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Developing for the RenRen social network [closed]
I have a Django-based API to interact with social networks, and I would like to integrate with RenRen.
My main problem is not a programming one, but how to create an application for RenRen. I try to ...
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How to get feedback from the community on large chunks of code?
Code Review.SE is great when you need feedback on a precise, short piece of code.
But where to get similar feedback about the code itself when:
you have thousands of LOC,
don't have colleagues in ...
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How to deal with social login
In my new web app I'm going to allow social login through Twitter (maybe), Facebook and Google and I'm in search of the best way to do it.
Actually I'm using Rails with Devise + Omniauth and this is ...
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Why “in anger”? [closed]
In my readings yesterday, I encountered the phrase "in anger" a few times. I've never come across this before -- does it just signify a good old rant?
Here are some examples:
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How can one find software development work that involves directly the final end user?
I've worked in software development for 15 years and, while there have been signficant personal achievements and a lot of experience, I've always felt detached from the man/woman-on-the-street, the ...
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Best way to meet developers online for collaboration in real life?
I realize that attending meetings, conferences, groups, etc. is a great way to meet developers in real life because they're already out there to begin with, thus, they have an interest in social ...
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Any guidelines for correcting others technical inaccuracies?
How often do you correct others when they say something that is inaccurate?
For example I recently corrected someone when they kept referring to a forward slash as a backslash. He made the reference ...
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i want to make some programmer friends but dont know where to really look [closed]
I know this is one good place but what I'm really looking for is contacts, maybe seeing them online, have intelligent conversations etc. Where I live there isn't that many programmers around me ...
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Fun socializing programming ideas [closed]
Recently a friend of mine went the Hackfest sponsored by Quick Left. Which sounded like a lot of fun, and I kind of wish I could have participated in it myself. So, now I'm looking for ideas that ...
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Can I use silverlight for building SocialNetworking applicaiton?
I am wondering: how feasible it would be to start developing a social networking website entirely based on silverlight;
This has been fairly discussed over the years in favor of HTML. Has something ...
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Curating projects of deceased friends
A very good friend of mine, and an avid programmer, recently passed away. He left nearly 40 projects on BitBucket. Most of them are public, but a few of them are marked as private. I've decided to ...
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.Net community in Germany
I recently moved to Germany and I'm interested in what German .Net community looks like. Do you know any regularly held workshops in Germany (around Mannheim preferably)?
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Best social networking places for programmers [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a good site for programmers to discuss culture, stories, opinions, or whatever?
I love the programming industry a lot, but I don't have many colleagues that ...
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Social-network, online community, company and job reviews, salaries statistics and much more.. Do we have it? Do we need it?
I have many friends from Ukraine who are programmers. So I found out that they have a web site that collects, organizes and analyzing information about IT companies, which includes location, ...
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How bad can it be to lack teamwork when you are a programmer? [closed]
I'm still at school, and I know I have problems dealing with other people.
I'm not an angry or shy or different, I just like to work my way and with my opinions while respecting other's, I have a big ...
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As a programmer, can you work with noise? [closed]
I'm here to post this question and know more about your thoughts on it:
Can you work with noise?
Sometimes, when you're developing something really tricky, your deadline is getting close, and ...
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What are good social coding sites?
I'm used to CodePlex, and I've heard a lot about GitHub, but haven't looked around much there yet. What are the best social coding sites that tracks commits, interesting projects, etc? (From a large ...
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What programming/software sub-cultures exist? What defines them? Which do you belong to? [closed]
To the outside world, programmers, computer scientists, software engineers, and developers may all seem alike, but that's far from the case for the people who create software for a living. Any single ...
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How do you deal with people who ask you to fix their computer? [closed]
Because I'm a programmer, people constantly ask me to fix their computer.
How do you handle this situation? Do you make exceptions for relatives, friends and coworkers? Do you charge people for it?
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Does good physical shape make peers underestimate you as a programmer?
It's no secret that programming is a profession that involves few physical activities. Brute force as well is not used (normally) by programmers to solve problems they encounter at work.
No wonder ...
