huge size of storage Permissions on the files according to association groups Tagging on files Search engine Is there a service that you can recommend? ...
This is about selling files such as PDF files. Lets say there is a web interface where an administrator can upload files to the server. These files are for later download by clients who have paid for the rights to download these files. How to simply manage restrictions to these files for clients? How to prevent someone who has not paid f...
Hi, does someone know a script or product to create such a portal site like this: http://www.qkport.com/ This is actually a demo site of biznetic.com, but it seems like they don´t sell it anymore. Thanks. ...
Hi All, I am Team Lead for development and systems admin within a small company. I answer directly to the Director of the company. She is fairly difficult to work with as she almost always knows best, regardless of her level of technical expertise. She changes her mind on what should be a priority and consistently comes up with new grea...
I know that we all have stories of a pointy-haired boss who shouldn't even gets to be near a computer let alone use it. But just so to avoid being that very person everyone gets tired of talking to, I was wondering... What is an ideal CTO like in your opinion? i.e. If you can say something to your CTO in the face and not get fired for...
I know this may sound like a totally silly question, but here it is: Did you meet a programmer who is running out of luck ? We have a colleague that is not getting any work done, every task that is assigned to him hits a major block (a bug or a missing piece of information). If we put anyone else on it, it just gets done. That guy didn'...
So I'm leaving my job for a role at another company and before I leave I have one last task: I must hire a replacement for myself <gulp>. The reason for the <gulp> is that this is the last thing I will do for my team, and I really don't want to leave them with a dud as they are great bunch of guys. As a team lead I've interviewed for de...
Our team is working on old hardware and trying to justify buying new hardware to improve our productivity. Mainly to improve compile times, better use of Virtual Machines, running multiple instances of Visual Studio, etc. Our app today takes about 1 minute to compile on our current hardware, and from some benchmarking will take about 1...
Hello, I'm analyzing the iPhone platform (for a paper). I've made a list with issues, developers/architects have to consider, before working with the iPhone SDK. The questions aims at people, who want to release iPhone software. What constraints restrict them in comparsion to other mobile platforms, such as Android, Windows Mobile, S...
As I am just learning about Scrum, it seems to me that for part of an iteration you may be a chicken but then become a pig when it comes time to do your part. Then go back to being a chicken. Is this correct thinking? That your stake in the iteration will change during an iteration? if not how does that work? because when software is bui...
I've now worked at a few tech companies ranging from 10 people to ~150 and I've never encountered a real DBA. How big does a company need to get before it merits getting a DBA? What are the criteria that need to be met? ...
I need to provide a proof of concept to my boss. Our application is written in WPF, but I know Windows Forms back to front. Acheiving the POC in WPF is taking 3-4 times as long as it would in windows forms. How would you go about this, either use WPF and get an ugly looking POC that takes thrice as long to create, or use windows forms a...