TenderApp vs GetSatisfaction vs UserVoice » TidyApps:

'via Blog this'

User Voice seems to win out.  Has both ticketing and feature prioritization.

eLance
http://www.superscriptor.com/blog/odesk-and-elance-scams-%E2%80%93-contractor-survival-guide/

KnockOut.js
http://blog.stevensanderson.com/2011/04/20/knockoutjs-120-released/

Paying developers
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090401/how-hard-could-it-be-employees-negotiate-pay-raises.html?partner=fogcreek

Good overview of options related to Contracting
Consultants: W-2, 1099 or Corp-to-Corp?

People to follow:

James Hamilton from Amazon
http://www.mvdirona.com/jrh/work/

Interesting, well written, discussion of one MVC framework done in PHP.  I am not attracted to it due to the use of XSL, but the writeup itself is worth reading.

MVC Design Pattern for PHP by Tony Marston

A series of articles on doing MVC in PHP with a different framework.

Understanding MVC in PHP

PHP or Ruby on Rails?   In the authors mind, PHP is the winner, with the main caveat--use what you already use/know.

 

Useful help topic from Apple on editing a UITableView.
"Inserting and Deleting Rows and Sections"

Overview of Apple's Core Data services.  Is interesting that they've made (most?) of this available for use in iPhone applications.
Code Data Concepts

PDF version of the same

Good list of free Source Code SaaS providers:
http://svnhostingcomparison.com/

In case you are ever forced to call a Web Service from Windows Scripting Host (WSH), here are some good examples:

http://snipplr.com/view/20914/technorati-ping--jscript-wsh-javascript-with-xmlhttp/
http://www.aspfree.com/c/a/Windows-Scripting/Handling-Live-Web-Content-in-WSH/
http://www.aspfree.com/c/a/Windows-Scripting/Handling-Live-Web-Content-in-WSH-Part-2/

Actual SOAP request -- search at this link for WSH
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/prvn_131971/CreatingWebServices02132008050732AM/CreatingWebServices.aspx

Understanding GPL Open Source license through Scenarios « GeekyCoder

Good "scenario" based overview of GPL usage:

Understanding GPL Open Source license through Scenarios « GeekyCoder

A Practical Guide to GPL Compliance - Software Freedom Law Center

Readable explanation of how to stay compliant with GPL

A Practical Guide to GPL Compliance - Software Freedom Law Center

PrismServer .NET/Silverlight

Investigating options for linking Blogging into our app. Here's an intersting open source library, apparently not built on any standards.

PrismServer .NET/Silverlight

Using Cucumber from C#http://blog.webintellix.com/2009/10/how-to-use-cucumber-with-net-and-c.html

A good overview of RubyGems: http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/3

I noticed that latest announcement from Citrix again relies on open source, made me think about this…

The ultimate open source product has to be water. Everyone of us has access to the source and could resell it without permission (turn on the tap). However, some of it is made to sound special through marketing (e.g. Evian)—but it is still essentially the same product—only differentiated by packaging and marketing. You can claim it comes from a special spring, but who are we kidding.

So it is not about the source code, it is how it is packaged, marketed, and sold. There’s no engineering expertise or IP involved to add value—yet $60 Bilion. The free stuff is probably better for you, yet they get people to pay for it. Both Coke, Pepsi, and IBM make a lot from open source these days.

Market size taken from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottled_water

(copyright, Russ Miller, 2010)

To reference tables.fields in BASIC syntax in Crystal Reports formulas, one must use the form {table.column} (the curly braces are key).


https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/2081b4d9-6864-2b10-f49d-918baefc7a23

Tek-Tips - Search Results

Tek-Tips - Search Results

A useful site which includes user group discussions on Crystal Reports.

Learnings from Creating a Developer Virtual PC Image

Learnings from Creating a Developer Virtual PC Image

Seems every development project should have a page and an image like this. Listing which tools are used and making it easy to add a new member by way of a base machine image