5
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13answers
287 views
Is there a shortage of programmers?
I was reading the New York Times article this week about Google complaining about a lack of qualified US programmers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/business/12immig.html
Then …
17
votes
33answers
725 views
How can social networking sites make you a better developer?
I am giving a keynote at Devscovery tomorrow at 9am. The title is "Social Networking for Developers." It's 90 minutes long and I don't want to waste anyone's time.
Everyone I tal …
1
vote
2answers
34 views
concatenating/printing a string literal
I'm running into an odd problem with concatenating or printing strings. I have a char * that can be set to one of a few values of string literal.
char *myStrLiteral = NULL;
...
i …
1
vote
10answers
69 views
Is it possible to do a better programming job the second time around?
I hate the way this sounds but Joel says "It's important to remember that when you start from scratch there is absolutely no reason to believe that you are going to do a better job …
1
vote
6answers
51 views
What are the most commonly used Java Frameworks?
for me I will answer this question based on my experience.
so if I'm gonna start new project I will use the following technologies:
AndorMDA as MDA framework.
Spring (DI, Interc …
1
vote
1answer
64 views
What ever happened to Textmate 2?
What ever happened to Textmate 2?
0
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3answers
54 views
Which is the best c++ application framework?
Just curious, are there c++ frameworks out there which resemble django-python , symphony-php, or spring-java?
Gath
0
votes
5answers
38 views
Simple string encryption in .NET and Javascript
I'm developing an ASP.NET MVC application in which I want to encrypt a short string on the server, using C#, and send it to the client-side.
Then on the client-side it will be dec …
-1
votes
1answer
34 views
Domain names
Hopefully this post is allowed.
I'm having trouble coming up with a short and unique name for a website that will have PHP, HTML, internet, and open source stuff like blog posts a …
1
vote
1answer
31 views
Best library for statistics in C++?
I'm looking for high performance code (needs to run in real-time), preferably open source, but if there is nothing that's free and high-perf, I'll take something well supported and …
5
votes
7answers
128 views
How to find list of possible words from a letter matrix
I have been playing a game on my iPhone called Scramble lately. When the game starts you get a matrix of letters like so:
F X I E
A M L O
E W B X
A S T U
The goal of the game is …
0
votes
1answer
10 views
Calculating the total number of bytes in a datagram
In order to use the udpclient.send method I must provide as one of the parameters the number of bytes I am sending.
How do I calculate the number of bytes in a datagram before sen …
1
vote
2answers
26 views
Is it better to start how to code in Objective-C for the desktop before you venture to the iPhone?
I have C/C++ experience so learning Objective-C is not completely foreign to me. However, I noticed that writing an application for the iPhone is not as simple as for the desktop p …
6
votes
6answers
99 views
Java Generic List<List<? extends Number>>
How come in java we cannot do:
List<List<? extends Number>> aList = new ArrayList<List<Number>>();
Even though this is OK:
List<? extends Number> …
1
vote
1answer
25 views
How do you build a debug .exe (MSVCRTD.lib) against a release built lib (MSVCRT.lib)?
I'm using Visual C++ 2008, SP1. I have a QT app (gui, .exe) in debug build config. It's set to use the Multi-threaded Debug DLL version of the CRT, aka MSVCRTD.lib.
I'm linking ag …
