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  • recommendations for rich scalable internet application

    - by Wouter Roux
    I am planning to develop a web application that must perform the following actions: User authentication allow authenticated user to download data from USB device (roughly 5 meg data) upload the data from the USB device to processing server process the data and display the results to the user further requirements/restrictions: the USB driver supports windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7) the application must support IE, Firefox and Chrome the USB driver must be installed when pointing to the web application the first time the USB driver exposes functionality through exported functions in dll scalability and eye candy is important server details: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64, IIS 7.0, SQL server 2008 With the limited details specified: What technology would you recommend? (eg silverlight/asp.net mvc/wcf). What practices/patterns/3rd party controls would you recommend?

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  • .NET 2d library for circuit diagrams

    - by Dinah
    I want to draw and manipulate logic flow (as opposed to analog) circuit diagrams and I'm trying not to reinvent the wheel. Problems like positioning, line drawing, line crossing and connecting, path finding, rubberband lines, and drag & drop are also identical in flow charts, UML diagrams, or class diagrams so I started by viewing related topics via Google and Stack Overflow. However, the following requirements seemed to keep me from finding anything that quite fit: assuming a chip has an image with input and output stubs, the connecting lines would connect to the chip only in the exact spots of the I/O stubs the color of connecting lines are able to be set as per a chip's output Is there an existing .NET 2d graphics library that would be suitable for drawing circuit diagrams?

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  • How to Transition to Scrum

    - by mcass20
    My team has grown fairly quickly from 1 to 5 over the last year or so and are very interested in changing our development style from Waterfall to a more iterative approach like Scrum. We work for a University and specialize in CRUD web apps for internal customers who are always changing requirements along the way. So, my question is...How do we best implement Scrum techniques? Supplemental concerns: Is it recommended to quit Waterfall "cold turkey" in order to facilitate the transition or do you feel a progressive approach is more effective? In other words, pick and choose some scrum techniques to implement now and add others further down the road?

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  • Refactor/rewrite code or continue?

    - by Dan
    I just completed a complex piece of code. It works to spec, it meets performance requirements etc etc but I feel a bit anxious about it and am considering rewriting and/or refactoring it. Should I do this (spending time that could otherwise be spent on features that users will actually notice)? The reasons I feel anxious about the code are: The class hierarchy is complex and not obvious Some classes don't have a well defined purpose (they do a number of unrelated things) Some classes use others internals (they're declared as friend classes) to bypass the layers of abstraction for performance, but I feel they break encapsulation by doing this Some classes leak implementation details (eg, I changed a map to a hash map earlier and found myself having to modify code in other source files to make the change work) My memory management/pooling system is kinda clunky and less-than transparent They look like excellent reasons to refactor and clean code, aiding future maintenance and extension, but could be quite time consuming. Also, I'll never be perfectly happy with any code I write anyway... So, what does stackoverflow think? Clean code or work on features?

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  • Spring - disable bind exceptions (for a particular property)

    - by Walter White
    Hi all, In a web application I'm working on using Spring 2.5.6.SEC01, I essentially have an Integer field that takes a number to determine which page to scroll to. The requirements changed, and we no longer want to display an error message, but simply ignore the user's input if they enter an invalid number, say "adfadf". I was reading that you can do that via: TypeMismatch.property=Some New Error Message However, after having tried that, we are still getting the original error message: java.lang.Integer.TypeMismatch=... I only want to disable this message for that given property. How can I do that? I still want binding to occur automatically, I just don't want to hear about it now. Walter

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  • Porting Java app to Go - any advice?

    - by Devrim
    We want to rewrite kodingen.com backend with Go which currently is Java, running as daemon using jsvc. I have never touched any C in my life, am only experienced in Java so I don't know if this is something that I should even start. However, task is pretty simple read shell commands from mysql database queue and execute them in parallel save each shell output to the database that's it. So these simple requirements gives me hope that I can start using this wonderful language. What would you advise?

