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What programming podcast are worth listening? [closed]
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What are the best podcasts?
I enjoy Stack exchange podcast, what other programming podcast are worth listening?
I'm mostly Java/JavaScript developer
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Speed of Java vs. JS / HTML / CSS for web applications
I am creating a web application. I have primarily used Javascript specifically jQuery. Because of some very specific functionality, I am running into practical limitations of Javascript--they're not ...
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I can't remember programming 5 mins after learning? [closed]
I'm learning Java, and I found a great teacher. He explains everything perfectly. I understand it all. My problem, is that after learning a short section, for example "Nested If Statements" or "Many ...
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Should I use Java applets or JavaScript/PHP to make my site more interactive?
I have a website that is about electronics. I want to make some functional calculators such as calculation for analog filters which will have to show lots of plots and stuff like that. This is a ...
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To PHP or Not to PHP? [closed]
Should I learn PHP in depth for my smaller projects or not? My main knowledge is Java/JavaScript for the web. My old small projects were written in classic ASP.
However, ASP had its days. Now I am ...
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How does a Java programmer cope with lack of Javascript tooling
I have programmed pretty much exclusively in compiled languages, particularly Java, for most of my career. One of my favourite things about Java is how productive you can be, and how little code you ...
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Best programming books/pdf's, preferably free. With a focus on java and design patterns
I have just got a kindle and am looking to load it up with technical documentation/tutorials/guides.
What are the best repositories and where are they for free programming books and tutorials for a ...
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Does Rhino have a future?
I'm looking to add serious scripting into my Java app and JavaScript would be a great language choice. My concern though is the Rhino project and its future.
While Groovy/Jruby etc have seen constant ...
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How can I use my coding skills for good?
By this autumn my two small websites should be generating around a total of $1200 a month with minimal/zero input which is enough to for me to live on comfortably enough.
Rather than embark on ...
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what's best language to mate with Adobe Flex-based GUI for math crunching?
I'm not a software expert but need to outsource a web-based scientific GUI application, and I'm considering Adobe Flex. My math routines are currently in Javascript and C/C+. Having no experience with ...
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Why do memory-managed languages retain the `new` keyword?
The new keyword in languages like Java, Javascript, and C# creates a new instance of a class.
This syntax seems to have been inherited from C++, where new is used specifically to allocate a new ...
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Executive trying to understand Web 2.0 Development - Which language is best?
I am writing a business plan for developers in the 2.0 environment; my utmost respect is given to the people doing the work, but my ignorance is preventing me from articulating who I will need to ...
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Which web framework or technologies would suit me?
I had been working on desktop apps and server side(non web) for some time and now I am diving in to web first time. I plan to write a scalable enterprise level app. I have worked with Java, ...
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When not to use Google Web Toolkit?
I'm considering use of GWT on a major in-house web app development project, namely it's major advantage in my eyes is the cross-compilation to Javascript which would (at least theoretically) help my ...
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Long Keywords like `function` and `namespace`
In many English-based programming languages like C++ and JavaScript, there exist long keywords like function, namespace, exception (in OCaml languages) and such. Do you think shorter keywords like ...
