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  • Why You Should Choose A Web Development Company?

    Web development outsourcing has become the trend from last few years. In the past people were skeptical in sending work to other countries but in the present time this trend has become a boon. Web service outsourcing has become the important cost saving factor for the small sized businesses. But it also includes some risks so a proper choice of Web Service Company will maintain the balance between reducing the cost and minimizing the risks involved. India, China, Russia and Philippines have gained so much popularity for the web development services and SEO services.

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  • What would a new web development tool need to succeed?

    - by boost
    If one wanted to bring a new web development tool to market, what would it have to be able to do that would differentiate it enough from all the others to attract people's attention? In what areas are all the other frameworks and languages falling down, such that if a new product addressed those issues, it would stand a chance of being adopted by significant user community?

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  • BigInteger Library

    A .NET 2.0 library for the 64 bit optimized handling of very large integers, up to 10240 binary digits or approximately (safe to use) 3000 decimal digits

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  • zend tool is not working

    - by user362155
    Hi, I've installed ZendStudio 7.2 it creates project normally with no error but when i try to add action(s) in it, it says project profile does not exist. and the error log is as follow: executing zf create action showLatest index-action-included An Error Has Occurred A project profile was not found. Zend Framework Command Line Console Tool v1.10.2 Details for action "Create" and provider "Action" Action zf create action name controller-name[=Index] view-included[=1] module Failed loading ./ZendDebugger.so: (null) PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/bcmath.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/bz2.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/calendar.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/ctype.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/curl.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/exif.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/fileinfo.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/ftp.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/gd.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/imagick.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/json.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/ldap.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/mbstring.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/mcrypt.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/memcache.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/mhash.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/mime_magic.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/mssql.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/mysql.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/mysqli.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/pcntl.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/pgsql.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/posix.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/shmop.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/soap.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/sockets.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/sqlite.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/sysvmsg.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/sysvsem.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/sysvshm.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/tidy.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/tokenizer.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/wddx.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/xmlreader.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/xmlrpc.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/xsl.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library './ext/zip.so' - (null) in Unknown on line 0 please help me to configure latest ZendTool with ZendStudio 7.2 or how can i get rid of this. i am runin ZS 7.2 on my mac os x 10.5.8 thanks.

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  • Would it make sense to have a separate Scala library in Android market?

    - by soc
    As far as I understand it is necessary for people using Scala for Android applications to bundle the Scala classes they used with their application. Considering this adds hundreds of kilobytes to each Scala app redundantly, would it be possible to build a Scala library which can be delivered over the market, so app writers can just depend on that library instead of bundling it themselves?

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  • Ruby on Rail using MYSQL database

    - by Joseph Misiti
    Hey guys, New to rails, trying to figure out something simple. Seems as though I cannot migrate a very simple mysql database using "rake db:migrate" command. Here is the issue: I know rails defaults to sqllite right now, but I need to use mysql for a series of reasons. Use the following commands rails -d mysql MyMoviesSQL cd MyMoviesSQL script/generate scaffold Movies title:string rating:integer rake db:migrate never get past here because i see the following error: in /Users/user/websites/MyMovieSQL) rake aborted! NoMethodError: undefined method `ord' for 0:Fixnum: SET NAMES 'utf8' (See full trace by running task with --trace) using trace XXXXX-macbook-pro:MyMovieSQL user$ rake db:migrate --trace (in /Users/user/websites/MyMovieSQL) ** Invoke db:migrate (first_time) ** Invoke environment (first_time) ** Execute environment ** Execute db:migrate rake aborted! NoMethodError: undefined method ord' for 0:Fixnum: SET NAMES 'utf8' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb:219:inlog' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:323:in execute' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:599:inconfigure_connection' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:594:in connect' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:203:ininitialize' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:75:in new' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:75:inmysql_connection' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:223:in send' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:223:innew_connection' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:245:in checkout_new_connection' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:188:incheckout' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:184:in loop' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:184:incheckout' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in synchronize' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:183:incheckout' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:98:in connection' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:326:inretrieve_connection' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:123:in retrieve_connection' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:115:inconnection' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/migration.rb:435:in initialize' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/migration.rb:400:innew' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/migration.rb:400:in up' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.5/lib/active_record/migration.rb:383:inmigrate' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/tasks/databases.rake:116 /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:636:in call' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:636:inexecute' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:631:in each' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:631:inexecute' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:597:in invoke_with_call_chain' /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:insynchronize' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:590:in invoke_with_call_chain' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:583:ininvoke' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2051:in invoke_task' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:intop_level' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:in each' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:intop_level' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2068:in standard_exception_handling' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2023:intop_level' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2001:in run' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2068:instandard_exception_handling' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:1998:in run' /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/bin/rake:31 /usr/bin/rake:19:inload' /usr/bin/rake:19 no clue what is going on, if they want me to add a patch because the methods does not exist, please tell me which file to add it to, and also, how in the future do i figure out which file I need to patch (I see it looks like its a method in FixNum class) here is a patch to a problem that looks similar, but its a different version of ruby http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00250.html versions rails 2.3.5 ruby 1.8.6 gem list yeilds: * LOCAL GEMS * actionmailer (2.3.5, 1.3.6) actionpack (2.3.5, 1.13.6) actionwebservice (1.2.6) activerecord (2.3.5, 1.15.6) activeresource (2.3.5) activesupport (2.3.5, 1.4.4) acts_as_ferret (0.4.1) capistrano (2.0.0) cgi_multipart_eof_fix (2.5.0) daemons (1.0.9) dbi (0.4.3) deprecated (2.0.1) dnssd (0.6.0) fastthread (1.0.1) fcgi (0.8.7) ferret (0.11.4) gem_plugin (0.2.3) highline (1.2.9) hpricot (0.6) libxml-ruby (0.9.5, 0.3.8.4) mongrel (1.1.4) needle (1.3.0) net-sftp (1.1.0) net-ssh (1.1.2) rack (1.0.1) rails (2.3.5) rake (0.8.7, 0.7.3) RedCloth (3.0.4) ruby-openid (1.1.4) ruby-yadis (0.3.4) rubygems-update (1.3.6) rubynode (0.1.3) sqlite3-ruby (1.2.1) termios (0.9.4) thanks in advanced