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  • Efficient way to ASCII encode UTF-8

    - by Andreas Gohr
    I'm looking for a simple and efficient way to store UTF-8 strings in ASCII-7. With efficient I mean the following: all ASCII chars in the input should stay ASCII chars in the output the resulting string should be as short as possible the operation needs to be reversable without any data loss there should be no restriction on the input length the whole UTF-8 range should be allowed My first idea was to use Punycode (IDNA) as it fits the first three requirements, but it fails at the last two. Can anyone recommend an alternative encoding scheme? Even better if there's some code available to look at.

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  • ORM solutions (JPA; Hibernate) vs. JDBC

    - by Grasper
    I need to be able to insert/update objects at a consistent rate of at least 8000 objects every 5 seconds in an in-memory HSQL database. I have done some comparison performance testing between Spring/Hibernate/JPA and pure JDBC. I have found a significant difference in performance using HSQL.. With Spring/Hib/JPA, I can insert 3000-4000 of my 1.5 KB objects (with a One-Many and a Many-Many relationship) in 5 seconds, while with direct JDBC calls I can insert 10,000-12,000 of those same objects. I cannot figure out why there is such a huge discrepancy. I have tweaked the Spring/Hib/JPA settings a lot trying to get close in performance without luck. I want to use Spring/Hib/JPA for future purposes, expandability, and because the foreign key relationships (one-many and many-many) are difficult to maintain by hand; but the performance requirements seem to point towards using pure JDBC. Any ideas of why there would be such a huge discrepancy?

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  • login form with java/sqlite

    - by tuxou
    hi I would like to create a login form for my application with the possibility to add or remove users for an sqlite database, i have created the table users(nam, pass) but i can't unclud it in my login form, it someone could help me this is my login code: import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import javax.swing.*; public class login extends JFrame{ // Variables declaration private JLabel jLabel1; private JLabel jLabel2; private JTextField jTextField1; private JPasswordField jPasswordField1; private JButton jButton1; private JPanel contentPane; // End of variables declaration public login(){ super(); create(); this.setVisible(true); } private void create(){ jLabel1 = new JLabel(); jLabel2 = new JLabel(); jTextField1 = new JTextField(); jPasswordField1 = new JPasswordField(); jButton1 = new JButton(); contentPane = (JPanel)this.getContentPane(); // // jLabel1 // jLabel1.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT); jLabel1.setForeground(new Color(0, 0, 255)); jLabel1.setText("username:"); // // jLabel2 // jLabel2.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT); jLabel2.setForeground(new Color(0, 0, 255)); jLabel2.setText("password:"); // // jTextField1 // jTextField1.setForeground(new Color(0, 0, 255)); jTextField1.setSelectedTextColor(new Color(0, 0, 255)); jTextField1.setToolTipText("Enter your username"); jTextField1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){ jTextField1_actionPerformed(e); } }); // // jPasswordField1 // jPasswordField1.setForeground(new Color(0, 0, 255)); jPasswordField1.setToolTipText("Enter your password"); jPasswordField1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){ jPasswordField1_actionPerformed(e); } }); // // jButton1 // jButton1.setBackground(new Color(204, 204, 204)); jButton1.setForeground(new Color(0, 0, 255)); jButton1.setText("Login"); jButton1.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){ jButton1_actionPerformed(e); } }); // // contentPane // contentPane.setLayout(null); contentPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder()); contentPane.setBackground(new Color(204, 204, 204)); addComponent(contentPane, jLabel1, 5,10,106,18); addComponent(contentPane, jLabel2, 5,47,97,18); addComponent(contentPane, jTextField1, 110,10,183,22); addComponent(contentPane, jPasswordField1, 110,45,183,22); addComponent(contentPane, jButton1, 150,75,83,28); // // login // this.setTitle("Login To Members Area"); this.setLocation(new Point(76, 182)); this.setSize(new Dimension(335, 141)); this.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); this.setResizable(false); } /** Add Component Without a Layout Manager (Absolute Positioning) */ private void addComponent(Container container,Component c,int x,int y,int width,int height){ c.setBounds(x,y,width,height); container.add(c); } private void jTextField1_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){ } private void jPasswordField1_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){ } private void jButton1_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){ System.out.println("\njButton1_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) called."); String username = new String(jTextField1.getText()); String password = new String(jPasswordField1.getText()); if(username.equals("") || password.equals("")){// If password and username is empty > Do this >>> jButton1.setEnabled(false); JLabel errorFields = new JLabel("<HTML><FONT COLOR = Blue>You must enter a username and password to login.</FONT></HTML>"); JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,errorFields); jTextField1.setText(""); jPasswordField1.setText(""); jButton1.setEnabled(true); this.setVisible(true); } else{ JLabel optionLabel = new JLabel("<HTML><FONT COLOR = Blue>You entered</FONT><FONT COLOR = RED> <B>"+username+"</B></FONT> <FONT COLOR = Blue>as your username.<BR> Is this correct?</FONT></HTML>"); int confirm =JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null,optionLabel); switch(confirm){ // Switch > Case case JOptionPane.YES_OPTION: // Attempt to Login user jButton1.setEnabled(false); // Set button enable to false to prevent 2 login attempts break; case JOptionPane.NO_OPTION: // No Case.(Go back. Set text to 0) jButton1.setEnabled(false); jTextField1.setText(""); jPasswordField1.setText(""); jButton1.setEnabled(true); break; case JOptionPane.CANCEL_OPTION: // Cancel Case.(Go back. Set text to 0) jButton1.setEnabled(false); jTextField1.setText(""); jPasswordField1.setText(""); jButton1.setEnabled(true); break; } // End Switch > Case } } public static void main(String[] args){ JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true); JDialog.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true); try{ UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel"); }catch (Exception ex){ System.out.println("Failed loading L&F: "); System.out.println(ex); } new login(); }; } my connectDb class : public class Connectdb { private static Connection connect; private static String url ="jdbc:sqlite:data.db"; private static Statement st; private static ResultSet rs; /** * Constructeur privé d'une connection à la bd unique */ private ConnectionBd(){ try { Class.forName("org.sqlite.JDBC"); connect = DriverManager.getConnection(url); } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) { Logger.getLogger(ex.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex); } catch (SQLException e) { System.exit(e.getErrorCode()); } } public static Connection getInstance(){ if(connect == null){ new Connectdb(); }else{ } return connect; } /** * @return */ public static void initTable(String query){ try { Statement state = getInstance().createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY, ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY); ResultSet res = state.executeQuery(query); res.close(); state.close(); } catch (SQLException e) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, e.getMessage(), "ERROR ! ", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE); } }

