Basically, my question is what makes all the words of a programming language actually do anything? I mean, what's actually happening to make the computer know what all of those words mean? If I verbally tell my my computer to do something, it doesn't do it, because it doesn't understand. So how exactly can these human words written into ...
Assuming an experienced software developer fluent in many languages, but having not entered the Java world from the ground floor, which single book related to the huge space that is the Java world would you recommend as a decent overview from which further expertise can be developed? ...
I'm looking for an overview of algorithms, you need every now and then. If there is a problem, you either do reinvent the wheel or spend a lot of time searching for an algorithm to a common known problem which has been solved a hundred times before. Best one would be a website with sorted algorithms, like: Compression ... Decryption...
There has been a lot of buzz around cloud technologies. What resources would you recommend that review the cloud computing world, and helps one get the big picture and current trends? In addition to reading these overviews, what would you recommend as first steps to get acquainted with these technologies? ...
I have written a script which creates a complex Excel sheet which contains data from several data sources. The data on each sheet is usually 1-5 rows. It would be great if I could create another sheet which would display the data from the other sheets online (i.e. the overview sheet should change as I change the data sheets). I also need...
In the spirit of this question I wanted to have a sense of what is the proportion of time split between fixing bugs and implementing new features. If possible try to give an estimate for the product as a whole as opposed to individual developer stats and try to make an average over the course of a typical year. Do provide a general des...
The java xml ecosystem seems awash in current implementations, API definitions and libraries all with cryptic names. (Web searches frequently turn up references to old/out-of-date implementations as well.) To list just some of the terms out there (by no means exhaustive): Crimson, Xerces, Xalan, JDOM, Saxon, XOM, JAXP Are there any goo...
In the map i created in openlayers, OverviewMapControl is basically useless from zoom levels 0-3 - the red "extent" rectangle just fills the entire OverviewMapControl and can't actually be used to drag the map more then a very minuscule amount. ie. the draggable rectangle would not resize regardless of the zoom level. Can any one help me...