Application Development Articles

Computers » Programming » Application Development | By Jim Pretin @ Thursday, 29th November 2007 @ 1:42 PM

Adding a simple email form or contact form to a website can often be a tough task for a first-time programmer or small business website. A lot of people who start a website or a small internet business use simple templates to put a website online while having little or almost no knowledge of HTML programming. Creating a functional email form or contact form, as simple as the form itself may be, is almost impossible for an inexperienced programmer that doesn't have more advanced know... more...

Computers » Programming » Application Development | By George Gilbert @ Tuesday, 21st August 2007 @ 4:16 PM

I think a generally acceptable definition of reusable code could be "code or functionality that will probably be useful in one or more future projects." It's a category of code that few managers or developers, in my experience, seem to pay much attention to until they need it. This is unfortunate since, in my opinion, reusable code, when upgraded to repeatable code, has the potential to save big on development costs. What Is Reusable Code? From what I can gather... more...

Computers » Programming » Application Development | By James Pearson @ Tuesday, 20th February 2007 @ 6:35 PM

Thought creating your own software programs was reserved for die-hard computer geeks? Think again! If you have ever considered creating your own computer software, but thought that the time needed to learn a programming language and the cost of the development program were just too much, then you are in for a pleasant surprise. Instant EXE is a software development program that allows just about anyone to create their own Windows-based computer programs. Want a utility to store y... more...

Computers » Programming » Application Development | By James Pearson @ Tuesday, 20th February 2007 @ 6:34 PM

What is stopping you from writing your own computer software? Do you think it will be too difficult? Do you think you will have to learn a new programming language? Do you believe that it would be boring? If you have ever thought to yourself "I wish I could make my computer do ..." or thought "I wish I could automate this task on my computer" then you are on your way to becoming a computer programmer. Now, before you stop reading and think that computer programin... more...

Computers » Programming » Application Development | By Phil Morettini @ Sunday, 22nd October 2006 @ 7:24 AM

We've covered a lot of what goes wrong in the software development process in Part I. Let's continue that discussion, and look for some answers: THEY ALWAYS SLIP It's just accepted in the software business that projects will slip, particularly when the end result is an actual commercial product. The businesses I've been involved in have tried everything. When I've had direct responsibility, we've taken every approach imaginable. We've tried an app... more...

Computers » Programming » Application Development | By Richard Callaby @ Wednesday, 5th April 2006 @ 4:56 AM

For many software developers writing code is a passion. However, many have been displaced due to the rampant outsourcing of their jobs to overseas competition. this is truly sad, however it could be an opportunity for those same developers to partake in the rapidly growing arena of after market software development. There are a few open source applications where it may be possible to utilize the strong community support for your own financial gain. The first application that springs to mi... more...

Computers » Programming » Application Development | By Harry Rockwell @ Wednesday, 22nd February 2006 @ 8:18 AM

The first version of Perl (Perl 1.000) was published in 1987 by Larry Wall; so Perl is 4 years senior to Linux. Larry Wall was at that time working with UNIX commands and was not happy by the operation of sed, awk and the Bourne Shell. He was searching for a language that will provide him all the supreme features of the UNIX commands and having very minimum margin of error. In 1994 Perl 5.0 was published. This version was a replica of Perl Interpreter. In addition to that, it had hard re... more...

Computers » Programming » Application Development | By James Hunt @ Tuesday, 24th January 2006 @ 8:56 PM

If you are managing a project that will require the contributions of multiple individuals or teams using a multi tiered development plan over a fixed area of time, you should consider using project management software to help organize the elements of a project into milestone goals and organize the efforts of the development team in an efficient manner. Examples of such projects include software application development, game development, execution of an advertising campaign, web site design and... more...

Computers » Programming » Application Development | By James Hunt @

Visual Basic is a high level programming language that has evolved from the DOS based programming language called BASIC (Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code). It is a very easy programming language to learn and use and the code is very similar to the English language. It is a programming language that is composed of many subprograms that can execute either independently or linked together at the same time. Visual Basic is an event driven program language that has some of the features... more...