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  • Why do software engineers hate writing documentation?

    - by Stewart Johnson
    I ask because I quite enjoy it! I'm talking about design documentation and implementation notes (NOT user manuals), which are non-existent in most of the codebases I've been handed. I can understand why a developer wouldn't want to write requirements (that's the analyst's job) or the user documentation (that's a technical writer's job) but I don't get why developers hate writing design docs. I don't think I would feel as if I'd finished the job if I only wrote the code and walked away -- mainly because when I've been introduced to code-only situations I've seen how hard it is to figure out what's been done and what the software does. I would hate for people to suffer the same situation when inheriting my code. What makes you loath writing supporting documentation for your code?

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  • Anyone knows of a good addressbook implementation?

    - by Tsahi Levent-Levi
    I am looking to add an address book to one of my programs. For that purpose, I want to have something that is flexible and customizable to the point of allowing me to hook up additional metadata to contacts in it from third parties. I don't mind paying for a solution as long as I get something that is usable for me. My requirements: Optimized to run on embedded devices Preferably in source code form Ability to add my own fields to contacts over those the address book provides out of the box Ability to plugin "stuff" to it to enhance it without changing its base code too much Has a C or C++ interface

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  • Web Setup Project - Getting the Current Machine Name

    - by Shane Kenney
    I've got a web setup project with a custom screen in it that asks for a machine name. Is there anyway to prepopulate this field with the current machines name? For the case that I need it for just including "Localhost" does not meet my requirements. "Environment.MachineName" will return the machine name within a code block which would be fine if I was needing it in a custom action. But it seems custom actions don't excecute until after you go through the installation wizard... So I cant actually use it. Anyway let me know what you think.

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  • Multiple xmlns attributes affect page performance?

    - by Geuis
    We are working on adding some Facebook Connect functionality to our site. Part of their requirements for FB Connect require adding several additional xmlns attributes to the html element. We are likely going to have 5 or 6 of their custom attributes by the time we're done, and I want to know if this will negatively affect our page performance. I.e. will these be additional resources that the browser has to download? I have checked in Firebug and I don't see additional requests, but I don't know if that is because requests are not made by the browser, or if Firebug simply doesn't track them.

