I figure out some technologies that can help me to build Queue Management Systems. Each terminal will send multicast to others. All the terminals get messaging in sync in real time. I'm not sure that do I really need a database server as backend or not? ...
I am looking for some recommendations regarding choice of programming language / technology for web development. I know there have been several discussions around similar subject on SO but perhaps the following set of criteria (in order of importance) add a bit of spin: has good quality IDE that facilitates development process (like ha...
I have a web-based interface for handing invoices, customer records and other transaction records which interacts currently with a database of all the aforementioned stored upon the same machine. As you can imagine, this is quite a simple set-up consisting of a web-app (PHP) and a database (MySQL). However, the ideal scenario is to keep ...
I'm job hunting and have been tayloring my CV for individual jobs however it tends to follow the following theme for my skills and knowledge: Commercial experience with Relational Database Management Systems (Postgres) including SQL, stored procedures, replication and design. Commercial experience in Python and PHP web scripting, XML (...
I'm working on a new project and we're using a pretty nice stack. NHibernate, Spring, MVC... the list goes on. One thing I've noticed tho is that in the 6 months since we've started we've had a new release of NHibernate, a new release of a third party control toolkit and Windows 7 is on the horizon. We've had problems before where bein...
I'm interested in using Android for a E-Ink based platform. I know it has been demonstrated once by MOTO, but I'm interested in using it for a commercial grade product and not 'just' a technology demo. I have got a question on the ability to change the platform to cope with specific display effect caused by E-Ink. I'm asking this quest...
Assuming that the .php and .aspx extensions have been hidden from the URLs, are there any clues in the HTML that might suggest the site is coded in either php or asp? Cheers. ...
I'm at a cross-roads in my professional life. I've dabbled in various languages/technologies (LAMP, iPhone apps, c++) and programming activities (contests, writing C# code as a "tool developer" for a living, work on some simple web apps etc). I can learn pretty much anything but I'm far from mastering any of these domains. What techn...
I‘m planning on learn more about Silverlight by attending one of the following places. And from then (which I called/hope to be the foundation) I’ll have good solid background and information (I hope) about Silverlight. The question is, which one is good enough for me as new developer to Silverlight in terms of content and value. The fi...
Hi. I'm a programmer with high knowledge of Delphi and Borland's tools. I'm currently in a turn over learning C# and .NET. I'm planning a total rewrite of my commercialized application. With all thoses technologies available with Microsoft tools, I'm totally lost. Which way to go? WinForms? WPF? WCF? Asp.NET? Using Microsoft Ajax? JQ...
We've all participated in discussions about whether or not a given technology has proven itself sufficiently to be used for a given purpose. In our organization, we were instructed to pursue technologies that had made it past the "Trough of Disillusionment" in the Gartner Hype Cycle. Are there legitimate free resources online to determ...
I'm trying to understand trends of the languages. This might be not a "real programming question", but i hope people will correct me promptly. Currently there are two languages/trends/technologies that i'm interested in: Java and .NET. These are two worlds. There's an opinion that: 1. Java is most often used in connection with Oracle...
Currently, I am facing a very strange condition. I am working on a particular project and for particular task and for overall project I feel that Java would be the best option but as company has major expertise with PHP they want to use PHP as compared to Java, if you were in my shoe how would you deal with this situation. ...
After graduating in CS in the last century I have been running my own business for the better part of a decade. Now in my mid-thirties I am going to move countries and for the first time in a long time I need to look seriously at actually finding a formal position as a programmer. I have developed and maintained several sizable websites...
I been programming in c++ for over 10 years now, it is my favorite programming language. I'm just a bit concerned that it's popularity is fading away, atleast in windows application development, because of c# and the .net framework. I'm not against c# or .net, I've actually program in those, and I'll admit, some things in c# and .net a...
Hi, For the criterias below, what a technology stack would fit best? Cross-platform (Linux/Windows). Ability to run as a service (daemon). Powerful object-oriented data access (O/R-mapping). Multiple databases support (MsSql, Oracle, MySQl, SqlLite, Postgress). Web application can be tested (Unit and Integration testing). Reasonable o...
Greetings, With a friend, we have plans to start a startup company that will serve as a special type of e-commerce site thus having a successfully working website is a must. Now we are at the brink of technology selection for running the website. We want to be agile as possible as we can, which means we want to develop the site as so...
There were times when we had to choose between 2 or 3 technologies/strategies to develop modules. Now for every small or large component/module/project, we have almost uncountable options. It might be easy for those with years of experience, but not for those who are new to programming, say less than a year. I get frustrated sometimes ...
Hi, Just want to wrap a page inside a desktop window on Windows, Linux and Mac. The user see standard (for the given OS) look (window, close/minimise buttons etc). But it would basically just be a browser inside that window. Additional things I want to achieve (apart from the ones every browser has): Application should be able to r...
Hi all, a bit of advice required here :). I recently graduated(Computer Science), and need to decide a path to take programming/technology wise. I have knowledge of Java, C, SQL most of it is university level stuff. I work daily with PHP/SQL building web apps. Which language / technology would you advise me to learn. I am very interest...