Maybe the reputation points might not mean a lot to most people here, but I don't generally post in areas outside of assisting people with problems, so this means that my points are a fairly good indicator for how many people I've actually helped, and it feels pretty good.

I think back to the first people that I helped with C# problems...

You couldn't find a book title that aligns more perfectly with my blog's mission statement: Seven Languages in Seven Weeks by Bruce A. Tate. It's a whistle stop tour of seven programming languages. Each one is chosen for an aspect of its programming model.

The languages are Ruby, Io, Prolog, Scala, Erlang, Clojure and Haskell....

It has come to my attention, both here on DIC and in the real world, that many programmers do not actually know that there is a difference between a switch statement and a string of if-else clauses. This seems worthy of correction. You may have been told at some point in your path to becoming a developer that a switch statement is "just like...

In order for someone to help you to solve your problem you have to help us to help you. First, post the relevant code wrapped in code-tags. Highlight the code and press the [ code ] button just above where you are typing. Press the Preview Post button until it is correct.

Post relevant...

6000+ Kudos

Recently I broke through the 6000 Kudos barrier.
So I wrote small program to screen-scrap the contributions page so I could do a breakdown of all my contributions by language section.

Still not quite got the full A-Z in both snippets and tutorials.

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Today I'm releasing my free ebook - A Primer on SQL here at Dreamincode. It is a short ebook teaching the basics of SQL assuming no prior knowledge of it. While the examples and text use Ingres as the database management system, the code should work correctly on any SQL compliant database.

Contents...

I set out to see if I could write a simple Cross-OS program using NASM and GTK+ 2 on Linux and Windows. GTK is a cross OS GUI library, so it seemed it would be easy enough. Holy crap was I wrong!

On Linux, it is simple:
1. Build the GUI with GLADE and save the glade file.
2. Write Assembly code using NASM to load the glade file, show the...

Intro...

Hey guys so I have decided to start blog series where I will be talking about my experiences in Android! Today I will talking about how I calculated the path of enemy units in the game that I am creating. I would like to note that any code that post in this blog entry is still a work in progress and not all the logic bugs have been worked out...

One year ago, I posted a whiny, melodramatic entry about the horrible abuse I was suffering at the hands of my employer when they implemented their mandatory everything-must-use-Joomla-for-a-CMS policy. I am now on the cusp of launching my third Joomla-backed site and, while I'm still not excited by it, I have learned to manage (and in some...

So I've been using Arch Linux as my distro of choice. I'll tell you why with a screenshot:
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ASUS Zenbook UX31E-DH52 -- A Developer's Perspective...

Jam Session with BlackBerry 10!



Coming May 1-3...

There are a lot of threads about doing homework, and about questions regarding homework. Yet we still get tons of questions for the same things over and over... see the same problems over and over... so I'm going to throw my hat in the ring of trying to cover these in one place rather than have so many people waste so many man-hours saying...

Welcome to the VB.net FAQ and Resources Blog.

This blog has been started as a focus for several pinned topics in the VB.net section.

The existing pinned topics.
vb.net FAQs
Resources
Fancy a Challenge?
Project Ideas
Tutorial Ideas & Suggestions

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Welcome to another exciting episode! Today we will be discussing a topic that seems to be a bit of a confusing one for everyone... storing BLOB images in MySQL and then showing them again using PHP. While it is always advised against, we will show you a little demo code for how this can be done and discuss why/why not do this. We will then...

The other day while helping out in Java, I came across this thread...

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I am so mad. My computer stopped working and now I can't get to the two programs that I
wrote.One of which I had help from this site with and I would like to post the code of.
I feel like burning it.By the way if aanyone is wondering I am using a freinds computer
to post this. :surrender:

Blog: I just learned that I cant blog very well. :stupid: :( Sorry I really can't, my computer teacher is forcing us to blog for class I get about a sentence. ANY WAY who thinks they can name more Digimon or Poke'mon than me? :offtopic: Haha what can I say Im 15 I have a short attention span.

Hello World! this was my first and still my only program i didnt get off the internet. (i got it from a book. yep thats right i read.) And this is my first blog. I am 15 and i am looking into becoming a programmer right now im looking into c++ and assembly languages. I need any first timer pointers you have. also if anyone knows any websites...

Of the year 2010's latest and hottest gizmos comes an electronic pad illuminated by a 10" LED display panel including an inbuilt Wi-Fi adapter from Apple Computers Inc.

Many of those who own one must have already got an experience of the slow (laggy?) WiFi experience it offers. Some people say it could be a bug in Apple's wifi driver...

my own video-tute series to model a car from scratch
an audi a4 2006
link to my channel on youtube...

We are currently looking for someone ho can design the project logo, they will be given credit.

[Apologies if the entry is a little unclear, I just threw this together in about 10 minutes, I wanna get it out there... it's fucking hard to find any sort of information when it comes to this at the moment]

Quick entry, gonna turn this into a tutorial soon. The code is a bit of a mess, since I was just throwing stuff together while I was...

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If You Have any problems with the .NET Please post Your problem i will Try To solve it as soon as possible

Ok, the blogs name includes lazy so I hope you won't mind me posting the working result of the last few days. I might ...

Hello
my Nam is Varinder,and m working on same topic,but i dont know how to start coz its my uni project and m new in it
but i have to make a walking ant whose leaving coulor behind her
so can any1 please help me???

• One of the most common types of controls found on a Windows Application Form program
  
• Possible to change the button's height and width by manipulating it's properties of the same names

Prefix
btn

Common Properties
.Text --> set what text will appear on the button
.Enabled...

You’re probably here because you’re single and feel like you have no place to turn. There are a lot of people out there that are single and feel uneasy because of it. This is something I’ve been working through for quite a while, and still continue to work through, and I want to help others that are in the same situation. We have to understand...

When logged on to SQL Server Management Studio database engine, the database appears as
<dbName> (SUSPECT)
No transaction on the database can take place

If this is the problem you are facing then you are on the right page ashishshevale 

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This qoute is usually true for snobby girls that think money is everything!!!

After doing some extensive research on different degrees and really figuring out where I want to be 10 years down the road my decision will be final this week, Subsequent Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science. The cost difference between a subsequent Web Development and subsequent Computer Science degree is minimal compared to my desired...