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  • Is there a simple Load Balancer app for development environment on Windows?

    - by djangofan
    Does there exist a simple Load Balancer app for development on Windows? I am running a pair of JBoss 5.x instances in a cluster on a single machine. Normally , this configuration is load balanced by a nice hardware load balancer but I am wondering if there is a simple piece of software to enable load balancing in my Eclipse dev environment. Basically, for example, I want a load balancer running on port 11111 that round-robins between the 2 clustered JBoss instances on ssl ports 8443 and 8543 . (or http port if thats not possible) I know that Glassfish has a built-in load balancer but I can't use Glassfish. One idea I have is to try to setup a separate instance of Tomcat with the "balancer" web app. Im trying that now... not sure if it will work... and its a complicated setup and I wish there was something really easy.

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  • How can CSS be applied to components from Google Closure Library?

    - by Jason
    I'm getting my feet wet with Google's Closure Library. I've created a simple page with a Select Widget, but it clearly needs some styling (element looks like plain text, and in the example below the menu items pop up beneath the button). I'm assuming the library supports styles -- how can I hook into them? Each example page in SVN seems to use its own CSS. Abbreviated example follows: <body> <div id="inputContainer"></div> <script src="closure-library-read-only/closure/goog/base.js"></script> <script> goog.require('goog.dom'); goog.require('goog.ui.Button'); goog.require('goog.ui.MenuItem'); goog.require('goog.ui.Select'); </script> <script> var inputDiv = goog.dom.$("inputContainer"); var testSelect = new goog.ui.Select("Test selector"); testSelect.addItem(new goog.ui.MenuItem("1")); testSelect.addItem(new goog.ui.MenuItem("2")); testSelect.addItem(new goog.ui.MenuItem("3")); var submitButton = new goog.ui.Button("Go"); testSelect.render(inputDiv); submitButton.render(inputDiv); </script> </body>

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  • Development/runtime Licensing mechanism for a C# class library?

    - by Darryl
    I'm developing a .Net class library (a data provider) and I'm starting to think about how I would handle licensing the library to prospective purchasers. By licensing, I mean the mechanics of trying to prevent my library from being used by those who haven't purchased it, not the software license (i.e., Apache, Gnu, etc). I've never dealt with licensing, and in the past, I've always developed apps, not libraries. I don't want to make things difficult for my customers; know it is not possible to make it ironclad. Just some mechanism that gives me decent protection without making the customer jump through hoops or gnash their teeth. I think the mechanism would check for a valid license when the class is being used in development mode, and not in runtime mode (when the customer's software is released to their customers). I think libraries are typically sold per developer, but I'm not sure how that could be accomplished without making the mechanism odious for my customers; maybe that gets left to the honor system. I Googled this and found many approaches. Ideally, I'd like to do something that is generally accepted and common, the "right" way class libraries are licensed, if that exists, rather than making my customers deal with yet another license mechanism. A firm push in the right direction will be greatly appreciated!

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  • How do I install the OpenSSL C++ library on Ubuntu?

