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To open source or sell? How to choose? How to proceed? [closed]

I just wrote a little C# application to sort my MP3 files. I was tired of thinking "Didn't I just hear that artist?" or "How many times do I have to listen to 'The Way You Look Tonight?' (for ...
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Database structure suggestion for a student management system [closed]

I am currently working on a research, uhmm, prolly will create an application out of it, the system is an "intern management system" . My question is how will you structure your database if you are in ...
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What can one do when “lead by example” doesn't work?

I have been working for a big company (8000+ employees) for almost 2 years now, and was hired just after I finished my study course. Everyone here has to deal daily with legacy code which is often ...
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When a task can be accomplished by either Javascript or CSS, is it better to use CSS?

I always veto JavaScript by using CSS as much as possible. i.e. I create tabs and rollover buttons using CSS rather than JavaScript. I have seen some solutions—specifically the Wt ...
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Sign Language Recognition

I am a final year undergraduate student of Information Technology. My team and I have taken up "Sign Language Recognition" as our Final Year Project. We have just started with it and we are in the ...
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Suggestion for technology to be used for Library management system

I am on my planning session to develop a Library Management System for a School. Now the task is a bit confusing for me to decide which technology to opt for to develop the system? I have to options ...
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Project estimation with increasing requirements

Making a project estimation with given a requirements set is one thing. But, what happens when the user suddenly starts changing them on the fly and starts adding new requirements to the already ...
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Should I learn GWT (I'm a Java newb) if I eventually want to learn JavaScript and related libraries?

I haven't been working with Java for a long time, and I found GWT to be interesting plus a chance to learn and practice Java. My goal for this year is to learn JavaScript. I'm very interested in ...
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How to introduce web development to non-programmers?

Once one of my non-programmer friends asked, "I have a cool website idea that I don't want to share. Rather I want to develop it on my own. So, I want to learn web development. Tell me what to do?" ...
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dependency injection example project suggestion

I'm exploring dependency injection and trying to make the exercise as pythonic as possible; existing dependency injection frameworks seem very java-like. I've made some pretty good progress building ...
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If I only know TSQL can I call myself programmer?

I am dealing with MS SQL since from version 2000 even before that, I think that I am pretty good in writing TSQLs and general database designs . Can I consider myself as programer ? I know that TSQL ...
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Smalltalk learning resources [closed]

I like to learn Smalltalk. How should I start? Any suggestions regarding books or tutorials?
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Is the GoF book still the one to read? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there a canonical book on design patterns? I'd like to read a design patterns book. GoF for sure is the one to read. But after 15 years is it still valid, I mean ...
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How to train the right side of the brain?

Programming is usually a task for left brained guys, but nowadays that's not enough and we need to create good looking environments, and this implies using the right side of our brains. I've read ...
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Handling various programming languages

All, I have been constantly working on Java. Though I have worked on Python and PERL for sometime, even did projects using these languages about a 6-7 months back, I have almost completely forgotten ...