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    December 03, 2017

    Best gift for the advanced programmer? Ask Programming

    Best gift for the advanced programmer?

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 03:16 PM PST

    I'm looking for a xmass gift for my father who is an extremely gifted programer but because he runs a business doesn't get to do it as often as he would like. Is there a website or game that presents challenging coding questions that he could work on for fun?

    submitted by /u/FireStarterLaVo
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    What is Microsoft's endgame with VS Code?

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 08:50 AM PST

    So I discovered VS Code around a month ago, and have been using it pretty much exclusively since (seriously, it's great!). However, I am incredibly skeptical of how good of a deal it seems to be. It is free (as in freedom, MIT license), available for not just Windows, but also OSX and Linux, and managed by a large enterprise company. By default, it collects data on you, but this can very easily be disabled in Settings, and Microsoft is very clear that it collects data and how to optionally disable it.

    So, what possible reason could Microsoft have for doing this? I fail to see how this could possibly generate any revenue for them, and am incredibly wary of anything like this that is created by a corporation but is purportedly "free". Any idea what's going on here?

    submitted by /u/just-julia
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    How does one become "literate" in a programming language?

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 06:13 PM PST

    I am finishing up an introductory programming course that teaches basic languages (Python, JavaScript, CSS/HTML) and I have been getting good scores on exams because I am able to memorize most of the code that helps me answer the questions. I realize HTML/CSS is markup language rather than coding language, but it looks like the same principles apply. How do I "become literate?"

    submitted by /u/Hohsia
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    [Javascript] Populating a page with random div elements given dropdown selection

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 09:14 PM PST

    I have a page which I am trying to populate a page with html div "penguins" multiple times based on the number selected in a dropdown menu. However I cant seem to get my javascript loop to display anything given a users selection. Only classes listed in my html document under the gameholder will appear. I have 8 different penguins I want to randomly display multiple times based on dropdown selection. Each with their own images as seen in the css file.

    This is the source project I am working from.

     $(document).ready( function() { //This code will run after page loads $(function() { maxPenguin = 64; // dropdown 2-64 possible elements for (var i = 2; i < maxPenguin; i++) { $('select').append('<option value="' + i + '">' + i + '</option>'); var penguinCount = document.getElementById("penguinsSelected").value; } }); // loop through and display $(function displayPenguins(penguinCount){ penguinArray[penguinCount]; for(var i = 0; i < penguinArray.length; i++) { var penguin = document.createElement("penguin" + Math.ceil(Math.random() * 8)); } }) });

    html:

    <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="index.css" /> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="index.js"></script> </head> <body> <span>Number of Penguins</span> <select id= penguinsSelected name="Number of Penguins"></select> <!--This is the frame for our game. It holds and centers all our other elements--> <div id="gameholder"> <!--This holds the title image--> <div id="title"></div> <!--This holds our penguins and yeti--> <div class="penguin"></div> <div class="yeti"></div> </div> </body> </html>

    css:

    /*This style gives the body element in our HTML a cool blue background color*/ body { background-color: #ccf5f5; } /*This styles the div in the HTML that contains and centers our penguin game*/ #gameholder { width: 600px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } /*This styles the title div in or HTML*/ #title { width: 600px; height: 150px; /*This property embeds an image into the background of our div*/ background-image:url('media/penguin_title.png'); } /*This pseudo class is applied when the mouse hovers over the 1st penguin div*/ .penguin1:hover { background-image:url('media/mound_1_hover.png'); /*This property changes our cursor to a pointer indicating an interactive element*/ cursor: pointer; } /*This pseudo class is applied when our 1st penguin div is clicked by the mouse button*/ .penguin1:active { background-image:url('media/penguin_1.png'); } /*This is the style for our 1st penguin div*/ .penguin1 { width: 200px; height: 200px; float: left; background-image:url('media/mound_1.png'); } /*These are the styles for our 2nd penguin div.*/ .penguin2:hover { background-image:url('media/mound_2_hover.png'); cursor: pointer; } .penguin2:active { background-image:url('media/penguin_2.png'); } .penguin2 { width: 200px; height: 200px; float: left; background-image:url('media/mound_2.png'); } /*These are the styles for our 3rd penguin div.*/ .penguin3:hover { background-image:url('media/mound_3_hover.png'); cursor: pointer; } .penguin3:active { background-image:url('media/penguin_3.png'); } .penguin3 { width: 200px; height: 200px; float: left; background-image:url('media/mound_3.png'); } /*These are the styles for our 4th penguin div.*/ .penguin4:hover { background-image:url('media/mound_4_hover.png'); cursor: pointer; } .penguin4:active { background-image:url('media/penguin_4.png'); } .penguin4 { width: 200px; height: 200px; float: left; background-image:url('media/mound_4.png'); } /*These are the styles for our 5th penguin div.*/ .penguin5:hover { background-image:url('media/mound_5_hover.png'); cursor: pointer; } .penguin5:active { background-image:url('media/penguin_5.png'); } .penguin5 { width: 200px; height: 200px; float: left; background-image:url('media/mound_5.png'); } /*These are the styles for our 6th penguin div.*/ .penguin6:hover { background-image:url('media/mound_6_hover.png'); cursor: pointer; } .penguin6:active { background-image:url('media/penguin_6.png'); } .penguin6 { width: 200px; height: 200px; float: left; background-image:url('media/mound_6.png'); } /*These are the styles for our 7th penguin div.*/ .penguin7:hover { background-image:url('mound_7_hover.png'); cursor: pointer; } .penguin7:active { background-image:url('media/penguin_7.png'); } .penguin7 { width: 200px; height: 200px; float: left; background-image:url('media/mound_7.png'); } /*These are the styles for our 8th penguin div.*/ .penguin8:hover { background-image:url('media/mound_8_hover.png'); cursor: pointer; } .penguin8:active { background-image:url('media/penguin_8.png'); } .penguin8 { width: 200px; height: 200px; float: left; background-image:url('media/mound_8.png'); } /*These are the styles for our yeti div.*/ .yeti:hover { background-image:url('media/mound_9_hover.png'); cursor: pointer; } .yeti:active { background-image:url('media/yeti.png'); } .yeti { width: 200px; height: 200px; float: left; background-image:url('media/mound_9.png'); }

    javascript:

    $(document).ready( function() { //This code will run after your page loads $(function() { maxPenguin = 64; for (var i = 2; i < maxPenguin; i++) { $('select').append('<option value="' + i + '">' + i + '</option>'); var penguinCount = document.getElementById("penguinsSelected").value; } }); $(function displayPenguins(penguinCount){ penguinArray[penguinCount]; for(var i = 0; i < penguinArray.length; i++) { var penguin = document.createElement("penguin" + Math.ceil(Math.random() * 8)); } }) $(".yeti").mousedown(function() { alert("Yaaaarrrr!"); yetiClicked(); }); }); function yetiPosition(){

    }

    submitted by /u/Silverfin113
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    What is the difference between these two pieces of same functioning code?

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 07:40 PM PST

    I have been tinkering and programming for years, and have just started studying OOP. I am learning Java, and need some help understanding the difference and uses of two pieces of code that both do the same thing. My question is when do I use which, and what benefits does each have? I wrote both, on my own, without any help, and mostly without understanding.

    Code piece 1:

    public class Dog { private String name; private int age; public Dog() { name=""; age=0; } public String getname() { return name; } public void setname(String nm) { name=nm; //Also, why is this line necessary, why cant I just declare name=name and change the parameter variable } public int getage() { return age;
    } public void setage(int ag) { age=ag;
    } public int humanage() { return age*7;
    } public String toString() { return "This dog is named "+name+", and he is a good boy. He is "+age+" years old and like to eat treats." ; }}

    Code Piece 2:

    public class Dog { private String name; private int age; public Dog(String nm,int ag) { name=nm; age=ag;
    getage(); getname(); humanage(); } public String getname() { return name; } public void setname(String nm) { name=nm; } public int getage() { return age;
    } public void setage(int ag) { age=ag;
    } public int humanage() { return age*7;
    } public String toString() { return "This dog is named "+name+", and he is a good boy. He is "+age+" years old and like to eat treats." ; }}

    submitted by /u/AlexLynd
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    How to seperate the text file input into two different variables [C++]?

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 08:00 AM PST

    In my Project I need to get data about circuit from a text file then I need to parse it and produce to output data.

    Here is a sample data for the text file

    AND1 Adder1-3 Adder1-4 // Means AND1 gate gets its first input from Adder1's 3rd output and its second input from Adder1's 4th output

    AND2 Adder1-4 Adder1-2

    OR1 AND1-1 AND2-1//OR1's two inputs are from AND1's 1st output and AND2's 1st output

    now I need to read the component name first which is easy:

    infile>>componentName;

    But for the second part I need to read another string from file and seperate that data into two parts: ComponentName - thOutput. first part will be string and second part is will be integer.

    for example for AND2-1 it will be --> compName=AND2 , thOutput=1

    so how can I seperate it like before/after "-" symbol.

