I am looking for war stories about why software projects you were personally involved with failed. The more disasterous, costly, or instructive, the better. Good responses should include the size of the project (size of team, length of time, etc) and an answer more specific than 'insufficient planning'. Bonus points for a well-thought...
I just bought a VS 2008 Standard license upgrade. (I was using the integrated shell for learning F# and express edition for c#. ) I performed the install, re-booted, and when I click file->new->project ... all I get is the choice for "Reporting" project type under C#. IS there a way to expand the number of choices for the various projec...
I was thinking that i wanted to gain some experience in the new asp.net mvc and some asp.net ajax. So i'd like to get some project suggestions that would suite for this! Would maybe be fun to create a little bigger project on codeplex, like the storefront project. ...
I've read a few posts where people have stated (not suggested, not discussed, not offered) that PHP should not be used for large projects. Being a primarily PHP developer, I ask two questions: What defines a "large project"? Why not? What are the pitfalls of using PHP I run a small development team and I know from experience the qu...
Is it possible in Eclipse to have some kind of packages (sets of projects) when using CDT projects? We have separated our software in such packages and use VS2005 with .sln files for the Windows parts. At the moment I see only two ways to manage the projects in Eclipse: Put all together into a single workspace and loose the package or...
Can I make a difference at an open source project? I haven't gotten a degree or anything but I am really interested in computer science and I have most of the fundamentals down. Is there a project I can make a difference at? If not, any sites where I can further my knowledge and review the fundamentals (advanced concepts as well) of c...
When I start a new ASP.NET project in Visual Studio 2008, I can either create a new ASP.NET Web Site or an ASP.NET Web Application. What's the difference between these two project types? Why would I choose one over the other? If I'm using Visual Studio 2005 instead of Visual Studio 2008, is the answer different? If I'm using Visual St...
Ok, so I'm building "Web 2.0/3.0" sites to make extra money. I currently run my own personal project sites with some advanced technology in the backend (AI stuff, recommendation system) that I've developed over the years. It's a subscription site for me to make money on the side. Now, my company (they do web application/software technol...
I' am looking for good projects in python. can anyone give me ideas? where can i look for open source projects in python? ...
Hello, What is your company solution for PPM (managing projects, demands, timesheets, etc)? And what is your experience with it? I'm trying to know about the tool prespective and not your company's particular business process. Regards for you all! ...
Possible Duplicate: How do you stay motivated on long projects? Exact duplicate of this question. How do you keep motivated on lengthy projects and battle project-fatigue? ...
I have a working prototype for a killer app implemented in C# for Windows Mobile. It needs to be packaged into a commodity and efficiently sold. Possibly also converted to a web-centric platform. Now I'd like to assemble a community of seasoned, possibly semi-retired IT professionals. They should be willing to work for fun and free, wi...
Do you use risk analyse methods when starting new projects? I love when fresh ppl start working at the company, they have so much theory they learn and want to implement when they start to work. Risk analysing, project management, coding standards, documentation standards and so on. (Then the reality hits them, most customers will not p...
if you had 4 software developers any open source software server hardware internet connection for hosting 100 person days in which to do it? ...
I added a simple dialog window to the install's UI with textboxes. How do I find out what the user entered? @Mitch Wheat: Thank you. I managed to solve the problem with your help. But I think you failed to mention that I need to use the CustomActionData property of the Custom Action. ...
What big projects do you know about that never hit the mainstream? I feel sorry for haXe and OpenLaszlo because people put so much work into them and they never got a user base large enough to become big hits. ...
As long as there are software projects, the world is wondering why they fail so often. I would like to know if there is a list or something equivalent which shows how many software projects fail today. Would be nice if there would be a comparison over the last 20 - 30 years. You can also add your top reason why a software project fail...
Anyone could recommend a good guide/tutorial/article with tips/guidelines in how to organize and partition a large Django project? I'm looking for advices in what to do when you need to start factorizing the initial unique files (models.py, urls.py, views.py) and working with more than a few dozens of entities. ...
I don't mean personal projects. I mean projects where there were a number of people involved and business dollars were spent. ...
Hi, I was wondering about how I should structured my projects. We have some projects that are (re)use in other projects. I mean, our data project and model project are use in one-to-many other projects. What I really what to know is how to structure this type of project, what the best way to name it ? In a standard 3-tier applicatio...