software

I'm buying a Point of Sale software, is it possible to get full source code and for how much?

Hello all, A little company is developping a software for my business. I would like to know if it would be possible that I ask them to get the full source code. (I want to be independent) Do you think it would be possible? Do you think they will charge me an extra amount for that ? (probably) Thanks, ...

I need architecture suggestions for a web service

I want to encapsulate every resource from the client application with only one web service which can use my classlib. I'm confused to access to other resources (web services, databases...) from the class library. Because i think ClassLib should only have classes to reach objects within hierarchy, calculate some things etc. If i set dat...

Can I make the user agree to a legal disclaimer before installing an Android App ?

I'm about ready to market my first Android App (from a US Google Checkout/Merchant account with US bank account etc.), and I would like to have the user at least agree to some kind of simple liability disclaimer before he/she can install the app. To your knowledge, is it possible, and if so, what would be the best way to do this? Your ...

Methods/tools to figure out software logic?

(If you think another site on StackExchange or elsewhere is a better location to ask this type of question, please point me in the right direction.) What do experienced developers use to figure out how the code of an existing application work, before being able to modify/add to it? Is there a more productive way than going through line...

Recommended software architecture design tools

I'm looking for a tool in which I can draw highlevel overviews of proposed system architectures at a class level. I'd probably be looking for a UML editor. I wouldn't be looking to tie myself to a language here, but I mostly work in C/C++, Java and Python in a Linux environment. I'd also appreciate any advice or book recommendations in...

What membership software should I use for a web application?

Hi guys, I am currently the programmer for an not-for-profit organization which specializes in tree restoration / planting trees. Right now, we are developing a web app for our customers where each client can view its current purchases, the amount of trees that they have bought, and the exact areas where each tree is being planted. Wh...

What company's FavIcon Logo is this? Popular CMS?

Link to logo/favicon: http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/7258/cmslogo.png Been trying to hunt down the name of this product / software / company for... maybe the past year! (not actively hunting of course) Thought some of you experts here on stackoverflow would know the answer right away. What product reps. this logo above? Looks lik...

Animation tools

Hey guys, I realize this is not strictly programming related, but hopefully you will let me get away with it. My group is trying to put together a very short (2 minutes or so) "film" about a new feature to our product. The feature is trying to solve a particular problem a lot of our customers have. We do not want to go with live actio...

how to translate fedora yum source into RHEL?

I use fedora 13 on my laptop, and I use 'yum' to install "recordmydesktop" just for fun.One day ,my boss ask me to install "recordmydesktop" into his computer(whose operator is Redhat Enterprise5.2) . Oh ,god ,the yum in his computer does not work! I can't "~#yum install recordmydesktop"!I know the reason is in the 'yum's source',but how...

What is the secret behind being a good software developer?

I had this question in my mind. I thought i figured out the answer like each one of you. So, 1) what do you think as the secret behind being a good & passionate software developer? 2) What is the single most important thing that a software developer should posses? I never meant to pollute this forum with non-programmatic question, but...

Code version change "rules"

Hi guys, First of all, i know that there are no fixed rules about software version control but I have several questions. 1) How to upgrade versions correctly I have a small software that I started a while ago and since i started from scratch I started with version 0.1. As I added more functionality I have been upgrading the minor num...

How to write a good SRS for multiplayer Flash game?

I am relatively new to creating SRS for a multi-player Flash game. Then are there some points difference from normal SRS? What are important things that I should pay attention. Can anyone point out some good samples / examples? Thanks. ...

What is the major SNS software ?

My question is what the major SNS software in the U.S. is. Because I want to compare with Japanese SNS and American SNS, I’m looking for the major Open-Source SNS software and Package-Soft SNS software in the U.S. Please let me know the outline and some cases of the software. If you have the detailed information about the software, that ...

MP3Gain like volume analyzer software for WAV files

Hi Guys, Coding Language: C# Framework: .NET We have built a software, which among many other things, combines mp3 files. We are using a software called mp3Gain in our application. MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume. Now we are also combining "wav" files. Would like to know if there is a similar s...

I am looking for Hansoft equivalent software that runs on Mac, Win and Linux.

I like to use Hansoft to manage software development but my team uses Mac, Win and Linux computers. Are there any Hansoft equivalent tools out there. I love Hansoft as it supports agile and waterfall methodology. Also, we can manage docs and bugs. Thank you. ...

Software Design problems and solutions

Hello All, I am searching for Software design problems and solutions. Or something like, design a subsystem to open an Image and save to user defined format. Different people give different solutions. I would like to if you have any links which actually talk about problems and one of the good solution with Class diagrams. Thanks in ad...

What are the software metrics used in solo programming?

I'm new in the field of software productivity metrics, and I'm looking for software metrics which improve solo programmer productivity What are software productivity metrics? What are the parameters that I should measure, and how to do that? What is the difficulty with traditional software development? I have to cover all these ques...

Testing Availability of External Data

In which level of testing,we should test for the data from an external source. For eg:When there is AirLine Flight schedule has interact with Airport Traffic Control System.This can be identified in which level of testing. Also,please provide me if there is any external resource that clearly defines the type of testing to be used. ...

Ways to protect your software (serials etc)

I'm wondering what is the easiest way to protect the software I write. I'm developing a software package to sell, but don't want people to be able to just install it and use it without paying. The applications are written using C# incase there is any particularly easy way to do this with the .Net framework. I'm asking more as an in...

Easiest way to implement a search engine over a set of URLs

I'm trying to implement a simple search engine over a list of HTML documents. I've build a script that generates the needed list of links. There is no need for crawling any other documents. So far I've tried Solr / Nutch (I'm still trying to get them working...), but they feel way overkill for such a simple task. I'm looking for somethi...