Poll: How do you feel about the programming job market?
Updated: 2009-11-25 00:52:31
Justin James says the programming job market where he lives appears to be looking up, yet a recent employment report paints a different picture. Take the poll to share your thoughts about this job market.
Tips on choosing a programming language to learn
Updated: 2009-11-24 11:42:35If you're interested in learning a new programming language, Justin James suggests asking yourself five questions that will help you pick the one that best suits your needs.
Developer's diary - part five: OpenAmplify's influence on non-technical decisions
Updated: 2009-11-23 15:42:45In the final installment of his series, Justin James describes how OpenAmplify significantly impacted the roadmap and business plan of his Rat Catcher application.
Poll: How exposed would you leave your data?
Updated: 2009-11-21 06:51:45The new .NET Data Services system allows you to expose your database via a REST service. Justin James says that putting raw data out there for a client to consume online goes against what he's learned. What are your thoughts on this topic?
A developer's hands-on review of Delphi 2010
Updated: 2009-11-17 15:33:05
According to Justin James, .NET and Visual C++ developers should check out Embarcadero's Delphi 2010 -- as long as they don't mind learning a new system, a new language, and a new way of doing things.Poll: Do you build on betas?
Updated: 2009-11-16 18:26:28Justin James admits the idea of coding on betas and being ready to make last-minute changes when the final version arrives still makes him nervous. Take the poll to let us know if you build on betas.
Programming news: Google's Go language, Facebook's API 3.0
Updated: 2009-11-14 06:31:45Read about Facebook API 3.0, LinqLite, Coverity 5, Mono Tools for Visual Studio 1.0, EclipseCon 2010, Oracle Berkeley DB Java Edition 4.0, and more.
A GUI supporting .NET's BackgroundWorker for task progress and cancellation
Updated: 2009-11-10 13:00:51In this hands-on programming tip, Justin James provides a sample project that you can modify when you're working with .NET's BackgroundWorker class.
Poll: Have you written a parser or a compiler?
Updated: 2009-11-09 08:14:44Many Computer Science courses require students to write their own parser or compiler. Justin James is curious to know how many developers have this kind of experience. Take the poll to let us know.
OpenAmplify developer's diary - part four: Using OpenAmplify via SOAP
Updated: 2009-11-05 23:27:03Justin James walks you through the process of using the SOAP interface to OpenAmplify from Visual Studio 2008.