So recently I tried the new Google Presentations, their version of Office's Powerpoint and I must say, I think it is pretty slick for being an online application. We will talk a bit about the new presentations application, what it might mean to programmers and what it means to the rest of the computing industry... in this entry of the Programming Underground! People, including experts, had been saying that out of ...
Looping is to programming like walking is to running from the cops... you don't want to exactly be slow or you might get busted! But how exactly do we improve our loops to increase performance? There are a few tips I can share on how to make that loop super charged so you can jump over the fence and laugh at the cop on the other side as he tries ...
i = 0, j = k + t % rr ok? Do we even know what the heck that is saying? This is the kind of stuff programmers have to deal with when editing someone else's code. What do these things mean? As programmers we should strive to make code better than we found it. A keyword here is "Naming convention". We will explore what it means to have one ...
JTables... the Java swing component version of a datagrid used in .NET. It is often a misunderstood component by newbie Java programmers. In reality it is very easy to use once you understand the model behind it. Through the model you can manipulate the content of the JTable and make it bend to your will! Add that row! Delete that Row! Feel like a dictator after reading this entry.... on ...
Think about it for a moment... the world is increasingly becoming more and more dependent on technology and especially the software that powers most of it. Could programmers become one of the most crucial centerpieces of a new technology frontier? They build the systems, they know the systems, and if there was a backdoor into those systems they would be the ones that either did it on purpose or by ...
This type of question plagues the DIC board and dominates the PHP forum most of the time. How does one go about building a PHP game like ___________ (fill in the blank)? I have had my fair share of web based PHP gaming startups and will tell you more about the leg work needed into creating a solid game foundation in PHP.... on this entry of the Programming Underground! During my ...