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  • GKPeerStateAvailable for non existing peers?

    - by Ernest
    Hi, used this website for the long time to find answers, now need to ask on myself! :) I have implemented multi player for my game using GKSession and client/server approach, not using peer picker (up to 4 player allowed). I have one big problem which I can't find solution for. If you disconnect/reconnect server peer quickly enough, client peer will "remember" that host and will show it in the list of all available peers permanently, only turning wifi/bluetooth off resets this. So if I do this 5 times in a row, my client will show 5 available hosts with the same name! Anyone had experience with this? Any idea of workarounds? I should note that requirements for my game is iPhone SDK 3.0 for Bluetooth and 3.1 for Wifi as GKSession supports both now.

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  • How to structure class to support imported 3d model ?

    - by brainydexter
    Hello, I've written a C++ library that reads in this 3d model file (collada DAE). uptil now, I would output a list of triangles and handle each at rendering stage. But now, I need to attach some Bounding sphere information with the imported model. I need some advice on how should I organize this in code. Here are some specs of the 3D file format: - 3D model is represented as a Tree consisting of nodes - each node can contain other nodes, geometry information, transformation etc My requirements: - a bounding sphere associated with each node, thereby yielding a tree of bounding sphere hierarchy for the model itself. - actual vertex information What would be the recommended way to deal with this situation? Thanks

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  • How do I override ToString in C# enums?

    - by scraimer
    In the post Enum ToString, a method is described to use the custom attribute DescriptionAttribute like this: Enum HowNice { [Description("Really Nice")] ReallyNice, [Description("Kinda Nice")] SortOfNice, [Description("Not Nice At All")] NotNice } And then, you call a function GetDescription, using syntax like: GetDescription<HowNice>(NotNice); // Returns "Not Nice At All" But that doesn't really help me when I want to simply populate a ComboBox with the values of an enum, since I cannot force the ComboBox to call GetDescription. What I want has the following requirements: Reading (HowNice)myComboBox.selectedItem will return the selected value as the enum value. The user should see the user-friendly display strings, and not just the name of the enumeration values. So instead of seeing "NotNice", the user would see "Not Nice At All". Hopefully, the solution will require minimal code changes to existing enumerations. Obviously, I could implement a new class for each enum that I create, and override its ToString(), but that's a lot of work for each enum, and I'd rather avoid that. Any ideas? Heck, I'll even throw in a hug as a bounty :-)

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  • Efficient data structure design

    - by Sway
    Hi there, I need to match a series of user inputed words against a large dictionary of words (to ensure the entered value exists). So if the user entered: "orange" it should match an entry "orange' in the dictionary. Now the catch is that the user can also enter a wildcard or series of wildcard characters like say "or__ge" which would also match "orange" The key requirements are: * this should be as fast as possible. * use the smallest amount of memory to achieve it. If the size of the word list was small I could use a string containing all the words and use regular expressions. however given that the word list could contain potentially hundreds of thousands of enteries I'm assuming this wouldn't work. So is some sort of 'tree' be the way to go for this...? Any thoughts or suggestions on this would be totally appreciated! Thanks in advance, Matt

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  • How do I convert the below PHP code to VB.NET?

