programming-tips

I need some tips on how to prepare for the ICPC Programming Competition!

I'm participating in the Competencia Latinoamericana de Programacion this month and I was wondering if any of you have ever programmed competitively. The contest is basically 10 questions and I have to design an algorithm for each question with a team of 2 other people. What are some things I should be ready for? What exercises should ...

Tips for developing in several languages at once

Does anybody have any tips for utilizing multiple languages at the same time? I use objective-c, c, perl, ruby, bash, ksh, rails, and other proprietary languages every day and am finding increasingly difficult to go back and forth between them on a daily basis. As a trivial example when switching between perl and ruby I constantly forg...

UIPickerView without IB?

I have my pickerview set up and everything works fine, but right now I have that big pickerview taking up a lot of space in Interface Builder. It's annoying having to move it around when working in Interface Builder. How do I set the pickerview and it's location without using IB? ...