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...

I just released my second app into the Android Marketplace. The first is a (very) basic bill and tip calculator called (surprisingly) Basic Tip and Bill Calculator. Enter in the bill amount, tip amount, and number of people, and it gives each person's share. Basic, but more features are coming soon!
Second is DroidPaint. It's...

Ok, so I've been away from pretty much all types of programming for the past few months. School took over, and I got a new computer (where I couldn't figure out how to install and configure my IDE's/SDK's). Anyways, I managed to get the Android ADK to work, and I was working on a simple program to get me back into the swing of...

YAY!! Finally got it all working.. and threw in a person info feature... it accepts name, employee number, etc.. and uses a double linked list... that i have built from scratch... and implements an iterator class nested within the linked list class... took forever to troubleshoot through.. pretty proud of myself... i will post all code...

What is the big deal with MineCraft? My nephew who is 8, came over and I had to get it for him. Then I get to school (College) and it's one of the most popular games among a lot of my friends there.

I am moving a website created in Classic ASP to a 64-bit server. I updated my Include Statements, file folder paths, and connection strings. But this one cookie is giving me grief. It won't pass on to other pages. My co-worker, who is more knowledgeable than I, said it was the path of the cookie which pointed to the original folder...

Awwww, I've only been a DiC head for less than a year and already, as of now, I have a Reputation of -1. As of now, I am officially Dishonoured. Ayyy, Dios mio! Me voy quemar en el infierno! Estoy jodido!

Uh-huh. Yeah, okay. Whatever makes you people feel better about yourselves, party people. Things have changed since the...

How It All Began...

Many new users believe that mysql_real_escape_string is sufficient when it comes to preventing SQL injections. The truth is it isn't. We've heard people say that from time to time but most don't know why. I'm going to explain how it is bypassed.

Let's say we have a table which holds login information. For the purpose of this...