    Sorry for my poor English not a Native Speaker. and since the Project is large I didn't put unnecessary codes above.

    submitted by /u/onurcevik
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    [C] Can't add information to an array

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 05:26 PM PST

    Relevant code: 

    typedef struct { char first[10]; char last[10]; float gpa; } student_record; student_record students[20];

    Then I scanf less than 20 first names, last names, and GPAs to the array and display it in a table. That part works. I have an int variable, length, that shows how many sets of information are in the array students. I want to add a predetermined set of data to the array, not something the user enters. Here's my failed attempt at that.

    students[length].first = "John"; students[length].last = "Smith"; students[length].gpa = 1.23; length = length + 1;

    I get the errors E0137 and C2106 on the lines where I try to add the first and last name of the new student. "expression must be a modifiable value" and ""=": left operand must be l-value". What did I do wrong here?

    Thanks!

    submitted by /u/Virisenox_
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    Is this site a clone of another? Is there an open source variant/base?

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 05:00 PM PST

    So I ran into this site. Long story short, it's nothing special, users can upload images with groups of options (with a maximum of ten options per group), set the number of groups, which will add the amount of random number generators to it, and then make it usable for others - the site then adds the option to generate the numbers.

    It's pretty similar in some terms to the typical Facebook "viral" images, where you have to take your first name's first letter, last name's first letter, day of month of your birthday, et cetera, to get your "vampire name" etc. - but here all the values are randomly generated.

    The site itself looks kinda like if it was made in an open-source manner, and I was wondering if it was a clone of something open source.

    submitted by /u/biggie_dd
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    Writing tests for a large django restful api. Limited time and $ in start up mode. What advice do you have for me to get the most bang for my buck?

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 03:25 PM PST

    Basically all in the title. I've tested before, but never specifically dedicated myself to it. My test cases have often ended up too trivial or too specific and left gaping holes. TDD is great, but the code is already here on this project and there is a good chunk of it.

    Thanks in advance.

    submitted by /u/wormywormm
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    [Java/Android] CountdownTimer running in Service isn't displaying

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 03:06 PM PST

    Edit: I got it to show but now I'm having the problem that if I go in and out of the screen, the countdown reverts back to its starting value. Updated my cod

    I'm trying to make a countdown timer that will continue to run in the background. To do this I'm using a timer and broadcasting the data to the textview in the main activity. But when I run it nothing shows up. Any ideas?

    Service class 

    import android.app.Service; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.CountDownTimer; import android.os.IBinder; import android.support.annotation.Nullable; import android.support.v4.content.LocalBroadcastManager; public class CountdownService extends Service{ public static final String ACTION_LOCATION_BROADCAST = CountdownService.class.getName() + "LocationBroadcast"; @Override public void onCreate() { super.onCreate(); new CountDownTimer(360000, 60000) { public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) { int timeLeftInt = (int) Math.ceil((double) millisUntilFinished / 60000); //Whole number of minutes left, ceiling sendBroadcastMessage(timeLeftInt); if(timeLeftInt == 5){ Notify("Not Done"); } } public void onFinish() { sendBroadcastMessage(0); Notify("done"); } }.start(); } private void sendBroadcastMessage(int timeSent) { Intent intent = new Intent(ACTION_LOCATION_BROADCAST); intent.putExtra("timeSent", timeSent); LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).sendBroadcast(intent); } @Override public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) { return null; } private void Notify(String doneness){ NotificationManager notificationManager = (NotificationManager) getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE); Intent intent = new Intent(this, Map.class); PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, (int) System.currentTimeMillis(), intent, 0); if(doneness.equals("done")) { Notification n = new Notification.Builder(this) .setContentTitle("Time to leave!") .setContentText("Your PrePark spot has expired, time to go home!") .setSmallIcon(R.mipmap.ic_launcher) .setContentIntent(pIntent) .setAutoCancel(true) .build(); notificationManager.notify(0, n); } else{ Notification n = new Notification.Builder(this) .setContentTitle("Ya got 5 minutes left in your PrePark spot!") .setContentText("Better get going soon here") .setSmallIcon(R.mipmap.ic_launcher) .setContentIntent(pIntent) .setAutoCancel(true) .build(); notificationManager.notify(0, n); } }

