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Can I create iPhone apps and send them to App Store without having Mac computer and Xcode?
I know there are other apps that can create but not transfer apps to the App Store. Has anyone tried to avoid using Mac computer in order to do that? Furthermore, what is the difference between Xcode ...
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What kind of maths do I need to become an excellent programmer [duplicate]
I am looking to become a app/video game developer or a website developer. What kind of maths do I need to know and do I have to know it well. Do I need to know calculus, statistics and modeling, what ...
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Examples of applications released for Desktop, Mobile & Web? [closed]
What are some good examples of applications that are released for desktop, mobile AND web?
I know of at least one such application, Wunderlist (https://www.wunderlist.com/), it's deployed in browser, ...
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Application of Implementing 3 Stacks in single array [Need]
Well there is lot of discussion about implementing 3 [ or 2 stacks ] in a single array. [Interview question] but whats the real need or application for implementing stacks like that?
can't we allot ...
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Get sensor values Ubuntu Touch [closed]
I'm new to Ubuntu applications and I'm trying to make an application for Ubuntu Touch that reads the values from the sensors (Accelerometer, Gyroscope,...) but I don't know where to begin.
Which ...
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show or publish software applications [duplicate]
I am thinking of uploading on source forge some personal projects that may be useful to other people.
The main reason I decided to do that is I am planning to start pursuing job in another company ...
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How to create a dynamic online Windows Installer with a key?
I'm creating an application which needs to have a key file based product activation.
If a user purchases the application, the key file may have to be attached to the application EXE file dynamically ...
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Seeking advice on design of application protocol
UPDATE 1 as requested by Brendan.
We are developing a Unix batch application for storing millions of customer records into a relational database. In order to allow multiple batch jobs to run in ...
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I want to publish an android app, but I'm afraid of software patents
I wrote an application that helps you to save energy. Actually it is very simple. I check the current location of the phone and I make some changes to the configuration like "sound off, dark display, ...
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How might a simple IDE work? Algorithms/Pseudocode/etc [closed]
Background
In a recent school software engineering module, I needed to developed a static program analyzer. Given a ficticious programming language source code, I need to analyze it, then the user ...
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Choosing between Qt/C++ and .NET/C# [closed]
I have a desktop project I've been working on for a couple months that I want to run on Windows and Mac. When I started the project, I started writing it in Qt 4.8 in C++. Development has gone fine ...
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If it was for you to chose Game Development vs Application Development, which will you chose? [closed]
Today I was asked if I want to do Game development or Application Development.
I never thought to that I will ever do Games for a living. I will try it for a couple of weeks maybe but what are your ...
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Are there any limitations to using WinRT instead of .Net? [closed]
From my understanding creating an application that runs on multiple architectures requires virtualization, and virtualization reduces performance since it creates a layer of abstraction.
With Windows ...
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Creating a Application in Winrt that requires Internet
I am making a paid App for Windows 8, c#. I am wondering which is better?
If my application doesn't need internet connection normally but does requires internet connection for the first time to ...
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How do I make a cloud based web app accessible internally in the event of an internet outage?
I have a Java Web application backed by a database. Both are hosted in Amazon EC2. If the Internet is down, I need to allow internal users to be able to continue to work and somehow update the hosted ...
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Is there an online resource or book that teaches how to programme OneNote? [closed]
The OneNote developer center is not useful and neither is Google.
That might mean that there is no such thing available.
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What is the difference between Windows 8, WinRT, and Windows RT?
I just read that there will be two versions of Windows available: Windows RT and Windows 8.
Could someone please describe what the differences between Windows RT and Windows 8 are? And how these ...
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Is it reasonable to build applications (not games) using a component-entity-system architecture?
I know that when building applications (native or web) such as those in the Apple AppStore or Google Play app store that it's very common to use a Model-View-Controller architecture.
However, is it ...
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Best organisation for a team application [closed]
I'm developing an application based on this structure :
/Root
/--- Index.php
/--- /includes/
/--- /modules/
/-------- /Mod1/
/-------- /Mod2/
/-------- /ModN/
In the future, 2 developers will ...
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Soft Real Time Internet Aplication
I am building a tutoring application that multiple students can sign into the same session with a tutor.
My question is, for example, if I sent out a command to draw a line, do I need to wait to see ...
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What is an effective way to familiarize yourself with a new application in a new language (and still look productive at a new job)?
I started a new job working on an application I'm vaguely familar with, and it's in Perl! I come from a PHP and Java background, so while I understand the basics, there are lot of nuances in Perl that ...
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Where to publish my commercial applications [closed]
I have developed several applications in my free time and I have an idea to publish them online for sale. One approach in my mind is to create my own web site and publish them. That's of course quite ...
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Which things I need to purchase to develop and distribute application to customer in .Net
This is the first time I got one customer and I am developing one application for him in c#.net and winforms. I want to distribute .net framework with my application since customer may not have it ...
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Languages and tools that are “portable” (work well from a USB storage drive) [closed]
I'm a huge fan of running programs from my portable hard drive: it means I always have my favorite tools no matter what computer I'm on. Sadly, development tools seem to be hard to get portable at ...
