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There has been a noticeable increase in people asking where to start C# recently. So I have been across a couple of forums and pulled together a list of some useful links and resources. # Web Tutorials # [Home and Learn Tutorial](http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/csharp/csharp.html) [CodeProject Tutorial P1](http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/219869/Object-Oriented-Programming-in-Csharp-NET) [CodeProject Tutorial P2](http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/222295/Object-Oriented-Programming-in-Csharp-NET-Part-2) [CodeProject Tutorial …

The Arduino micro controller is a great interface that allows your computer to do things with the world around it. It can measure and record things like temperature, humidity, light (also infrared signals), sound, motion, distance, magnetism and color. It can blink and buzz, run motors, water your plants and …

I am building a patient registration and appointment scheduling app for a healthcare clinic based in Dallas. I am part of the team at Software Orca working through the discovery phase, and the technical requirements keep shifting in ways that make accurate cost estimation difficult. The specific problem is around …

To be fair, it had already started happening much before AI came when programmer roles started getting commoditized into "Python coder", "PHP scripter", "dotnet developer", etc. Though these exact phrases weren't used in job descriptions, this is how recruiters and clients started referring programmers as such. But LLMs took it …

Pyqt6 has undergone some major improvements from its earlier versions. I used to code in versions 5 and even much earlier, and also its license-free PySide cohort. I am hoping for any advice on easing this switch!

I am in the process of rediscovering python after a dire cardiac episode. Used to be very active under my favored nickname vegaseat, not 'seat' but 'eat'! Got tired of the arbitrary jolts from MS and Windows 11 and switched totally to LinuxMint. Actually, my commercial grade 'HP 17 laptop' …

I've been working on extracting frames from video files entirely in the browser to avoid uploads. The goal is to support MP4/WebM/MOV/AVI/MKV, extract by interval/count/time-range, export as JPG/PNG/WebP, optional text watermark, and ZIP download. Processing stays on-device for privacy and works with large files without server limits. For testing I …

I am trying to develop a project for house hold accounting.I have designed a form for transactions.Now my problem is to add the record from the form to the table when the Submit buttton is clicked.My table is "Tran" with fields-"Tdt","Achead", "Acsub","Acno","Acname"."Detail","Debit"," Credit","Dc","Balance","Tno".Record to be added to Tran where Achead,Acsub …

I just learned the 'head scratching way' that module names come up from nesting code. The code can be nested from within Python in combination with a "NoNo" like calling a helpful code snippet the name of an official module like 'textwrap.py'. More or less by accident this snippet ended …

I'm currently building a museum membership management system using .NET and a relational database. The project is inspired by solutions like MembershipAnywhere, which help museums manage digital memberships and improve the visitor experience. The system is designed to handle member registration, digital membership cards, QR code check-ins, membership renewals, notifications, …

This is a little project I threw together for exchanging messages between two computers. It started as a way for my wife and me to exchange messages when one of us was inside and the other outside in the hammock. I tried various approaches involving a shared folder (a bit …

sorting by column 0 with date in this format dd/mm/yyyy in msflexgrid , i'm on vb 6.0

Hey everyone, I've been working on optimizing AI model usage across different providers, and I wanted to share a practical approach that's been working well for me. The problem: Different AI models are good at different things, but managing multiple API integrations is a pain. Here's a clean solution using …

in visual basic 6 i have on table contain many rows. I used "LIKE" operator to search by employee name : Adodc1.RecordSource = "SELECT ...... where T_Deductions_Collection.Employee_Name LIKE '%" & Text5 & "%' and ..... " I want to change the search technique to be by employee_ID instead of employee_name, …

hi, im creating a payroll system for my project and part of it is a time calculator and my problem is I really don't know how to deduct late. it should work this way "for every minute of late, their daily rate will be deducted 1.16" what i did is …

Can Microsoft SharePoint handle high-volume document storage for enterprise-level ECM systems?

I’m not a professional programmer — just a long-time hobbyist. Over the past 40 years I’ve built around 50 desktop applications for myself and friends, and even accidentally sold one commercially. I’ve seen a lot of comments about programmers using AI. [One such DaniWeb Conversation Here](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/540507/41-of-all-code-on-github-right-now-is-ai-generated)I get the hesitation; if …

Our team has been spending more time on manual Salesforce tasks than we'd like, such as updating records, assigning leads, generating reports, and handling follow-ups. We're exploring automation to improve productivity and reduce repetitive work. Which repetitive Salesforce tasks consume the most time for your team?

I'm looking for recommendations for tools that support: OpenAPI specifications API documentation Testing Team collaboration Would love to hear what worked well and what didn't.