    }

    Main activity 

    import android.app.Activity; import android.content.BroadcastReceiver; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.content.IntentFilter; import android.support.v4.content.LocalBroadcastManager; import android.os.Bundle; import android.widget.TextView; public class Countdown extends Activity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){ super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_countdown); LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).registerReceiver( new BroadcastReceiver() { @Override public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { TextView textView= findViewById(R.id.t1); int timeLeft = intent.getIntExtra("timeSent", 0); if(timeLeft>0) { textView.setText("You have " + timeLeft + " minutes left"); } else{ textView.setText("Y'all outta time, see ya again soon!"); } } }, new IntentFilter(CountdownService.ACTION_LOCATION_BROADCAST) ); } @Override protected void onResume() { super.onResume(); startService(new Intent(this, CountdownService.class)); } @Override protected void onPause() { super.onPause(); stopService(new Intent(this, CountdownService.class)); } }

    XML 

    <RelativeLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:gravity="center"> <TextView android:id="@+id/t1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:gravity="center" android:layout_centerInParent="true" android:textSize="32sp" /> </RelativeLayout>
    submitted by /u/ASovietSpy
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    Question about external libraries being added to code and inner workings of this?

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 02:35 PM PST

    1. In how many places can needed external libraries be added to your code?
    2. What are these places?
    3. For each one of those places, state one advantage and one disadvantage.

    I'm really not sure what is being asked here - what does it mean by the places in which libraries are added to the code? Do they mean the libraries that are imported at the top of the code or what?

    submitted by /u/Confusedperson12345
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    Does something like this already exist? A domain-specific language for cooking recipes.

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 10:29 AM PST

    I'm interested in doing some programming relating to cooking & kitchen management, and one idea that's occurred to me is that recipes are already written in a style of English that's quite stilted, so it seems like it wouldn't be too much of a jump to create a machine-readable language spec for recipes that would also be natural, albeit even more stilted, English.

    Has anyone already attempted something like this? I've searched around on the general internet, reddit, and HN but I've not found anything.

    submitted by /u/IohannesArnold
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    Word document based on dynamic input

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 10:07 AM PST

    Hi All, I'm not sure if this is the right sub and/or if this question is appropriate (if not let me know and I'll delete the post) but I'd like to ask you all for some input from this community on where to start.

    Basically I'd like to create a small simple program thats easy to use that will create word documents and pdf documents based on selections users can make. I'd like the user interface / program to have dynamic input (e.g. when you select a radio button, the next couple of buttons/dropdowns/text fields appear on what you select and you work your way down untill all is answered and then you can select create document). I'd like the style to be more like an app. I think it should be really straightforward and relatively simply but i could be wrong.

    I have found a couple of options (like VBA which I'm not fond of and C++ which might be way over the top for this purpose) so before I'm going to commit to a specific language I thought to ask here and maybe get some insights in what you think the best language would be.

    I have a basic understanding of programming (started 25 years ago on my dad's old MSX and the basic web stuff) but nothing fancy..

    Any and all help/tips/advise is greatly appreciated!

    submitted by /u/got_no_name
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    How do I put an OR in to an else if in Java?

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 01:25 PM PST

    So as part of an assignment I have to do this:

    Write a Processing sketch that implements the following functionality:

    When the user clicks the mouse on the:

    Upper left quadrant of the screen, a green circle is drawn at the mouse position.

    Upper right quadrant of the screen, a red square is drawn at the mouse position.

    Lower left quadrant of the screen, a blue rectangle is drawn at the mouse position.

    Lower right quadrant of the screen, an orange circle OR triangle is drawn at the mouse position.

    I can do it all but the last bit, I don't know how to make it randomly one or the other. This is my code at the moment:

    void draw()

    {

    }

    void mouseClicked()

    {

    if(mouseX < 50 && mouseY < 50)

    {

    fill(0,255,0); ellipse(mouseX, mouseY, 25, 25);

    }

    else if(mouseX > 50 && mouseY < 50)

    {

    fill(255,0,0); rect(mouseX, mouseY, 25, 25);

    }

    else if(mouseX < 50 && mouseY > 50)

    {

    fill(0,0,255); rect(mouseX, mouseY, 25, 10);

    }

    else

    {

    fill(255,125,0); triangle(mouseX, mouseY, mouseX+25, mouseY-10, mouseX+10, mouseY-25);

    }

    }

    submitted by /u/xKMarcus
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    How can I get the HTML code for a website based on a user's search? (Java)

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 12:42 PM PST

    For example:

    I want the user to search for a term like "apple" or "banana" and I want to get the HTML code from Wikipedia so I can parse data from it.