    - by Greg
    How do I convert the below PHP code to VB.NET? <?php $X_HOST ="foo.com"; $X_URL = "/index.php"; $X_PORT ="8080"; $X_USERNAME = "foo"; $X_PASSWORD = "bar"; $s_POST_DATA = "Channel=UK.VODAFONE"; // Channel $s_POST_DATA .= "&Shortcode=12345"; // Shortcode $s_POST_DATA .= "&SourceReference=3456"; // Source Reference $s_POST_DATA .= "&MSISDN=447811111111"; // Phone $s_POST_DATA .= "&Content=test"; // Content $s_POST_DATA .= "&DataType=0"; // Data Type $s_POST_DATA .= "&Premium=1"; // Premium $s_POST_DATA .= "&CampaignID=4321"; // CampaignID $s_Request = "POST ".$X_URL." HTTP/1.0\r\n"; $s_Request .="Host: ".$X_HOST.":".$X_PORT."\r\n"; $s_Request .="Authorization: Basic ".base64_encode($X_USERNAME.":".$X_PASSWORD)."\r\n"; $s_Request .="Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n"; $s_Request .="Content-Length: ".strlen($s_POST_DATA)."\r\n"; $s_Request .="\r\n".$s_POST_DATA; //Sends out the request to the server. $fp = fsockopen ($X_HOST, $X_PORT, $errno, $errstr, 30) or die("Error!!!"); fputs ($fp, $s_Request); while (!feof($fp)) { $s_GatewayResponse .= fgets ($fp, 128); } fclose ($fp); //Array of official response codes. $a_Responses = array( "100" => "Server has returned an unspecified error.", "101" => "Server successfully received the request.", "102" => "Server has returned an database error", "103" => "Server has returned an syntax error." ); echo "<HTML>\n<BODY>\n\n"; //Checks for an official response code. foreach ($a_Responses as $s_ResponseCode => $s_ResponseDescription) { if (stristr($s_GatewayResponse, "\n$s_ResponseCode\n")) { echo "A response code of $s_ResponseCode was returned – "; echo $s_ResponseDescription"; $b_CodeReturned = true; } } //Checks for an authorization failure where an official response code has //not been recognized. if (!$b_CodeReturned) { if (stristr($s_GatewayResponse, "HTTP/1.1 401")) { echo "The server rejected your username/password (HTTP 401)."; } else { echo "No recognised response code was returned by the server."; } } echo "\n\n</BODY>\n</HTML>"; ?> and <?php $s_ref = $HTTP_POST_VARS["Reference"]; // Reference $s_trg = $HTTP_POST_VARS["Trigger"]; // trigger $s_shc = $HTTP_POST_VARS["Shortcode"]; // shortcode $s_pho = $HTTP_POST_VARS["MSISDN"]; // MSISDN $s_con = $HTTP_POST_VARS["Content"]; // Content $s_chn = $HTTP_POST_VARS["Channel"]; // Channel $s_pay = $HTTP_POST_VARS["DataType"]; // Data Type $s_dat = $HTTP_POST_VARS["DateReceived"]; // Date Received $s_cam = $HTTP_POST_VARS["CampaignID"]; // CampaignID $b_IsValid = getValidateRequest($s_ref, $s_trg, $s_shc, $s_pho, $s_con, $s_cam, $s_chn, $s_pay, $s_dat); if ($b_IsValid) { $s_ResponseCode = "success"; } else { $s_ResponseCode = "fail"; } exit($s_ResponseCode); /*******************************************************************************/ function getValidateRequest ($s_req_ref, $s_req_trg, $s_req_shc, $s_req_pho, $s_req_con, $s_req_cam, $s_req_chn, $s_req_pay, $s_req_dat) { /* * Stub function to be replaced with whatever process is needed to * process/validate request from server by specific client requirements. */ return(true); } ?> lastly <?php $s_ref = $HTTP_POST_VARS["Reference"]; // Reference $s_sta = $HTTP_POST_VARS["Status"]; // Status $s_dat = $HTTP_POST_VARS["DateDelivered"]; // Date Delivered $b_IsValid = getValidateReceipt($s_ref, $s_sta, $s_dat); if ($b_IsValid) { $s_ResponseCode = "success"; } else { $s_ResponseCode = "fail"; } exit($s_ResponseCode); /*******************************************************************************/ function getValidateReceipt ($s_req_ref, $s_req_sta, $s_req_dat) { /* * Stub function to be replaced with whatever process is needed to * process/validate receipts from server by specific client requirements. */ return(true); } ?> Thank you very much in advance Regards Greg

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  • Finding the best folder for all users on a Windows machine

    - by reallyjoel
    We are making a game which will add a level editor feature soon. We want the user to be able to put levels he's downloaded in a folder and then play it in the game, without any hassle. So, we're looking for a folder that anybody can find, open, write, read, and is multiuser. On Windows Vista / 7, the folder /Users/Public/ look like a great candidate. However, It's not listed in the .net enum System.Environment.SpecialFolder. I have went through them all, and checked what they yield on different Windows versions, and none live up to my requirements. I did find Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData, that kinda works, but that folder is hidden (C:\ProgramData) and I assume most users don't display hidden folders. As it stands now, it looks like we'll have to settle for the personal documents folder, but we'd really like a multi user folder? Anyone have any tips? (Hard coding c:\Users\Public\ is out of the question, it will only work on english systems)

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  • How to unit test internals (organization) of a data structure?