As our projects have grown, we've realized that collaboration around APIs is just as important as writing the APIs themselves. We're looking for a platform that supports: OpenAPI specifications Team collaboration Shared API documentation API testing Version control and change tracking For those working on team-based API projects: What tool …

I often need to compare different versions of documentation, website content, configuration snippets, and notes. Git works great for source code, but for plain text I sometimes find it more convenient to use a dedicated comparison tool. I'm interested in learning what other developers use for this workflow. Do you …

**Introduction** You know that being effective is the key to success in any business domain. However, you may be wondering how to improve employee performance. In order to do this, it’s important to have tools at hand that will help you measure and track employee performance in real-time and act …

hi.. I have a problem when compiling the program created in VB6, an error message suddenly appears visual basic has stopped working the condition of the laptop that I use with 4GB memory specifications does this correlate directly while executing the process compile, while if I compile the program with …

Hello, me again :-). This time I need to build a small calculator-like GUI, like this:  This time I thought I'd ask a few questions before I start building it! 1)In terms of layout, I was thinking to use the GridLayout again: one for the text field and …

Hi, Is there any chance to get a visual basic 6 compiler for free? I mean, I have a vb6 project (made with the visual studio 6 IDE), but I have no IDE (visual studio 6 or something). Thank you very much. Omar

Hi, I'm a student of Java, and my first homework assignment is more advanced than our reading. So...I'm lost. This question is: Q5: Write a program that reads a list of exam scores from the keyboard. Using A=90 to 100, B=80 to 89, C=70 to 79, D=60 to 69 and …

hi, I am writing a simple calculator program and want to know how to write my nested if conditions for perfroming calculations

I've been studying TDD for a few years and read quite a few books but none that good to be honest. Can anyone recomend any good ones. I'm not interested in BDD but am keen on anything that tackles the many problems of mocking intrinsic MVC objects.

i created a project type: Console; i added on Templates\projects folders; my question: when i open these project type, how can open the module(ConsoleMain.bas) window code and maximizate(predefinition)?

Modern dev workflows sometimes feel harder to manage than the actual application code. A few years ago the setup used to be pretty simple. Git, CI pipeline, logging, maybe a testing framework. Now even smaller teams seem to run: * multiple CI jobs * API testing tools * Docker/K8s tooling …

I'm going to develop new pos system. So I need to choice right database for that. My software work in network. System going to be handle one thousand transactions per one day. And there are many cashiers will use software. I want to know is mysql database suitable or any …

How can I perform the four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in Marie simulator? How the code will be

Hi everyone, I have a question about Visual Basics......... When do the following events occur with a form object: Load, Unload, Activate, Deactivate, GotFocus, LostFocus?

Okay ive been looking everywhere and I can't find this. Ive used the help documents and tried to use the Shell function and also Process.Start. So say I have a file at relative path /Data/manual.pdf (i know how to get directory of application to create absolute path). But I need …

Is it still worth learning AI when we can use AI tools without knowing much about it? I want to learn design with Canva, but now AI can generate designs easily for us.

i need create a function like Write(...) the C++0(or less) don't have variadic templates. i need a function and not a macro(don't use the __VA_ARGS__), for add it on a class ;) using cout i have: class Writer { public: Writer& operator()(Variant v) { cout << v; return *this; } …

A common task in C or C++ is to get a string from somewhere and convert it to an integer. "Use `atoi`" is a common suggestion from the unwashed masses, and on the surface it works like a charm: #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> long long square(int value) { return value …

I am developing a software module to simulate Mercury’s orbital motion using a constant position–momentum parameter derived from the NKTg Law. Instead of using traditional force-based gravity equations, the model defines: p = m * v C = x * p Where x is orbital distance, v is orbital velocity, …

What's the best cloud accounting software for small businesses that handle multiple sales tax rates? Or is there an affordable web-based small business accounting software?

No Freelancers this is full time employment (Part time is also available). NO Agency, No third party, No businesses, we are only looking to hire individuals, senior roles only. English speaking should be intermediate C2

Hi, i'm havnig problem with calling CreateThread. The problem is that it gives me a conversion error from const void* to void* [CODE=Ccplusplus]DWORD dwThreadId; HANDLE myThread; myThread = CreateThread( NULL, 0, MyThreadFunction, "HELLO", 0, &dwThreadId); [/CODE] dwThreadId id is the problem, the function is supose to take a pointer to …

Question for developers: Do you have a policy, preference, or SOP for dealing with file versioning, date and time stamps, etc.? I see some products where the executable and support files (typically DLLs) all share the same date and time stamp. Sometimes the date and time seem to correlate to …

Hello everyone! I want to use bash from python, however the os.system([I]command[/I]) seems to act only on one command at a time. I want to use complete commands, also containing control flow statements, like If and While, and to call them from python. something like this code in bash: T1="foo" …

I’m currently working on my bachelor’s degree at BTH (Blekinge Institute of Technology) and have created a short survey as part of my final paper. The survey aims to gather insights on how LLM hallucinations affect their use in the software development process. If you work in software development or …

For me, it was Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. OMG, how I *lived* in that in middle school! And, of course, I probably would have lost patience for coding a very long time ago if I wasn't as quick a touch typist as I am. The very first piece of software …

One of my sons has a coworker doing the Multi-Agent coding now. At first it was just Claude but they've moved onto Multi-Agent Coding. Here's a take on the RENT!  While my software work was mostly embedded we stuck with GCC and cross platform toolchains. For Windows it was …

We are developing a purely free and public welfare third-party launcher for gamers. However, due to the fact that we only have three active developers and we have encountered numerous setbacks during the development process, we have no choice but to post this message for help. Please assist us. Thank …

Hello, Just curious and want to know is their any alternatives to github as well?

> it's truly amazing what LLMs can achieve. we now know it's possible to produce an html5 parsing library with nothing but the full source code of an existing html5 parsing library, all the source code of all other open source libraries ever, a meticulously maintained and extremely comprehensive test …

How do you think the "developer lifestyle" has changed from when you started today? Better, worse, or just different? I feel like at the very least, we can probably all acknowledge that it's become a lot more mainstream these days and is looked upon as a career that has the …