new-features

Where are some good resources for learning the new features of Perl 5.10?

Hi! I didn't realize until recently that Perl 5.10 had significant new features and I was wondering if anyone could give me some good resources for learning about those. I searched for them on Google and all I found was some slides and a quick overview. Some of the features (to me at least) would be nice if they had more explanation. ...

What new features in java 7 do you find most useful?

From this thread New features in java 7 I found the new features in java from Alex Miller list Which ones do you find most useful and why? Which ones will be counterproducent? NOTE this list is not final and not all of them will make it through. ...

What are the best new features in Visual Studio 2010?

Possible Duplicate: What's the compelling reason to upgrade to Visual Studio 2010 from VS2008? Another Visual Studio is around the corner. I'm curious, what's in there that you've read about and/or found and/or tried out that you really consider worth shouting about? Anything in there to dramatically improve productivity? Any c...

New features in Silverlight 3.

I just heard that Silverlight 3 has been officially released on 10th July 2009 and available for download! Speaking of which, What are the new features of Silverlight 3? ...

Windows 7 Progress Bar

Hello, I was seeing that when you do somethings at Windows 7 that haves a progress bar, things like downloading a file. You can see that in the programs bar, at the icon of the application, there is the progress of the file downloading, but it's possible to build applications that can do this? Take a look at the Internet Explorer icon ...

How to add a new feature to an existing component?

We have this legacy image viewer component in our project that's working fine but it's source is a real mess. I have to add a new feature to this component so that people can add annotation to images using a light pen which is not a complicated task per se but could be a nightmare dealing with our existing code. I'm really confused righ...

Can anyone describe in a nutshell differences between 3 closures proposals and their current state in Java?

I'm reading about closures which are going to appear in Java 7. And I'm a bit confused because from one hand there are lots of nice articles which describe new java closures. But from the other hand there were 3 different specs and some of the articles are simply outdated because describe not the latest proposal. So, if anyone trac...

MSBuild 4.0 Regex parsing

I have heard that MSBuild 4.0 has increased Regex parsing support. However, I am unable to find any detailed documentation/links/material on this. Can anyone give a brief description of the new features and/or possibly give pointers to more material? Thanks in advance. ...

A good practical application of the Covariance and Contravariance in .NET 4.0?

I wish to get acquainted with the recently release of the .NET Framework 4.0 and its Covariance and Contravariance in Generics. Even though I have read what is written at the referenced link, I can't get a grab on how it should be used, and when it shouldn't. A brief explanation and a simple real-world-like code sample is appreciated. ...

What is the benefit and a common real-world practical application of using Tuples in .NET 4.0?

I have read about the Tuples provided with the coming-out of the new .NET Framework features, and still am I wondering about how it could be useful in real-world enterprise applications. Can one give me a brief explanation along with a simple but real-world code sample? Thanks! =) ...

Are there solutions for streamlining the update of legacy code in multiple places?

I'm working in some old code which was originally designed for handling two different kinds of files. I was recently tasked with adding a new kind of file to this code. Most of my problems were solved by filling out an extensive XML file with a new entry that handled everything from what lists were named to how the file is written in plu...

what features do you want in asp.net mvc 3?

Hi Guys, Just rounding up what features should be made available for the next release of ASP.net MVC 3. There is no news on the next version. But I really want opinion for people using ASP.net MVC to make feature judgments. As for starters I would like following features to be included Support of Visual Designers. Currently HTMl helper...

Why should I upgrade to c# 4.0?

I know there are some nice new features in C# 4.0 but I can't, for the life of me, think of a compelling reason for either upgrading existing projects or for switching to new projects. I've seen some posts where people have said that if their hosting service didn't provide .Net 4 that they'd find another provider as .Net 4 was pinicle t...

Can I make sure Perl code written on 5.10+ will run on 5.8?

Some of the new features of Perl 5.10 and 5.12, such as "say", are defined as features, that you can enable or disallow explicitly using the "feature" pragma. But other additions, like the named capture groups of regexes, are implicit. When I write Perl using a 5.10+ interpreter, but want it to also run on 5.8, can I make Perl complain ...

The good, the bad, and the ugly of lexical $_ in Perl 5.10+

Starting in Perl 5.10, it is now possible to lexically scope the context variable $_, either explicitly as my $_; or in a given / when construct. Has anyone found good uses of the lexical $_? Does it make any constructs simpler / safer / faster? What about situations that it makes more complicated? Has the lexical $_ introduced any b...

Adding features around Classic ASP Application

I will be adding new pages and adding functionality to current pages. I would basically like to use new technology and but I don't know how should I add it to classic ASP pages In other words, can I <#--include--> an aspx page in Classic asp page? Or anything of that sort, may be creating a user control in ASP.NET and using it in class...

What is the Rubygem that makes it easy to release a new feature to a subset of users?

I came across a Gem that had a nice way of releasing certain features to a subset of your users. I believe it even had cucumber integration, so you could write tests for different sets of users. If someone knows the name, I would really appreciate it! ...

JQuery will not exist in future?

Hello I was checking out HTML5 new javascript commands and there is something similar to: var els = document.querySelectorAll("ul li:nth-child(odd)"); This allows you to find all elements by css syntax. But I sure Jquery also has something a little similar to this. The question is, as browsers are getting better javascript APIs... ...