    - by Herms
    I've started working on a little ruby project that will have sample implementations of a number of different data structures and algorithms. Right now it's just for me to refresh on stuff I haven't done for a while, but I'm hoping to have it set up kind of like Ruby Koans, with a bunch of unit tests written for the data structures but the implementations empty (with full implementations in another branch). It could then be used as a nice learning tool or code kata. However, I'm having trouble coming up with a good way to write the tests. I can't just test the public behavior as that won't necessarily tell me about the implementation, and that's kind of important here. For example, the public interfaces of a normal BST and a Red-Black tree would be the same, but the RB Tree has very specific data organization requirements. How would I test that?

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  • How do I manage specs in Scrum ?

    - by this. __curious_geek
    Referring to this buddy question, I want to know how one can manage specs in Scrum process ? I'm facing this problem while assigning tasks to my team for the sprint. Needless to say - I'm new to Agile/Scrum. Currently, we are using our own specs sheet to map StoryId to SpecId and vice versa. I'm getting the felling that Scrum is more about project management [getting things done on time] and you need a seperate process to manage specs and requirements. How do we manage specs in a Scrum process ?

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  • Is it possible to modify ASP.NET to no longer require runat="server"?

    - by sean2078
    I know why runat="server" is currently required (ASP.NET why runat="server"), but the consensus is that it should not be required if you incorporate a simple default into the design (I agree of course). Would it be possible to modify, extend, decompile and recreate, intercept or otherwise change the behavior of how ASP.NET parses ASPX and ASCX files so that runat="server" would no longer be required? For instance, I assume that a version of Mono could be branched to accomplish this goal. In case specific requirements are helpful, the following highlights one design: During parsing, when configured namespace tags are encountered (such as "asp"), default the element's runat property to "server" During parsing, when configured namespace tags are encountered (such as "asp"), if the element's runat property value is available, then that value should be used in place of the default New page-level setting introduced (can be set in the page directive or web.config) that specifies the default runat value for a specific namespace tag

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  • UI Components for Windows Mobile Applications (.NET Compact Framework)

    - by splattne
    Applications which run on mobile devices have special user interface requirements. I think Apple did a great job introducing innovative controls on the iPhone/iPod touch platform. Now, I have to design an application for the Windows Mobile platform using the .NET Compact Framework (Visual Studio 2008). I wonder if there are some commercial or open source UI control sets available which are similar to the iPhone / iPod touch UI elements: Scrolling panels based on gestures Instead of a dropdownlist: a new panel with a large list of items Sliding panels etc. I couldn't find any useful products/code. Maybe there is somebody out there with more experience who could help.

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  • Use of Icons from a GPL'd program

    - by clartaq
    There is a GPL'd program that has some nice icons I would like to use in a project of my own. I would like to release my project under a more liberal license like Apache or BSD. After reading the GPL V3 license (a few times), I can't figure out how it applies to resources like icons. Can I use them at all? If so, must I release my new project under GPL instead of some other license? Of course, I plan to contact the original author and ask them what they had in mind and honor that intent. But what are the legal requirements for use of graphical resources from GPL'd software?

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  • What is the cost in bytes for the overhead of a sql_variant column in SQL Server?

    - by Elan
    I have a table, which contains many columns of float data type with 15 digit precision. Each column consumes 8 bytes of storage. Most of the time the data does not require this amount of precision and could be stored as a real data type. In many cases the value can be 0, in which case I could get away with storing a single byte. My goal here is to optimize space storage requirements, which is an issue I am facing working with a SQL Express 4GB database size limit. If byte, real and float data types are stored in a sql_variant column there is obviously some overhead involved in storing these values. What is the cost of this overhead? I would then need to evaluate whether I would actually end up in significant space savings (or not) switching to using sql_variant column data types. Thanks, Elan

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