Hi. I'm looking for tips on books that goes through what is needed/recommended in a game engine for 3D. I don't need books about math, physics or OpenGL/XNA/DirectX, but only about the inner goings of a standard game engine. I also just want tips and tricks for the game engine, and not a full source game engine, since I really want to w...
Hi, I have created a series of resource (resx) files to hold language specific string data. Following various tutorials i have placed the base resource file (MyResources.resx) in the root folder of the solution and other subsequent resource files, eg (MyResources.en-AU.resx) side by side in the solution. In saying all of this everything ...
With the exception of this site, what resources are out there that I don't know about for naming of things in your code? We all know that a good name can really focus your understanding of something and aid communication within a team. How do you do it? I'm not talking about naming conventions or what types of names are good or bad. ...
I was wondering what peoples opinions are of a RESTful 'PUT' operation that returns nothing(null) in the response body? ...
This post from SqlBatman describes a situation similar to my current client and, in reality, indicative of many companies that rely on tons of reports which have been shifted to over-night processing because of their performance impact. How do I get started using Analysis Services in general and OLAP Cubes in particular to help my clie...
As part of an experiment, I want to write a OpenGL-based UI server for applications, similar to X11 or Quartz in architecture: a core process renders objects into a single viewport, but all graphical objects are being controlled by remote processes. The idea is that the views stability is only dependent on the core process. If a client ...
Background: I've got a bunch of strings that I'm getting from a database, and I want to return them. Traditionally, it would be something like this: public List<string> GetStuff(string connectionString) { List<string> categoryList = new List<string>(); using (SqlConnection sqlConnection = new SqlConnection(connectionString)) ...
In a big project where you have lots of resources (resx) what would be the right approaches and/or tools of translation in order to save time, at the same time keep everything in order and leave nothing behind. More precisely, how to find (as far as translations are concerned) what has been modified (adds and removes are easy) of an ent...
I like all the default routes that are generated by Rail's map.resources. But, there are cases where I would like to use a non-numeric identifier in my routes. For example, If have a nested route consist of users and their articles, a standard route could be written as such: map.resources :users, :has_many => [:articles] # => e.g. '/us...
Do you know of any Python module for resources (resx files) manipulation? P.S.: I know I could write a custom wrapper on top of base XML processor available, I'm just checking out before going to hack my own code... ...
Hi guys, Is there something like the Reference property CopyLocal in a Visual Studio 2005 ASP.NET Web Site? A VS05 Web Application has a References folder in the Solution Explorer where you can select a reference and view its properties, such as CopyLocal, in the Properties window. But a VS05 Web Site only has a References folder in...
Hi, i'm trying to create a small intranet. For this I have a webserver on my local pc. The root of this website will be a dashboard and it will contain login/register functionality (default ASP.NET Membership). http://localhost http://localhost/Account The rest of the intranet will consist of sub-applications like: http://localho...
I am attempting to edit some resources in another .NET executable, using reflection. Is this possible/how would I do this? Or am I going down completely the wrong route? ...
I have a situation where Project A refers to Project B which refers to Project C. Project C includes several additional files that are marked as content, copy always. When I build Project B these additional files appear in the output folder for Project B. When I build Project A the dll from Project B appears but not the dll or additional...
I am looking for good resources on Stored Procedures. Particularly for Microsoft SQL server 2005, but any overall good resources for SQL will do. These can be books, websites, etc. Thanks ...
I need to get a string from resource file of page from utility class. I tried ResourceManager resources = new ResourceManager( "Company.Application.Folder.App_LocalResources.Page.aspx", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()); string value = resources.GetString("ResourceName"); ...
What is the forcible (non-voluntary) removal of a resource assigned to a process called? I can't seem to remember the name describing this. I've tried searching and haven't come up with the key term either. ...
Hi all, I am wanting to add resources (such as an icon) into a WinAPI based program in VC++ 2008 EE and am struggling. As there is no resource editor bundled with the IDE, is it possible? My Google searches all seem to related to C# or other managed environments. Thanks all, ...
As Tim Berners-Lee told at TED, there's lots of hidden data. What useful free databases or APIs you know around web? For example: European Union's VAT number validator Team Cymru's IP Address to ASN/country mapping PhishTank API against phishing Akismet against spam (free for personal use) IMDB database dumps Wikipedia database dumps U...
My servlet-based web-app sometimes fails to close Log4j log files when redeployed, leaking to file descriptor leakage and occassionally leading to servlet-contained dying from 'too many open files'. I have a ContextListener, what should I put into its contextDestroyed() to tell log4j to shut down and release all resources? Quick skim o...