self-improvement

Resources on IPSec and IKE

I have been asked to conduct a study on IPSec and IKE . Can anyone suggest to me good resources to start with . The basics , plus implementations . I do not want to just mug up the protocols . If there are some books or sites which let you make implementations or applications which uses these protocols , it would be helpful. ...

Is my "Scope of study" a healthy one?

i just want to ask about my plan on what i want to study and work on in the future and you can give me feedback on whether the scope is a healthy one i am 21, going to uni next year. currently a developer leaning towards more of a PHP/Zend Framework type web development & some web design. to get an idea on what i do/like you can look at...

How To Start Learn Cryptography With C# ?

hi all , i want to learn about Cryptography theory (basics) and i want to use the algorithms in c# so i need some guides , books , tutorials to get start please help me . thanks ...

What should I do to learn Functional Programming

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1738870/how-difficult-is-it-to-learn-functional-programming-languages http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24279/functional-programming-and-non-functional-programming http://stackoverflow.com/questions/102911/whats-a-good-functional-language-to-learn-first I was exposed to the beautiful world of IDE fo...

Getting started with cocoa for os x?

I am familiar with iOS programming, but I don't know where to put my logic when I start a Cocoa project for OS X. Are there any good online resources for transitioning to OS X from iOS? EDIT: Thanks for the help so far. My main question is where my code goes in the default template. ...

The calendar control in ASP.NET

Calendar Class .NET Framework 2.0 Other Versions Displays a single-month calendar that allows the user to select dates and move to the next or previous month. Namespace: System.Web.UI.WebControls Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll) Questions By default which calender type does it use? (english,german,western,eastern etc...

traversing a table, whats wrong with my code?

public partial class Table_Traversing : System.Web.UI.Page { Table table1 = new Table(); TableRow table_row1 = new TableRow(); TableCell table_cell1 = new TableCell(); TableCell table_cell2 = new TableCell(); Label The_text = new Label(); CheckBox checkmate = new CheckBox(); Button button1 = new Button(); public void ...

why does findcontrol need unique id, when i have given it the row to scan.

the code public partial class Table_Traversing : System.Web.UI.Page { Table table1 = new Table(); Button button1 = new Button(); protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { for (int adding_rows = 0; adding_rows < 4; adding_rows++) { TableRow table_...

Why do the rows of Table1 on post back become null?

The problem is: On postback, the table does not have the rows that were dynamically created, the rowcount is 0. Click on the button, it should detect the checked checkboxes within the table dynamically generated. The table is made by code when the "day" is selected using the drop down list and "the starting date" is selected using the ...

How to dynamically update values to arguments in Python loop?

Hello all, Python newbie here: I'm writing a market simulation in Python using Pysage, and want to generate an arbitrary number of agents (either buyers or sellers) using the mgr.register_actor() function, as follows: for name, maxValuation, endowment, id in xrange(5): mgr.register_actor(Buyer(name="buyer001", maxValuation=100, end...

dynamic creation, adding row and cols in table works, but on button click things go wrong! REVISED

select day using the drop down list select the start date using calender (causes an event), a table is made having the dates of the day selected from the start date and shown to the user. the table also contains checkbox for each row in a cell the user selects the check boxes he wants and clicks the button the button calls the method in...

Learning Java from Python

I currently am pretty sufficient in python, but I need to learn Java. Are there any books that would be specifically tailored to someone like me? Also, do you have any tips, or just any great Java books in general? ...

Priority of learning programming craft and other suggestions

Hello, As I am in my starting career year in software development (C++ & C#) I now see my flaws and what I miss in this sphere. Because of that I came into some conclusions and made myself a plan to fill those gaps and increase my knowledge in software development. But the question I stumbled upon after making a tasks which I need to do...

Haskell guards not being met

test :: [String] -> [String] test = foldr step [] where step x ys | elem x ys = x : ys | otherwise = ys I am trying to build a new list consisting of all the distinct strings being input. My test data is: test ["one", "one", "two", "two", "three"] expected result: ["one", "two", "three"] I am new to Has...

Books or Tutorials that explain Calculus from a programming perspective

K I'm a self taught programmer and been so for a couple of years. But in order to go beyond the programming scab work (entry lvl, Tester, Web Dev, Commercial App Dev; of which I am more than grateful for) and go beyond conventional programming gigs. (I.E. R&D, Embedded Devices, Scientific Computing and the like ) I'm going for a BS in Co...

GHC compilation error arising from import of Control.Exception

Continuing roadblocks when trying to learn Haskell. I am following the "Real World Haskell" and when it comes to getting one of their complex examples to work, I obtain the following error "Ambiguous type variable e' in the constraint: GHC.Exception.Exception e' arising from a use of `handle' at FoldDir.hs:88:14-61 Probabl...

What is the best way learning a framework or language from its source?

I mean there are some great opportunities on net but it is also so hard to learn them if there is no book or screencasts. Examples are, Go, etc... What's your way of doing it? ...

How to self-teach programming?

This may seem a vague question but as a programmer who self-taught everything I know about programming (By reading books etc.) I always wonder is there any 'correct' way of self-teaching programming. Is reading books and various articles on a specific technology and then write programs from that is a good method? Some of my friends lear...

building linux kernels

Hi i Just got the book Linux Kernel Development by Robert Love . It has lots of places where you are required to modify and build the kernel . So how should i go with it . Is it better to use a VM , or should i somehow get a proper test machine for it , since i dont want to goof up on my system and data. ...

What is the best way of minimizing the learning curve?

I mean what is your way of doing thing when you need to get productive very fast but you don't know anything about THE language? Especially when there is no book available? ...