What do software engineers encounter after another stressfull release? Well, the first thing we encounter in our group are the bugs we have released out in the open. The biggest problem that we as software engineers encounter after a stressfull release is spaghetti-code, also called the big ball of mud. The time and money to chase ...
I have the need for sql based library that will allow me to create products, order items, orders, etc to support e-commerce on a .net mvc site. Does anybody have a suggestion as to where I can purchase a library like this or should I write it myself? Thanks, Chris ...
I've just read Joel's "Three Management methods" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/08/07.html but I'm really interested in some of the other ones he mentioned, including: The Jihad Method (I wish there was a less politically loaded name for it...) The Charismatic Cult Method and "Devil Wears Prada" method. I've definately live...
We had a project where things got in a bit of a mess a while ago because of inexperienced developers. The main issue was the fact that the programmers rushed directly into writing the code after they have read the functional requirements. They did not stop for a moment before and think how they might implement the stuff, so they coded ...
In my organisation, we have some very inefficient processes around managing requirements, tracking what was actually delivered on what versions, etc, do subsequent releases break previous functionality, etc - its currently all managed manually. The requirements are spread over several documents and issue trackers, and the implementation ...
I am looking for a Open Source Business Service Mangement and Monitoring tool which can be integrated to our project ! Key things looking from the tools are 1.Utilization information of the servers (CPU,MEM,Network,Disk Space,etc) collected at regular intervals 2.performing analytics based on the histroical utilization data collected ...
What are some good blogs for software team leaders or software project managers? ...
Ok, so I've only recently started getting serious about learning how to program, and I've started using Mercurial to manage my projects. I chose Mercurial over SVN because of it's ability to commit changes to a repo while not connected to the internet (these days I find myself in areas without internet access). I'm looking for a piece of...
I need a way to request a heap dump from within the application. Rationale: When I encounter a specific error condition, I'd like to dump heap, so that I can see what is holding on to the memory. But I would like to automate this (For example, when I detect that some specific condition has occurred. Or when a watchdog doesn't gets its ...
I'm looking for a software that runs under Linux which supports Feed Reading , multiple mail-box management and bookmark management all integrated in one Software .. I don't know how the integration should look like or what features are there .. All i care about is a single software that allows me to Read My feeds ( Like i already do wi...
Is the best (or only) way for managing users in MS Sharepoint Active Directory? I'm studying, and i have been buiding a little project to learn, and i'm using active directory to manage my dummy users, but it doesn't seem like a very practical way for doing so. ...
I need to write a Groovy script which launches a process, reads the processes out & err streams, and wait for a particular line of text to be outputted. The wait should not be indefinite, but should time out after a while. This is what I came up with. Is there a better way? def proc = "groovy test.groovy".execute(null, new File(".")) d...
The company I work for currently has several groups of programmers working in separate rooms pretty close to each other (3-7 people per office) Recently there has been an idea floating around that focuses on taking down all the walls between all the programmers and putting them all in the same open space (40+ people). That is supposed t...
We have a pool of technical resources consisting of some front end developers, back end developers, graphic designers. Those resources are separated from clients directly by one or two account people per client. Requests from clients come in through the account people and get sent to our synchronization manager. The synchronization ...
Hi All, This is not a programming question, but its suitable to all programmers and developers working in a team. I am a software developer, in a team of 4 developers and 1 DBA. Our team leader just came up with a idea about team meetings. In past, we used to have a weekly meeting to discuss everyone's weekly performance and any proble...
If i install three Management Servers into a single management group. Let us say servers are named MServer1, MServer2, and MServer3. MServer1 is the Root Management Server (RMS). A system board fails in MServer1 and i need to transfer the RMS role to MServer3. How can i do that? ...
Hi ! I am working on a management helper application in C#, which deals with long running wmi-connections and these breaks with the following error: Unhandled Exception: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80010108): The object invoked has disconnected from its clients. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80010108 (RPC_E_DISCONNECTE...
My bosses are old-school IBM'ers. To save development time, I've mentioned a few open-source projects that we could undoubtedly take advantage of in some new web applications we are building. They are always hesitant and uneasy about using anything like this (even jQuery). I think the biggest problem they have is that they feel it is ...
I have such a code: [self performSelectorInBackground:@selector(indicator) withObject:nil]; [self mail]; //opening my controller of e-mail sending - (void)indicator { [actView startAnimating]; } This works fine, but i'm afraid of thread safety. I'm not allocating memory in a second thread, but smth tell's me that's too simple:) ...
Hi everyone, Before I start I want to say this is my first site I am uploading that has a database - so I will appreshate any help whatsoever! What site is the best for webhosting - the cheapest and most reliable? I'm not sure how big my database will get - but I need to have a lot of space! (just in case). I, of cource, don't want my...