    - by Daryl Spitzer
    I'm trying to build some code on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS that uses OpenSSL 1.0.0. When I run make, it invokes g++ with the "-lssl" option. The source includes: #include <openssl/bio.h> #include <openssl/buffer.h> #include <openssl/des.h> #include <openssl/evp.h> #include <openssl/pem.h> #include <openssl/rsa.h> I ran: $ sudo apt-get install openssl Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done openssl is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. But I guess the openssl package doesn't include the library. I get these errors on make: foo.cpp:21:25: error: openssl/bio.h: No such file or directory foo.cpp:22:28: error: openssl/buffer.h: No such file or directory foo.cpp:23:25: error: openssl/des.h: No such file or directory foo.cpp:24:25: error: openssl/evp.h: No such file or directory foo.cpp:25:25: error: openssl/pem.h: No such file or directory foo.cpp:26:25: error: openssl/rsa.h: No such file or directory How do I install the OpenSSL C++ library on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS? I did a man g++ and (under "Options for Linking") for the -l option it states: " The linker searches a standard list of directories for the library..." and "The directories searched include several standard system directories..." What are those standard system directories?

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  • static library vs dynamic libraries

    - by user295030
    Can someone please explain in easy terms what is static library linking vs dynamic library linking other one has a larger memory map than the other or that the static library is used to compile/link with the program that will use it versus being loaded at runtime? I also need to create a static library of a program that I made in vs2008 and give one function interface to access the library. one of the requirements reads as such " * API should be in the form of static library. company xxx will link the library into a third party application to prevent any possible exposure of the code(dll)" how can they say both static and dll at the same time. I have never works with static library before. So please any help would be nice.

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  • Including a minified js code in another js library

    - by Nir
    I want to incorporate a minified javascript library (for example http://sizzlejs.com/) into my own non minified javascript library. The reason is that my library plugs into other websites and I don't want to ask them to include the extra library (sizzle) as well. Is there a way to include a minified library in a non minified library and have them both in one js file?

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  • Mercurial: Class library that will exist for both .NET 3.5 and 4.0?

    - by Lasse V. Karlsen
    I have a rather big class library written in .NET 3.5 that I'd like to upgrade to make available for .NET 4.0 as well. In that process, I will rip out a lot of old junk, and rewrite some code to better take advantage of the new classes and support in .NET 4.0 (like TPL.) The class libraries will thus diverge, but still be similar enough that some bug-fixes can be done to both in the same manner. How should I best organize this class library in Mercurial? I'm using Kiln (fogbugz) if that matters. I'm thinking: Named branches in one repository, can then transplant any bugfixes from one to the other Unnamed branches in one repository, can also transplant, but I think this will look messy Separate repositories, will have to reimplement the bugfixes (or use a non-mercurial-integraded compare tool to help me) What would you do? (any other alternatives that I haven't though of is welcome as well.) Note that the class libraries will diverge pretty heavily in areas, I have some remnants of old collection-type code that does something similar to Linq that I will remove, and some code that uses it that I will rewrite to use the Linq-methods instead. As such, just copying the project files and using #if NET40..#endif sections is not going to work out. Also, the 3.5 version of the class library will not be getting many new features, mostly just critical bug-fixes, so keeping both versions equally "alive" isn't really necessary. Thus, separate copies of all the files are good enough.

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  • For web development which is more important - CPU and Graphics card OR Ram and SSD Harddrive?

    - by adam
    Buying a laptop is always hard work and questions about specific models dont age well on forums. A popular dilema (especially with apple macbooks) is whether to spend more for a faster cpu and graphics card but settle for standard ram and hd OR drop down and spend the savings on more ram and a faster harddrive such as a ssd. Im wondering for web development i.e. ide, unit tests, photoshop work and some user testing screen capturing now and again what would provide better performance. ( No games, music production or spielberg standard video editing.) For examples sake the current apple lineup for their 15inch macbookpros. 2.66 cpu i7 4gb ram 5400rpm drive 4gig ram vs 2.4 cpu i5 8gb ram 124gb sdd roughly the same price.

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  • Book Review: Brownfield Application Development in .NET

