problem-domain

Does anyone write really long, complex php apps, and if so, what is your problem domain?

It's hard for me to imagine a php script that is more than a few hundred lines of code. It seems that, for a non-persistent environment, web-based scripting is usually done is small chunks and used for the purpose of delivering a portion of a website to the end user. I'd like to know if people are developing any type of large, or persi...

Is it harder to learn a new problem domain or a new language?

I've noticed on a few Flash vs. Silverlight threads that familiarity with .NET amongst back-end developers is being given as a plus for Silverlight. But realistically, how many devs are going to switch from back-end to front end development? Isn't it actually more likely that it will be Flash and Flex guys learning Silverlight, as they a...

Using a non-English ubiquitous language?

While discussing specifications and functional requirements for a recent project, we were talking with the domain experts about accounting terms in Dutch since the whole team and the customers were all native Dutch speakers. When development started, we naturally implemented the domain classes and interfaces in English since we write al...

Flex spark web browser problem

am using spark web in flex its working fine in IE6 where as in IE7 , Firefox, opera and other browser its not working. on login to spark web its giving error: Problem authenticating with the server or you are not authorised to perform this operation. Please help me out regarding this Thanks n regards Sheela ...

ie complicated subdomain cookie problem

all my cookies work great on subdomain, but if subdomain has "_" in it, then cookie dont get read at all and dont get right at all eaither. following are my tested result, which will self explain justlife.demo.com *** works fine *** just-life.demo.com *** works fine *** just-.demo.com *** works fine *** just_.dem...

Problem Domain for Design Patterns

I was asked during an interview for an entry level coder position about how much I knew about design patterns. Actually, the interviewer brought out a hard-cover book (Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides) and asked me, enthusiastically, if I had...