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Cool use of anonymous delegates

Cool use of anonymous delegatesA wheel suitable to its purpose.Suppose re-using code were not a shibboleth. How long would have been required to write what you needed?This may or may not be the most appropriate example, but reinventing the wheel is good when a prior attempt was square or...

Tags: Programming languages, Scripting languages, Development tools, Code Reuse, Perl, Ada

Discussion threads 2007-05-09

Open source can be recycled

Open source can be recycledGoogle Code Library and Code re-useI read an article suggesting that google may index all the open-source code ever written. I can't remember the derivation.This does prompt a very interesting application: that all the code on the internet could be via a service model be...

Tags: Intellectual property, open source, Code Reuse

Discussion threads 2006-08-01

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WeBuilder 2010 10.0.119 (Windows)

WeBuilder is revolutionary all-in-one taxt-based Web code editor that enables you to edit HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, ASP, Ruby and other web documents within single program. Clean and convenient interface, quick startup, true flexibility, and powerful features allow you to create and edit HTML, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, WML, PHP, ASP,...

Tags: Microsoft ASP, PHP, JavaScript, Microsoft Windows, Ruby, Blumentals Software, WeBuilder, Scripting Languages, CSS, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-26

Rapid PHP 2010 10.0.119 (Windows)

Rapid PHP editor is a PHP editor with a debugger and UTF-8 support. Features enable you to create and edit not only PHP, but also HTML, XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript code, while integrated tools allow you to validate, reuse, navigate, and format your code. Whether you are a professional developer...

Tags: PHP, Microsoft Windows, Editor, Blumentals Software, Rapid PHP Editor, Scripting Languages, CSS, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-26

HTMLPad 2010 Pro 10.0.119 (Windows)

HTMLPad is a sophisticated all-in-one HTML, CSS, JavaScript and XHTML editor, trusted by thousands of professional web developers and many learners in over 50 countries. Clean and convenient interface, quick startup, true flexibility and powerful features allow you to create and edit HTML, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript code faster and...

Tags: HTML, JavaScript, Microsoft Windows, Blumentals Software, HTMLPad, CSS, Xhtml, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-26

Altova StyleVision Standard Edition 2010 (Windows)

Altova StyleVision 2010 Standard Edition is a drag-and-drop, visual XML- to-HTML stylesheet designer for graphically designing templates that render eye-catching HTML output from XML content. StyleVision is fully standards-compliant and supports XSLT 1.0, XSLT 2.0, CSS, and JavaScript for building advanced Web pages. It even has a built-in HTML importer...

Tags: Altova, HTML, XSLT, Microsoft Windows, Altova StyleVision, Altova StyleVision 2010 Standard Edition, XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-18

SapphireJPG (Mobile)

Product Details The Sapphire JPG utility provides the Visual Studio developer with the ability to convert .bmp bitmap image files to .jpg JPEG files. Product Features The Sapphire JPG Utility makes bitmap conversion easy with the following features: Convert .bmp to .jpg file You can download the latest demo version...

Tags: Mobile, Dynamic-link Library, JPEG, Bitmap, Demo Version

Software downloads 2009-11-12

Brickbats over bricks

Some more input from CalStar on their pending entry into the building materials market. I had asked about who set the standards for what is a "brick." The answer from CalStar: "ASTM is not the gatekeeper for new products - national and local building codes are....

Tags: Brick, Standards, CalStar, ASTM, Ash Brick, Quality, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Dynamic HTML Editor 5.0.56 (Windows)

Dynamic HTML Editor is a powerful HTML Editor that permits you to create your site in a WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get environment using both CSS or tabled layouts. Dynamic HTML Editor's design emphasizes simplicity and ease of use. You'll find that you can create great looking...

Tags: DHTML, Microsoft Windows, Lorenzi Davide, Dynamic HTML Editor, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-10-13

EditPad Pro 6.5.2 (Windows)

EditPad Pro is a text editor and word processor. Work comfortably with the tabbed layout, spell checking, column editing, extensive clipboard and block editing abilities, project files, word count and other statistics, text wrapping and unwrapping, alphabetic sort, bookmarks, and character map. Edit source code with syntax coloring, file navigation,...

Tags: Source Code, Microsoft Windows, Just Great Software, EditPad Pro

Software downloads 2009-09-25

iPhone users aren't the only ones to get cool apps

Really??? Someone hasn't been paying attention.[i]"If consumers don't have to pay for applications because they're subsidized by advertising," Bardin continued. "And if developers can make money through advertising, it's a home run for Android for sure."[/i]Some of those "free" apps in Apple's Apps store are already subsidized by advertising.... That...

Tags: Smart phones, Android Devices, Apple iPhone, Palm Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

News to know: Culture of cheap; Microsoft, Nokia; eBay; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Culture of cheap: How discount computers cost the consumer Jason Perlow: Der Frankenputer: A Last Hurrah at...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Cloud Computing, Phishing, Virtualization, Sales Strategy, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Word, Smart Phones, Security, Spam And Phishing, Hardware, Sales, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-13

Avoid accidental complexity, and 96 other things every software architect should know

Avoid accidental complexity, and 96 other things every software architect should knowMy thoughts"Control the data, not just the code"I think I'll add that you should know when to use a database and when to just use a basic data structure. Not everything needs a database, and in line with the...

Tags: database

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

Avoid accidental complexity, and 96 other things every software architect should know

Favor simplicity. Avoid accidental complexity. Don't worry about building the 'perfect' beast. Don't worry about future-proofing. Treat people with respect. These common-sense pearls of wisdom come from a book titled 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know, edited by Richard Monson-Haefel, that is packed with truisms...

Tags: Solution, Complexity, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Six ways to make SOA services more reusable

Achieving service reuse is a multi-dimensional problem that ties into technical approaches as well as business governance. In my last post, I surfaced some of JP Morgenthal's concerns about the reusability of services in their current state or statefulness. But there are steps that can be taken...

Tags: Adapter, SOA, Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-26

Program for Android in C/C++ with the Native Development Kit (if you dare)

Not a big fan of Java? Well, get over it, because that's the primary and recommended way to write applications for Android devices. It's portable and... what's that? Android's Dalvik Java VM not fast enough for you? Granted, it's an interpreted engine and as of version 1.5 there's no Just-In-Time...

Tags: C, Library, Native Development Kit, C/C++, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Snip-It Pro 2.0.0.1 (Windows)

Smart Programmers have used snippets to improve their own productivity for years. Whether they used a snippet manager that was baked into a particular IDE or editor or developed their own system of sifting through source files to find useful nuggets of code, the result is the same. Reusing code...

Tags: IDE, Microsoft Windows, Mtelligent Solutions, Snip-It Pro, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-05-19

What does open source community mean?

What does open source community mean?Too much thought on companies.......not enough on individual efforts. I think some folk get too caught up in the business aspect of it all and forget the root. I use plenty of FOSS tools that are backed by no large corporate entity. They may sometimes...

Tags: open source, F/OSS, developer, open-source community, joy

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

The false contradiction within open source

The false contradiction within open sourceI totally agreeDear Dana, I totally agree with you. It is not only a matter of ethics, but of economics - in general, the more reuse a community can generate, the more valuable the software itself become, even when monetization happens elsewere (like in the...

Tags: contradiction, GPL, open source

Discussion threads 2009-04-03

Is a modular Windows 7 a good thing?

According to a new post on the Engineering Windows 7 blog, in future versions of Windows 7, you can turn off not just Internet Explorer, mind you, but nearly every major Windows feature, from Media Player to Windows Search. It's called Windows Features, and it's coming to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, API, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-06