    Hope this was clear. Any help would be really appreciated.

    submitted by /u/jewpoosrewyou
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    what are some side-projects for cs major students

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 12:33 PM PST

    I am majoring cs and wanting to work on a side project. I only took two java programming classes. I learned most of the data structure and algorithms (queue, stack, linked list, tree, maps, etc.). I don't know anything about GUI and making android/ios applications yet. What are some side projects that I can work on within my knowledge?

    Edit: well not most of the data structure...

    submitted by /u/guywithquestionsss
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    C++ ifstream reading from a file.

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 07:58 AM PST

    I'm trying to get data from a file. The data is in the format below: 666 Dunn, Bob A C D C A C D B C A This is my structure I am trying to get the data imported into. struct Student { int studentID; string name; char answers [10]; }; when I am running my loop, I am getting an error on the get line. inFile.getline(studentData[i].name, 50, "/n");

    My question is: Can I not use a string as the character array argument???

    if it helps, this is what the function I am having trouble with looks like with a * next to the erroneous line. 

    void getFileData(Student studentData[], int& i) { ifstream inFile; inFile.open("student.txt"); if (!inFile) { cout << "/n/n ERROR OPENING FILE /n/n"; } else { while (!inFile.eof()) { inFile >> studentData[i].studentID; inFile.getline(studentData[i].name, 50, "/n");//* for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++)//for reading the char array after the name { } } } }

    any help would be greatly appreciated!

    submitted by /u/chefboirkd
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    [Request] Programmers dialogue for story Part II

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 06:25 AM PST

    Hello again,

    considering the success of my last request, I figured I'd be so bold to make a second request.

    The story is the same, but the scenario this time around is that my leading character is out shopping around for clients. Her business isn't making money, so she goes out to convince companies/people that her software company has the skills and knowledge to make things happen. But things don't pan out because of stigma against her gender, so they give her a pop quiz which she aces.

    So, much like the last time I'll give you the dialogue and highlight where I need your input :-)

    Karen: So yes, my company has just started and while the staff is small, they're both skilled and eager to prove themselves.

    Client: But you have no formal education yourself, correct?

    K: ...Yes, I'm self-taught for the most part.

    C: The problem with being self-taught, Ms. Starr, is that many tend to skip the basics. Such as [basic technobabble problem].

    K: You can avoid that by [technobabble solution].

    C: Uhm, yes. But our systems are bigger, more complex than that you understand. Systems like [system name] have [medium technobabble problem], which is hard to sort out.

    K: If you use [system name], then I'd [technobabble solution A]. Or perhaps [technobabble solution B], depending on your setup.

    C: Yes, yes. Even my son who's in high school knows that.

    K: Smart kid...

    C: But what we're really after, is someone that can handle [trick technobabble problem].

    K: Well gentlemen, I can't help you there.

    C: We're sorry to hear that.

    K: In fact, I don't think anyone can, since after all [technobabble that exposes their trick question].

    Feel free to juggle around with the dialogue if needed, it's just a basic draft to give you an idea of what I'm after rather than something set in stone. If something is unclear or you need more information, please don't hesitate to ask and I'll answer as best I can.

    submitted by /u/straumoy
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    What would be the purpose of passing in an event in JS?

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 08:57 AM PST

    My professor created an assignment for my class, and he created html that includes a submit button (after user enters in a username and a password), and in the html he includes <input type="submit" value="Login" class="btn btn-primary pull-right" onclick="login(event)">. "login( event )" is a JS function I am supposed to create, but I'm struggling to figure out why he would be passing in the event? I feel like it is unnecessary, as my understanding is that an event is the button click, any ideas?

    submitted by /u/cupojoe4me
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    How can I use my Stylebot plugin in Chrome to highlight certain number ranges (i.e. viewer count > 2,000 is bold and green) on Youtube results?

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 08:45 AM PST

    Normally I would just use Youtube's sort feature, but it really sucks. So I would rather just use my own highlighting method on my userside w/ a little bit of JavaScript.

    submitted by /u/Arduino87
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    Advice on rapidly scaling my team and deliverables

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 06:04 AM PST

    I'm in a situation where I need to scale up very quickly and be able to deliver a great deal of productivity within about a six month time frame.

