So I was tinkering around with some code and thought "Hey, wouldn't it be great to create a class that could be used to tie into bit.ly's API for shortening URLs?" After having this thought I also thought "I am hungry" so went to get some lunch. Then when I came back, I got to work putting together a quick class that a programmer could use in their projects for ...
Almost on a daily basis we run across posts that ask about using a .NET language to read and update a database. Oh it might have a slight variation like "How do I load a value from a database into a textbox?" or "How do I read a database into _______ control and then update the database?" So I figured I would put a few little snippets here to show ...
The basic idea of a function was to give it information and have it return a single value as a result. That result could have been an integer or a float or even an object or struct. On that principle alone many great programs have been made. However, there came a need for returning multiple values from a function. Sometimes the function not only needed to return a single value ...
Statistics... the bane of some coders existence. Why would it be any fun unless the stats say you are a superstar sports athlete (which coders are not), are going to win a huge prize like the lottery (which coders realize is futile with something like 1 in 13 million PER SELECTION) or that the probability for love is high... you mean with an actual girl? Hogwash! Never the less, statistics ...
We have a lot of newbies on the forum these days. Again and again we are asked "What are some good books for language _______?" We all have our favorites and some books lean towards a certain learning style. So one programmer is going to like a particular book more than another programmer might. But besides that little glitch in perspective, there are some books that are generally accepted as ...
On occasion I have seen people asking about making scrolling images. Often times they are asking this question in response to creating their own games to get something like a scrolling background without needing to use a picturebox... which can be pretty bulky. One way to do this is by taking the reigns and controlling the paint event of a control or form. By determining what is drawn and when, ...