Cross-Platform Is Not Limited to Java

by Jesse Anderson | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, NNSDG Blog, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Java is great way to make a cross-platform product. But for various reasons, Java may not be the right technology. Here are some technologies that might help. QT from Nokia is a good cross-platform GUI framework. It is LGPL licensed. It is feature rich and comes with...

Initiative – The Key to Getting a Job

by Jesse Anderson | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, NNSDG Blog, Uncategorized | 0 comments

A few weeks ago, I had a local cable company’s technician at my house installing my cable. He mentioned that he wanted to switch to a computer technician job. He said that the only way to get a job like that is to know someone in that business. I was intrigued...

Great Introduction to Source Control

by Jesse Anderson | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, NNSDG Blog, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Joel Spolsky created a great tutorial on source control specifically aimed at Mercurial. Most of the concepts are the same across all source control systems. This one is especially good if you are thinking about using distributed version control...

Analogy for Some Data Structures

by Jesse Anderson | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, NNSDG Blog, Uncategorized | 0 comments

I recently had some plumbing troubles. While I was trying to find a plumber, I realized it was a good analogy for linked lists and arrays/vectors. This should be understandable even by a layperson. I googled for plumbers in the Reno area. The results would be like an...

Rethinking IDE User Interface

by Jesse Anderson | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, NNSDG Blog, Uncategorized | 0 comments

There is a very interesting demo of an IDE that uses “Code Bubbles”. I can see using this for debugging and working with well factored code. It seems very cumbersome for writing a brand new class and large methods. The IDE is based on Eclipse and only...
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