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he forerunner to this article, Getting Started with Task Parallel Library, explained how to use the Task Parallel Library (TPL) to launch swarms of tasks on separate threads that execute
arallel programming has been around for decades, but unless you had access to special-purpose hardware, you’ve probably written mostly single CPU applications. You could distribute truly intensive applications across a
One of the attributes that attracted me to the Stripes MVC framework was its ease of use and short learning curve. The latest release of Stripes, version 1.5, preserves this
The last day of this year’s second CTIA show in San Francisco featured an interesting new focus: teenagers. Friday boasted two sessions about teenage mobile use: First, there was a
ata is your business, and maintaining a healthy backup and recovery plan is vital to protecting your data. SQL Server’s transaction logs, which bridge the most recent changes to the
A recent Gartner Research study found that 10 percent of the PHP community are corporate IT developers, and predicted that during the next five years, that number will grow to
he “Getting Real” approach by Web 2.0 poster child 37signals reverses the usual development process (from model to code to user interface) by going “from brainstorm to user interface sketches
ML data in standard database processing is not being used fully or correctly in business applications today. Current XML hierarchical database query processing is basically limited to single path linear
Yes, you can map/unmap a drive on the network location from the command prompt. Use the PUSHD command to create a temporary mapping to a network drive. You can also
Instead of writing your own function to convert an integer or float to a string, just use the C++ class stringstream (in the sstream header). In C++: #include #include #include
Use the following Java code to capture a screenshot: import java.awt.AWTException;import java.awt.Rectangle;import java.awt.Robot;import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;import java.io.File;import java.io.IOException;import javax.imageio.ImageIO;public class ScreenCapture { public static void main(String[] args) { try { Robot robot
Sometimes, adding default settings will result in your program throwing a generic error in the app.config file. The MSDN reference page for the error says something like, “This is a
n this previous article, you learned about the Eclipse development IDE and how to create a simple Android application and debug it on the Android emulator. Continuing with our exploration
olving the same problems over and over again can be quite tiring for a software engineer, yet the object persistence wheel has been reinvented more times than I’d like to
In a recent speech, VMWare CEO Paul Maritz raised the rising virtualization rhetoric to a ludicrous level. Among his statements was this gem: “By and large, people are no longer
f there is one truth in software development it is that change is constant. The best any developer can do is to isolate the things that change from the things
he promise of the Semantic Web to provide a universal medium to exchange data, information, and knowledge has been well publicized. There are many sources for basic information on the
The .NET Framework 2.0 adds a new feature: SetAdded, SetModified. You use this feature to set DataRow‘s RowState value programatically. This is applicable only when the current DataRow‘s RowState is
he MDB2_Schema library from the PHP Extension and Application Repository (PEAR) is a powerful solution for preserving and using database schemas for different kinds of Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMSs).
When you want to create a nested loop in JavaFX, use the foreach statement. Here’s an example that displays a circle model: import java.lang.*;import javafx.ui.*;import javafx.ui.canvas.*;Frame { centerOnScreen: true visible:
oogle has recently released the latest version of the Android SDK?version 0.9 beta. The Android 0.9 SDK beta brings developers a step closer to the final release that many developers
I had the opportunity to attend Yahoo’s second Open Hack Day at the Sunnyvale, CA campus. This was my first time visiting and I was impressed. It’s a big campus,
hen I think of the project manager of a software or application development project, a vivid picture of a symphony conductor springs to mind. The conductor does not play any
td::auto_ptr was a move semantics pioneer. However, at that time, C++ didn’t have the facilities for supporting move operations that were both safe and efficient. After years of distilling, C++0x
his article takes up the installation process started in Performance Point 2007: Installing Planning Server, and assumes you have already completed that part of the installation. However, if you don’t
hether you’re writing a desktop app, spinning up a rich web interface, or pushing code to a mobile phone, graphics programming should be easier, and more fun, than it currently
hen database developers must deliver time values that are accurate to the millisecond, many assume Access can’t handle that requirement. They might deem SQL Server the obvious choice, not realizing
over and click over each dot to read about C++’s most important historical developments. Untitled
