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How do I go about becoming an organized programmer?

I have developed some medium level corporate web applications until now. I have learnt syntaxes of couple of programming languages, but have never created something useful, web-based or desktop-based. I have tried to work on a couple of applications from the scratch, but each and every time I lost interest because I spent too much time...

What or how to get ideas for a project?

Hello, I am a little bit lost. I haven't got ideas for a new projects. If I get a task or already written specifications of project, then I can develop it from the scratch. But when I have to come with idea. I have none... How do developer should come with an idea? Maybe someone has a tactic or some great approaches to overcome this "lac...

Merging 2 Xcode projects - two AppDelegates causing errors

I have two Xcode iPhone projects I want to merge. Both have viewcontrollers, xibs and appdelegates. I have merged them but have over a dozen fatal errors, largely about one of the appdelegates. I went into info.plist and changed the main nib from the first project to the second but am still getting the errors about the second projec...

How to sort by project name in Visual Studio 2008?

I have one solution with 3 folders (Forms, Notices, Reports). In the Notice folder I have about 100 projects. The problem is, they are ordered by the creation date; while I would prefer that they were ordered by name. I have seen that this does change, by sorting alphabetically, if I add a new project within the folder. But, once I clos...

What sorts of fun things can I do with an android phone?

Tomorrow I am buying an HTC magic phone on the Rogers network. Since it runs android (the only reason for picking this phone :) ), I was hoping to do some playing around with it, writing applications for it and the like. But first of all, how? Do I need some special cord? I know about the android SDK, but how do I even get started? And,...

Open-Source projects, any good links?

Anyone have any good open-source projects or links. Preferrably 3.0+ since 2.x is being fzed out. ...

First must-program projects as a hobby

I always believed that when starting to learn a new programming language programmer must create certain projects to get a better understanding of the language and/or frameworks. Personally for me it was with php (guestbook, DB abstraction, templating engine), ruby (on rails, twitter like website, active record plugin, simple gem) and obj...

Where to go from here after knowing the basics. Any suggestions?

Hello there, I'm new to programming and have been learning C for the past couple of months. I've covered most of the basics and would like to expand my knowledge. In order to get a bit more experience can you guys suggest some small projects that I can do? Things like image manipulation, gui, sending messages through the internet etc. Iv...

Good C# open-source projects to participate in?

I'm looking for some large open-source .NET (especially C#) projects to participate in as a developer, I'm interested in both web and desktop applications. I want the project to have a large number of members to get the feeling of working with a team. Thanks for your suggestions. Related: Open source C# projects that have high code...

Dangers that threaten a project near completion

I'm working on a project that took quite a long time to build, and now it's near completion. What are the specific dangers that might threat a project in its completion stages? What are the most overlooked aspects that I must be concerned about near the completion of a project? ...

Java - Creating a string by selecting certain numbers from within a text file

I have a .txt file that has numbers 1-31 in it called numbers. I've set up a scanner like this: cardCreator = new Scanner (new File ("numbers")); After this, I'm kind of confused on which methods I could use. I want to set up a conditional statement that will go through numbers, evaluate each line (or numbers 1-31), and includ...

How to launch EXE when project / solution / studio starts?

Is there anyway to customize the solution / project file so that it launches an EXE when it's loaded into Visual Studio or, as a second option, when Visual Studio is started? I know I can make a link to a BAT file or similar but I'd rather make it more seamless if possible. I did check the possibility of adding custom tasks into the pro...

Where Can I Suggest an Idea for others to Implement?

Hello! I want to ask you if there is a place where developers could implement a project I have rough conception of. I know there is "Google code" and "Sourceforge" but is it the right way? The implementation itself can take a big amount of time if I happen to do it myself, so I guess the help is really needed. The ideal solution would...

Tips for walking through an unfamiliar ruby on rails project

I am new to ruby development. Up until this point, I've done only small project that easily fit in one's head (and in one or two files). Now, I've got a big project (it's a GUI for a database task scheduler) that I need to make changes to. There are many files (879 to be precise) and I need a better way to get to know what's where. ...

Fun Ideas for an embedded senior design project?

I have a class called Senior Design next semester and we are looking for fun or interesting ideas that anyone might have for an embedded project. We will have Electrical Engineers, Computer Sciene, and Software Engineering majors working on this. All suggestions are welcome. Some ideas we are thinking about now are: Software Define...

List of large projects built using Perl

Can you please name some large (maintained, with active communities) projects written using Perl? I'd like to be able to provide a list of mature, production-ready projects so that Perl can be seen as an alternative to other popular languages used today. ...

Any References to Example Projects

Currently I am a moderate (in terms of difficulty) when it comes to PHP. I would like to test my knowledge by developing certain utilities using PHP (and maybe SQL). But the problem is that I am not able to find any example projects. Does anyone have any links or some small sample projects? ...

Coping strategies for when your totally awesome project is unfairly canceled for stupid reasons beyond your control

There's a good chance this question will get closed, but I feel it's relevant to programmers. A project that I've put a great deal of energy into was just significantly scaled back, to the point where it might as well not exist. There is a very good chance that the bulk of my work over the past two years will never see the light of day...

How to add a custom field to the Project administration page using the FogBugz plugin API?

I'd like to add a custom field to Projects in FogBugz and have that field show up in the project administration page. This way, when a user creates a new project, or edits an old one, the field can be edited immediately. My only other alternative would be to create a custom page with a form for associating the field specifically, but t...

Project Tracking Workspace + Multiple projects SharePoint

I am using SharePoint templates, and I had gotten great results using the Tracking Multiple project Template. The problem is that I would like to keep each project separately, but still have the status overlook of all projects. I can create Project Tracking workspaces templates for each individual project, but I have not been able to ...