Monthly Archives: October 2009

17 Websites for Sharing Programming Knowledge

By dhirschl | Published: October 29, 2009

Whether you are trying to drive traffic to your own blog or are looking for assistance when developing – it’s sometimes useful to participate in programming forums and blogs by sharing knowledge. I’ve compiled a list of 17 websites where you can share your own knowledge or search for help on a problem. Apple Apple [...]

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What Programming Language Should I Learn Next?

By dhirschl | Published: October 26, 2009

I am a big fan of reddit and it is usually my primary source of reading what’s new. There is a sub-category (sub-reddit) on Reddit for Programming and one question that is posed very frequently is: What programming language should I learn next? If your purpose for learning a new language is career motivated, I [...]

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5 Steps for WordPress Preparation

By dhirschl | Published: October 22, 2009

If you are self-hosting your WordPress blog (not using WordPress.com), it is a good idea to setup an instance on your local computer. Setting up a local instance of WordPress and a development environment will help you tweaking theme source files, test upgraded WordPress installations and test plugins – without making changes on your live [...]

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How to Find Time for Learning

By dhirschl | Published: October 19, 2009

One of the biggest challenges when trying to learn something new is finding the time to do it. We all have obligations (work, school, family, sleep, etc.) that require our attention and finding free time in amongst all of these can sometimes be difficult. Scheduling Out Your Day Here’s an activity for you to perform [...]

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Output PDF Binary to Browser in ASP.NET

By dhirschl | Published: October 15, 2009

Here is the code to output PDF Binary to the browser using ASP.NET / VB.NET. Note: This code assumes that you already have the PDF binary data stored in a byte() array called data. Response.ClearHeaders() Response.ClearContent() Response.ContentType = "application/pdf" Response.BinaryWrite(buffer) Response.End() To add an Open / Save dialog window: Response.AddHeader("content-disposition","attachment;filename=report.pdf") If you encounter errors in [...]

How to Read a Book Using SQ3R

By dhirschl | Published: October 12, 2009

Before I entered college over 10 years ago, I participated in a 1-day seminar for incoming freshmen called Strategies for Success. The purpose of the seminar was to introduce you to study habits and prepare you for the college workload. What reminded me recently of this seminar was a book that I started reading: ‘Secrets [...]

An Overview of Microsoft PowerShell

By dhirschl | Published: October 8, 2009

I decided to install SQL Server 2008 Express and while I was resolving my prerequisite issues I noticed that one of the requirements was to have Windows PowerShell installed. I have to admit, I have never heard of Windows PowerShell at this point, I just passed this off as another utility that was included as [...]

Enhance Your Skills By Belonging to Professional Organizations

By dhirschl | Published: October 5, 2009

If you work in information technology, how do you keep both your social and technical skills up-to-date to remain competitive? Enrolling in an academic program could be beneficial to improving your skills, but it could get expensive and often a technical curriculum will not cover the latest technologies. This is where belonging to a professional [...]

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Using Subversion with Xcode, Part III

By dhirschl | Published: October 1, 2009

In Part I, I walked through the process of setting up repositories and projects in Subversion, Part II covered configuring Subversion with Xcode, this part will provide an overview of the SCM tools within Xcode and also show you how to tag and branch your code within Subversion. Xcode SCM Attributes If you have your [...]

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