    - by DotNetBlues
    I recently finished reading the book Brownfield Application Development in .NET by Kyle Baley and Donald Belcham.  The book is available from Manning.  First off, let me say that I'm a huge fan of Manning as a publisher.  I've found their books to be top-quality, over all.  As a Kindle owner, I also appreciate getting an ebook copy along with the dead tree copy.  I find ebooks to be much more convenient to read, but hard-copies are easier to reference. The book covers, surprisingly enough, working with brownfield applications.  Which is well and good, if that term has meaning to you.  It didn't for me.  Without retreading a chunk of the first chapter, the authors break code bases into three broad categories: greenfield, brownfield, and legacy.  Greenfield is, essentially, new development that hasn't had time to rust and is (hopefully) being approached with some discipline.  Legacy applications are those that are more or less stable and functional, that do not expect to see a lot of work done to them, and are more likely to be replaced than reworked. Brownfield code is the gray (brown?) area between the two and the authors argue, quite effectively, that it is the most likely state for an application to be in.  Brownfield code has, in some way, been allowed to tarnish around the edges and can be difficult to work with.  Although I hadn't realized it, most of the code I've worked on has been brownfield.  Sometimes, there's talk of scrapping and starting over.  Sometimes, the team dismisses increased discipline as ivory tower nonsense.  And, sometimes, I've been the ignorant culprit vexing my future self. The book is broken into two major sections, plus an introduction chapter and an appendix.  The first section covers what the authors refer to as "The Ecosystem" which consists of version control, build and integration, testing, metrics, and defect management.  The second section is on actually writing code for brownfield applications and discusses object-oriented principles, architecture, external dependencies, and, of course, how to deal with these when coming into an existing code base. The ecosystem section is just shy of 140 pages long and brings some real meat to the matter.  The focus on "pain points" immediately sets the tone as problem-solution, rather than academic.  The authors also approach some of the topics from a different angle than some essays I've read on similar topics.  For example, the chapter on automated testing is on just that -- automated testing.  It's all well and good to criticize a project as conflating integration tests with unit tests, but it really doesn't make anyone's life better.  The discussion on testing is more focused on the "right" level of testing for existing projects.  Sometimes, an integration test is the best you can do without gutting a section of functional code.  Even if you can sell other developers and/or management on doing so, it doesn't actually provide benefit to your customers to rewrite code that works.  This isn't to say the authors encourage sloppy coding.  Far from it.  Just that they point out the wisdom of ignoring the sleeping bear until after you deal with the snarling wolf. The other sections take a similarly real-world, workable approach to the pain points they address.  As the section moves from technical solutions like version control and continuous integration (CI) to the softer, process issues of metrics and defect tracking, the authors begin to gently suggest moving toward a zero defect count.  While that really sounds like an unreasonable goal for a lot of ongoing projects, it's quite apparent that the authors have first-hand experience with taming some gruesome projects.  The suggestions are grounded and workable, and the difficulty of some situations is explicitly acknowledged. I have to admit that I started getting bored by the end of the ecosystem section.  No matter how valuable I think a good project manager or business analyst is to a successful ALM, at the end of the day, I'm a gear-head.  Also, while I agreed with a lot of the ecosystem ideas, in theory, I didn't necessarily feel that a lot of the single-developer projects that I'm often involved in really needed that level of rigor.  It's only after reading the sidebars and commentary in the coding section that I had the context for the arguments made in favor of a strong ecosystem supporting the development process.  That isn't to say that I didn't support good product management -- indeed, I've probably pushed too hard, on occasion, for a strong ALM outside of just development.  This book gave me deeper insight into why some corners shouldn't be cut and how damaging certain sins of omission can be. The code section, though, kept me engaged for its entirety.  Many technical books can be used as reference material from day one.  The authors were clear, however, that this book is not one of these.  The first chapter of the section (chapter seven, over all) addresses object oriented (OO) practices.  I've read any number of definitions, discussions, and treatises on OO.  None of the chapter was new to me, but it was a good review, and I'm of the opinion that it's good to review the foundations of what you do, from time to time, so I didn't mind. The remainder of the book is really just about how to apply OOP to existing code -- and, just because all your code exists in classes does not mean that it's object oriented.  That topic has the potential to be extremely condescending, but the authors miraculously managed to never once make me feel like a dolt or that they were wagging their finger at me for my prior sins.  Instead, they continue the "pain points" and problem-solution presentation to give concrete examples of how to apply some pretty academic-sounding ideas.  That's a point worth emphasizing, as my experience with most OO discussions is that they stay in the academic realm.  This book gives some very, very good explanations of why things like the Liskov Substitution Principle exist and why a corporate programmer should even care.  Even if you know, with absolute certainty, that you'll never have to work on an existing code-base, I would recommend this book just for the clarity it provides on OOP. This book goes beyond just theory, or even real-world application.  It presents some methods for fixing problems that any developer can, and probably will, encounter in the wild.  First, the authors address refactoring application layers and internal dependencies.  Then, they take you through those layers from the UI to the data access layer and external dependencies.  Finally, they come full circle to tie it all back to the overall process.  By the time the book is done, you're left with a lot of ideas, but also a reasonable plan to begin to improve an existing project structure. Throughout the book, it's apparent that the authors have their own preferred methodology (TDD and domain-driven design), as well as some preferred tools.  The "Our .NET Toolbox" is something of a neon sign pointing to that latter point.  They do not beat the reader over the head with anything resembling a "One True Way" mentality.  Even for the most emphatic points, the tone is quite congenial and helpful.  With some of the near-theological divides that exist within the tech community, I found this to be one of the more remarkable characteristics of the book.  Although the authors favor tools that might be considered Alt.NET, there is no reason the advice and techniques given couldn't be quite successful in a pure Microsoft shop with Team Foundation Server.  For that matter, even though the book specifically addresses .NET, it could be applied to a Java and Oracle shop, as well.

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