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- Larry Augustin's practical revolution at SugarCRM
- Dana, what is the trend in the Open Source community?OS started as a software development and delivery model "for the people by the people", i.e. free use enabled by free contributions. Now free contributions are likely drying out. Companies with paid employees are contributing the most significant part of code....
- Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Welcome Back, SugarCRM
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Google hopes to remake programming with Go
- Google hopes to boost both computing power and programmers' abilities with an open-source experimental programming language project called Go. Google software luminaries such as Unix co-creator Ken Thompson believe that they can help boost both computing power and programmers' abilities with an open-source experimental programming language project called Go....
- Tags: Software, Google Inc., Programmer, Programming, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Google, Go, programming language, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-11-11
- Can you teach programmers to be journalists?
- Can you teach programmers?All programmers need an understanding of the business solution they're designing and building. Successful projects are those where the customers want to use the software because it takes their wants, needs, & desires into account. We can't code George Jetson's "do my job" button, but...
- Tags: Development tools, programmer
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Can you teach programmers to be journalists?
- Megan Taylor over at PBS' MediaShift writes about the challenges of getting programmers and journalists to work together.MediaShift . Can Programmers, Journalists Get Along in One Newsroom? | PBS It's an interesting subject because newsrooms are increasingly digital and they need to add programming skills to help...
- Tags: Software, Software Engineering, Journalist, Programmer, Ms Taylor, Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- How to Become a C# Programmer: A Systematic Approach to Learning C# That Anyone Can Follow
- The idea for this paper came about one day when author received two emails from two people in completely different hemispheres of the world, both asking the same thing: "How should one get started trying to become a programmer?" Getting emails like this is nothing new for one - as...
- Tags: Programmer, LearnItFirst.com, E-mail, C#, Online Communications, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2009-10-05
- 7 fundamentals of IT project success
- 7 FundamentalsI agree that most of the failures are not because of technical issues. Project managers often focus on the mechanics of managing the activities. There needs to be a focus on business value. This can only come from the business.Adding to the Stakeholder involvement item you...
- Tags: Strategy, IT Solutions, Project Leadership, information technology, IT Project Success
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- DebugAdvisor: A Recommender System for Debugging
- In large software development projects, when a programmer is assigned a bug to x, she typically spends a lot of time searching (in an ad-hoc manner) for instances from the past where similar bugs have been debugged, analyzed and resolved. Systematic search tools that allow the programmer to express the...
- Tags: Bug, Programmer, Software Development, Development Tools, Search, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2009-08-28
- Will all the good open source companies be acquired?
- So you think these vendors is all there is of FOSS?FOSS is not a bunch of companies selling goods, no, they are a lot of people developing software for anyone who cares to use it. Freedom and all that jazz, if you care at all about it.Visit the free software...
- Tags: open source, OSS, F/OSS, OSS programmer, programmer
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- How to mentor entry level developers
- TechRepublic's Justin James has seen enough mentoring boondoggles to have a good idea of what does and doesn’t work. He shares his ideas about how to have a successful software developer mentoring program. One of my recent TechRepublic polls covered the topic of why we hire entry-level...
- Tags: Developer, Programmer, Mentor, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-24
- A pragmatic approach to training programmers
- Justin James believes there should be two educational tracks for software programmers: a true computer science program that focuses on a very mathematical, theoretical approach to programming, and a hands-on route that educates people to be real-world programmers. This TechRepublic download features his ideal course listing for such a training...
- Tags: Training, Programmer, Justin James, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources
- Download resources 2009-07-21
- Anonymous netizens offer a July 1 manifesto, posters
- Anonymous netizens offer a July 1 manifesto, postersyeahhhhh baaaabyIm a developer and hate those managers and companies who Ive worked overtimefor free all these years(yeah i know its crazy to work overtime but I did, many, many hours overtime) And I resent them using my work to make lots of...
- Tags: Government, Chinese Government, programmer
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- docuPrinter SDK 6.1 (Windows)
- docuPrinter SDK is a software development tool that can be used by developers and programmers to control docuPrinter LT, Pro or TSE and programmatically create PDF or Image files from their own applications. docuPrinter SDK works on every Windows operating system from Windows Server 2003 to Windows 95 and because...
- Tags: Programmer, Neevia Technology, docuPrinter SDK, Microsoft Windows, Programming Languages, C/C++, Development Tools, .Net, Microsoft Development Tools, Microsoft Windows 95, C#, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2009-05-29
- MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: WPF for the Business Programmer With Paul Sheriff (Level 200)
- Windows Presentation Foundation, is it really for business applications? The presenter of this webcast discusses the reasons why one would choose to use WPF over Windows Forms, and when you might not. This webcast shows some concrete examples that illustrate how much easier it is to do certain tasks in...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Programmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2009-04-22
- Programmers and IT failure
- Programmers and IT failureFlawed DisciplineBless their souls: programmers are victims of a flawed discipline. One that has been flawed for decades.Development is a trade, a craft. It requires senior craftsmen to apprentice -- PMs are not senior craftsmen, nor is their discipline.In larger construction efforts, the problem lies in not...
- Tags: Development tools, information technology, BAD CODE, programmer
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- Programmers and IT failure
- Let's not forget the role of programmers when analyzing and examining IT failures. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Information Technology, Programmer, Programming, IT Failure, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- Import Export (MS Office Tool) 1.0 (Windows)
- Extracting and importing is a major problem. Just think, you could take a text file and import it into a program to get automatic results. The text file will be filtered to display only the data. All headings and report titles will be removed. This data then could be exported...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Data, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Programmer, Spreadsheet, Tool, ED Quick Click Software, Import Export Application, Import Export, Productivity, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-03-23
- Tips and Tricks for Creating the Reports Your Clients Need to See
- Advanced reporting tools such as PROC REPORT have progressed by leaps and bounds in terms of options available to programmers for creating tables. Add to that the always-improving Output Delivery System ODS, and it seems the sky is the limit for creating ready-for-delivery output straight from SAS. Just when one...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Programmer, Programming, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2009-02-27
- Boot Camp for Programmers: Stuff You Need to Know That's Not in the Manual
- Imagine that one completed a research project a year ago, and now the clients are challenging the results. They doubt one's numbers, and they want to know how one came to conclusions. Could one retrace the steps and reproduce the results? Could one describe what they did and why they...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Programmer, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2009-02-27
- A "SAS Programmer's" Guide to the SAS Enterprise Guide
- This paper demonstrates how SAS programmers can use SAS Enterprise Guide as their primary interface to the SAS system while maintaining the flexibility of writing their own customized code. The paper will look at how to navigate the views and menus, how SAS Enterprise Guide can be used as the...
- Tags: SAS Institute, Programmer
- White papers 2009-02-27
- Manipulating OLAP Cubes: Advanced Techniques for SAS Programmers
- As the amount of data that is captured electronically increases exponentially, more and more organizations are turning to OLAP Cubes as a way to surface data in a meaningful way. OLAP, or Online Analytical Processing, provides a multi-dimensional view of aggregated data. It provides quick and easy access to facts,...
- Tags: Technique, OLAP, SAS Institute, Programmer, Data Mining, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-02-27
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