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...

Not much is happening. The reason I am here, aka my ambition, is to make a MMORPG or at least a MORPG. Somewhat Like Astro Empires crossed with Heroes. So yeah.

I remember seeing someone on the tutorial boards asking to see tutorials on the different controls.

I'll be taking on this challenge and learning more about the controls we use in VB.NET and what all they can do.

So please join me on this journey.

The list below is of the controls I will attempt to do tutorials on. With this season of the...

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Its been awhile since Ive posted on the blog! ...

This is the beginning of my journey through the world of programming. I currently have a few more weeks left before I receive my Bachelors degree. As excited as I am, it is also kind of scary. Currently, I am looking for a programming job in Columbus Ohio or surrounding areas. As much as I would love to have some job security, I also wouldn't...

PLY (http://www.dabeaz.com/ply/) is a Python module that allows you to make your own interpreter in python. It allows you to write both the lexer & the parser in python.
I will be posting my attempts here. If I ever finish my language it will look like this:

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I've just joined this Dream.In.Code online community, and it looks cool and useful so far. I noticed an id for it on facebook and actually chose to click the link this time. I've been coding for a long time, and do it professionally. I enjoy being creative and explore digital graphics, both pixel and vector, in my free time. I'm...

Flow charts are an easy and visual way to see how an existing program or a program being programmed is going to run.

I use a program RFFlow 5.04 for all my flowcharting needs. Thee are many free and trial programs on the net, a simple search will locate them.

Lets say we want to simply display a message if a value is equal or less than 0, and...

Well this screwed me up. I can't seem to get PHP and vice versa working with my XAMPP ver on my newest computer running MS Vista.

I was trying to create a PHP and MySQL login system and it just won't work! I'm not even sure what's wrong. I previoulsy installed it on XP and it worked fine. Dunno what went wrong.

Any...

Well I finally solved my issue thanks to some help from my uncle, I feel kind of dumb for not thinking of it my self. The solution was to put the bitmaps into the same folder as the executable and that solved it completely. As I progress through using allegro ill keep posting about it.

This will be my very first Blog. My very firts Journal Entry.
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Hey all!
This is just one of the many things I have programmed. It's a C++ program and is called The Guessing Game.
Just take a look if you want, and make any comments. I'm open to suggestions and opinions.

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Not even a week into school and i'm feeling that my program might be a little more neglected then I expected. Turns out that my Calc and Phyics classes each want to give me around 1.5-2.5 hours of homework a night. Well at least i'm learning right? I must say though my English teacher makes it all worth it by being so...

P r o b l em D e s c r i p t i o n
1. Develop a class named Song that models individual songs like those stored in an iTunes® library. A song
must have the following characteristics:
a. name – the title of the song
b. time – the length (running time) of the song in seconds
c. artist – the name of the artist (performer/composer) of the song
d....

PLEASE GET ME SOME HELP!!! I GOT 2 ERRORS

ERROR NO.1: "C1076 INTERNAL HEAP LIMIT REACHED USE /Zm TO SPECIFY A HIGHER LIMIT "
ERROR NO.2: "' 'menu': LOCAL FUNCTION DEFINITIONS ARE ILLEGAL "

BELOW ARE SOME OF MY CODES NOT ALL
PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICES THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
main.cpp

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Hello,
Here is my weekly digest of tutorials , general news and stuff.

Graphic Design
Look at this amazing flame effect for photoshop

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=7oP7X5qY7Ek

GIMP:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=0_JXjavIqaw

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=ENvXEll7ruY

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=xCqQ5HGZD9Q...

Why did I start C++.
Does anyone know?
What the hell is a infinite loop?
Why does it go forever?
That seems pointless.
Maybe it isn't.
Maybe the people that KNOW this stuff get it.
I wish I KNEW stuff.
I only know stuff.
I don't KNOW stuff.
Okay, Ben, back to "work."
Wait, this isn't work.
Well, at least it wasn't meant...

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Hello everyone! I do apologize for not entering any new posts. As the school year starts up again, I'm sure many schools will have much busy work and try as hard as i can not to sign onto DIC, I still come here to post on the blog and submit tutorials/snippets. So that being the case, I will do my best in providing the community with...