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How can I build this payment receipt/booking application? [closed]
I'm planning to build a payment receipt/booking application for a media company with several branches in different locations.
The application should be able to move data across the network/internet ...
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Design application to send messages by marking circle on the map where you want to send message? [closed]
Design application to send messages by marking circle on the map where you want to send message ?
This is a question that was asked of me by an interviewer.
Given a map of the world, Select ...
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Best way to present a small application
I'm giving a presentation on a small Timeline Application I made over the past few weeks. How might I make this small application into a much larger speech, about 3 minutes long.
Should I focus on ...
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New application development - Use existing database or create a new one?
A Client has a huge Windows Application running on a Database. This client wants you to develop an "Express" version of this application, including only, let's say, 20% of its features. This Express ...
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Finding right bug tracker web application
I'm looking for a bug tracking system (similiar as http://www.mantisbt.org) with these following requirements:
Requirement specifications are:
Upload picture and different files without any ...
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HTML5 hype as native app replacement - reliable analysis and sources
I am asking this as an objective question and have no interest in inciting a flamewar. My point here is to gather some evidence to assist in decisionmaking and communicating with non-technical folks ...
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How to prevent piracy on software which is sold online? [closed]
When selling software online what's the most suitable/secure way to provide activation in order to get rid of pirates copies of the software? Is there any well-known software for this purpose?
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Best mobile app development frameworks for high-performance apps? [closed]
This is more of a conceptual question, not actually developing anything at this point, but I was wondering, if I wanted to develop a mobile application that utilizes the phone's real-time sensors, ...
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Naming your applications or projects [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you name your projects?
I think as developers and programmers that having some help and resources for naming projects would really be of some help, and some of us ...
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What will generate an adjacency matrix file with a specified topology for me?
I am writing an application that takes some file specifying an adjacency matrix and uses this to construct a graph (in this case, a directed social network).
What I would like to do is specify the ...
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Got an idea for an application, but part of it is patented, any suggestions?
so I've been working on developing an idea for an application that I think has the potential to be successful, however after some initial research I've discovered that at least part of my ideas are ...
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Determine Better Coding Practice
As a new programmer, it has always been hard to create applications, because I am still at the learning stage.
I understand that to achieve a particular affect or function in an application, there ...
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What could be a reason for cross-platform server applications developer to make his app work in multiple processes?
We consider a server app development - heavily loaded with messing with big data streams. An app will be running on one powerful server. A server app will be developed in form of crossplatform ...
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What suitable Q & A application can integrate with a Java portal?
I'm looking for suggestions on whether we should build or are there readymade applications that do the following:
Allow admins to build a structured
workflow of support Q & A, similar to
Windows ...
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“t-sql” tool for csv files?
Is there a tool that allows to query files based on the following criteria, and change them?
creation date
filenames (e.g. filetypeA_YYYYMMDD_data2.blah)
file content
For the example, the workflow ...
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How to become an excellent applications programmer, coming from low-level background?
Most of my career has been working on numerical algorithms, image processing, calibrating science data, making LEDs blink... very little at the level of whole apps and sophisticated GUIs. Though I ...
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What languages are used by professional mobile app designers?
I've recently done some Java programming for an android app (though my question is not android specific), and was wondering if what I was doing was just a lot less complicated, but generally the same ...
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Difference between Portable version and original of an application, [closed]
Many applications launch their portable versions. I have noticed that many features are not present in the portable version as compared to the original one. It might be obvious as to make it portable ...
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How does one request / handle personal or financial information?
I would like to create a budget app for Android. Obviously, to be competitive, I would need to allow users to get data from their bank. For [huge] security reasons, this stuff is not just freely given ...
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Using Fonts in your Applications
When writing applications for software, specifically mobile devices, will there be a problem with using any specific type of fonts (copyright/patent issues)?
If so, how can we avoid this possible ...
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What are all these license types for applications?
I am thinking of making some applications for Linux (primarily Ubuntu) and I have an intention of selling some in the Ubuntu Software Center and offering a few applications for free.
These free ...
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Why is it so hard to make a great app?
Maybe a better way to ask the question would be: why is the Facebook app so bad?
This is not so much a question specific to the Facebook iOS app, it just uses that as an example. What I want to know ...
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What are the causes that lead to an overbloated software?
Today I decided to perform a clean install for Creative Sound Blaster drivers, as they always start glitching all by themselves after some time. And that meant I had to go through the whole cleanup ...
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Does HTML5 have a feature that enables a user to add an icon to the Apps screen when “installing”, and if not, when are they planning to add it?
I know that the mobile bookmark bubble might sort of work for iOS, but it isn't going in the same section. And for Android, bookmarking is really not going to cut it for a mobile HTML5 application ...
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Where/how to get opinions on my programming project ideas? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
A project idea for project ideas?
If I have ideas for new kinds of websites or applications... What is the best place on the internet to get opinions on my ideas and ...
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How can I help a 9-year-old learn to develop an application? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What are some good tools for introducing kids to programming?
My 9 year old is obsessed with developing an app, and I have no idea how to help him with this. Where/how ...
