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he Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) is a Java open source framework and code-generation facility for building tools and other applications based on a structured model. While the Eclipse Platform provides
s an open source database, PostgreSQL has one of the largest libraries of Application Programmable Interfaces (APIs) available, letting you access it easily from various languages. One such language is
earn my living as a Java consultant and have concluded that Java is far from a perfect programming language. For many applications, I prefer to use dynamic languages like Common
hen developing object-oriented applications that use relational databases, creating a domain object design that’s consistent with the database design makes applications easier to understand, because domain objects typically represent real-life
hen it comes to their GUIs, distributed applications have always observed a pendulum effect. The early enterprise distributed application comprised a heavy centralized server with a dumb terminal for data
Suppose you need to prevent the derivation of a class?like in the final classes of Java. Simply make the constructor of the class private. Here’s an example: class final{private: final(){}
Use this code to retrieve all the Index names for a given table Using SQL query: declare @tblName varchar(50);set @tblName = ‘GivenTable’;SELECT o.name as TableName, i.name AS IndexNameFROM sysobjects o,
sing the BindingSource and Binding objects in .NET 2.0, getting what you expect in minimal code becomes a whole lot easier. In this article, I will explore how to use
he .NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 2: Networking Library, Reflection Library, and XML Library, completes the definitive reference to the .NET Framework base class library. This book-and-CD set
ata-bound controls make ASP.NET programming much easier. They expose a bunch of properties and methods to link their properties to a valid data source and they know how to build
n my last article, I talked about the different types of applications one can build using Microsoft’s new Avalon UI framework as well as XAML, the language used to build
roductive developers and coding shops all maintain some type of custom code or scripts library, usually chock-full of code routines for common tasks such as string parsing, database operations, etc.
n the first article of this two-part Visual Studio Snippets series, I introduced snippets, how to use them, and how to create your own, as well as packaging them for
bfuscate. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, obfuscate is a transitive verb meaning to darken, to make obscure or to confuse. In the software engineering business, obfuscation refers to “the deliberate
uring a session at last week’s LinuxWorld Conference in San Francisco, Google’s Open Source Program Manager Chris DiBona showed slides of the search company’s growth?from a few servers in a
he World Wide Web has traditionally used a book or slideshow metaphor as the basis for navigation between hyperlinks. Clicking on a link is like flicking from one page to
evelopers often need to monitor a set of applications and perform recovery measures in the event of a failure. In my case, I had to design a monitoring server for
Consider an employee service, say in an SOA-based implementation, which exposes the following method: Employee getEmployeeInfo(int employeeId) Looking at this signature, Employee can be defined as struct because it would
This code scrolls the text left and right on the click event of < , >:
To check for the existence of a stored procedure, select the name from sysobjects where name=’mystoredprocedure’ and xtype=’p’.
Use this polymorphic technique to cheat the compiler and expose private information: See the code below.class A{public: virtual void f2() { printf(“in A::f2 “); }};class B: public A{private: void f2(int
Failing to release virtual machine resources results in a ‘memory leak.’ The following example is missing the ReleaseIntArrayElements call: jint * tempArray = env->GetIntArrayElements(jiArray, false);if (tempArray ){ return;}if (…) //
MI is the standard that everyone has heard about but few are sure what to do with. Beginning with this article, I will demonstrate some interesting value-added ideas on the
ne of the best features of developing COM+ based applications in standard three-tier presentation, business, and data access (DAL) layers is the simplicity of managing transactions distributed between the application’s
ava recently celebrated its 10th birthday at JavaOne in San Francisco. It’s come a long way in that time, and a decade is a long time in technology. It’s a
obust support for Web standards is now the norm rather than the exception. If you develop applications for a purely Microsoft-centric environment then you probably haven’t had to care much
our months ago, Microsoft publicized a list of features that could cause existing Visual C++ apps to break when migrated to Visual Studio 2005. Many of these features are core
n this world of emerging technologies and modern, ultra-small, and super-capable electronic devices, there is still a place of honor for printers. People haven’t completely switched to soft copies. There
very nerd loves the XMLHttpRequest. It supplies the functionality of which Web programmers’ dreams are made. Web applications start behaving like desktop applications. Things work as they’re “supposed to,” freeing
he time has come, at last, for a major update of Flash?Macromedia’s flagship animation and interactive development tool. Expected in early September, Flash 8 (Macromedia has officially dropped the useless
