software-development

WPF - new idea of develop asp.net app?

hello, I am a student and in last semester i develop asp.net application - "Payment Helper for School" . In this new semester i will have subject "Graduation Project" and i thinking about develop my application. In my old app i use: ASP.NET web forms mssql 2008 database linq to query to db I achieved technologies above at good level ...

How to design and model a web appication after graphical design?

Hi, I need to develop a complex web application, I have already designed (GUI) all the web pages, and the DB. Now I would like to design the code behind and the actual ASP.net (decide using a common base class for different pages, using a control or not, etc....). How do you do that? which models do you use (like inheritance diagram, etc...

What is Software Escrow? Is Software Escrow something you want?

What is Software Escrow? Is Software Escrow something you want? ...

Which Development Method use for a Website Development?

Which is a good Project Managment Method to Develop a Website? XP? The Waterfall Model? ...

developer tools for os' other than windows

I currently use visual studio 2008 for creating projects that can run on windows. Can you recommend me of other tools that can be used to develop applications for other operating systems?(Linux, Mac, Solaris) The most prominent programming languages will do(C++, C#, F#) And scripting languages(PHP, Perl, etc) ...

How to protect your software code?

Possible Duplicates: How do you protect your software from illegal distribution? Best practice to prevent software copy Hypothetical situation: Lets say I have built a software product from the scratch and it does wonderful things. The only problem is that, once someone takes a look at the code, they will understand it very...

software update

Hi. i want general idea about how to write the software update for an application? which technology is simple like VC++ or .Net?.. i just need the idea in brief. ...

SAP Solution Manager: Which Application Life-Cycle Management Processes are getting covered?

As it is included in the licence (according to SAP) we would prefer using SolMan over other tools, for the entire life-cycle of software development. Or is it highly recommendet to use specific tools for the particular processes like Test Management? Any opinions?? Regards M. ...

Is C++ still actively used for general purpose development?

Possible Duplicate: Which sector of software industry uses C++? C++ was for many years the holy grail of mission critical high performance development. However, it seems that for the past 10 years like much of the development world has moved to Java and C#. My quesiton is this, is C++ effectively relegated to embedded system...

Designing software and what programmers want

Hey, I'm working for a company and my job is to serve as a liaison/go-to guy between people who are asking for a piece of software and the software engineers. More precisely, my task could be described as follows: a client wants some sort of new tool/plug in added to their software. Now, my job is to write a clear and thorough report t...

Do any of the Agile tools/methodologies talk to the allocation of development tasks?

I am trying to establish the merits of the way development tasks are assigned or allocated. Are there any preferences as to whether developers choose tasks on a purely voluntary basis or are they just assigned the next task in the list? Does this depend on developer preference or do any of the methodologies give guidelines in this regard...

What is your best methods for avoiding gold-plating?

Hi Stackoverflow A highly subjective question, but important I think. I often find myself struggeling with deadlines because I tend to "gold plate" my development efforts. I detest "ugly" code, but on the other hand you might not get anything out the door if everything HAS to be "gold standard". So, how and where do you draw the line be...

Become great mac developer from scratch, how?

First of all no programming experience. I am a windows power user but I'll make the switch to mac (matter of taste, nothing more) when macbook pro's are updated. So I know my way through windows and even mac pretty well. As I see it there are two ways for mac development (not iphone): Objective-c and MacRuby. After some digging here and...

What are the advantages of using Framework over Library or other way round while developing Software?

What are the advantages of using Framework over Library or other way around while developing Web Applications or different types of Software. I understand using Framework we can make use of basic functionality and then add upon functionality which we require but I am having hard time understanding the advantages of it as if we develop ...

How to handle such scenarios?

When a software is developed,various types of testing is done - unit,integration,functional,manual.In my current project(winforms with sql server),which has legacy code(no tests),we do have lot of bugs. We are trying to remove them using combination of manual + tests(mostly integration) But,still some bugs can escape. For example(a hyp...

Understanding a software system

I recently became part of a complex embedded project team for which I will be developing a part. For the part which is my responsibility there is only old code and not much documentation. I am keen to make a good start but shyness and fear of appearing stupid makes it difficult to ask questions. How to ask questions ? I wanted to ask ...

Web based comprehensive programming project management software

Is there any web-based tool (downloadable, not Saas) that allow maintaining all stages of programming project? I.e. it must have the following features: software requirements specification gathering and adjucting, including features use cases software design QA test suites implementation guides techsupport guides status (activity) co...

What are the differences between enterprise software/architecture patterns and open source software?

I am mainly a business app developer and I hear terms like CQRS, ServiceBus, SOA, DDD, BDD, AOP a lot. My question is that do these patterns/practices exist only in the "enterprise" world? In contrast to the enterprise world is the open source community. Highly trafficked sites like Digg, LiveJournal whenever there is an article mentioni...

In your Understanding what is the scope of a Tool's Smith in Software Development?

I've been asked to maintain a few of our software development tools; Clearcase (Views, Streams, Triggers), JIRA, Enterprise Architect and various document based repositories, Confluence, doku Wiki etc.. But as I wonder where does the line is when it comes to the "best practices" and cleanup efforts to make the most of these tools for de...

What's your release process for your commercial application?

If you are developing a commercial desktop application, what's your release process? Sample process: Develop it: Patch bugs, add features, etc. Feature Freeze (do not fix, add anything unless it's absolutely required) Test it If everything is OK release it, if it's not fix it, test it, release it I think the most crucial question is...