    For some background:

    • I've been a solo full stack .NET developer for one company for the past 9 years. I've built out and supported this company's website and have also built out some backend tools that this company relies upon very heavily.
    • I'm at a point where just the basic needs of support and critical updates has me overtaxed at about 150%. I have been overburdened for quite some time and, not to toot my horn, have become very productive out of necessity and am probably generating the output of several people.
    • I have experimented with hiring another full time developer twice, and have been pretty disappointed in the amount of time it takes to ramp up. Output has been maybe 20% of myself after a couple of months in both cases, and only working on very basic tasks.
    • The business itself has very complex business rules, and runs on top of an archaic backend application. Everything I have built is reverse engineered from this archaic backend. Everything has grown organically, and I have tried to keep it as clean as possible, requires an understanding of the business rules and this archaic backend.
    • Realizing how this contributes to the ability of other people to contribute, I have begun building out an API layer that abstracts away all the implementation of business rules from this archaic backend, and have stood up a prototype. But I haven't begun migrating any pieces of the application to use it yet. This is a Web API with a Swagger definition to easily generate clients; .NET Core / kubernetes / redis
    • Business rules throughout the company aren't documented anywhere and live in a number of people's heads
    • My area of support has primarily been the public ecommerce site and marketing, but they now need a great deal of support on the operations side, which is just as large a responsibility as the ecommerce site and marketing.

    The current situation:

    • My client had planned on working with a third party software company to build out a bunch of functionality on top of my API, but they have backed out
    • My client absolutely needs a great deal of functionality to be in place by May 2018; this is a function of the market, not an arbitrary deadline.
    • I've been a solo developer working on my own for nine years, and don't have a great deal of experience with guiding a team of developers to deliverables on a schedule. I understand agile methodology, but haven't practiced it; it's been more deliver as much as I can as quickly as I can. No project management or formal requirements
    • I have a full time developer right now; he started at the end of september, and can do some of the most basic stuff, but anything else requires me to walk through everything.
    • I'm using .NET / C# / TypeScript / KnockoutJS / Web API / SQL Server / Jenkins / Octopus Deploy. It seems finding .NET developers with the more modern technologies is difficult; as well as with experience on a public ecommerce site. Public Ecommerce site is a different ballgame from backend business applications. I'm trying to move all new development to Google Cloud, .NET Core + Kubernetes

    My Plan:

    • Acquire office space and hire three additional developers on contract for six months, to bring it to 5; myself + the existing dev + 3
    • I'm imagining hiring three devs with the following profiles:
    • 1 - Experienced .NET Developer Agile Scrum Master to provide some semblance of project management and guide the agile process.
    • 2 - Young hot shot up to date on .NET Core, modern front end frameworks, devops
    • 3 - Match the rest of the skills as closely as possible
    • Someone in the three with good SSRS experience as part of what we need is to build out the rest of a large set of SSRS reports that is in place
    • I am remote to the business, so I plan to bring the team to the business every two weeks for two days to go over the latest sprint / get feedback, and get requirements for the next sprint.
    • Given the unknown variables of how quickly people can ramp up and contribute, my plan is to have some minimum core functionality that we commit to by May 2018 and then flesh out more functionality from there. The stakeholders need something to plan around.

    I am in the Raleigh/Durham area so while there is a pool of talent, it seems there are more jobs than developers.

    This is kind of like a job for a turnaround specialist. I'm looking for any advice. Since there is a great deal of ramp up time, I'm hoping the diverse skillset helps balance out the weaknesses and they can support each other, so I'm not spending all of my time explaining things.

    Can anyone provide any advice and done anything similar?

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    React frontend for PHP server (Laravel)

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 02:52 AM PST

    Hey all,

    I've been doing some research and I'm fairly confident I understand React's premise and the way it is intended to be used, as a modular godsend.

    I come from a pre-ES6 JS background, using Angular 1.x. I've worked with REST API servers to negotiate logins, make requests, and update data locally/remotely, but something seems missing in my understanding of React.

    In Angular 1.x it was easy enough to create a service internally to handle login state, and make listeners through the JS frontend to respond to changes or request logic be performed, but I do not quite understand how React is supposed to be used in this way. It seems to be all about essentially socket-style connections and listeners, pub/sub style connectivity, so I was wondering if someone could answer this question for me now that I've waffled on:

    Would it be reasonable to use React to create a web/mobile application that depends on a PHP based REST server for data? Or should I focus on Node.JS and work with that instead? I don't want to get part way through development to find that I've created a monster.

    Thanks!

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    What's the best platform to program with C?

    Posted: 03 Dec 2017 01:08 AM PST

    Hi! I haven't programmed for a while now and I'm going back to business soon. I wondered what is the best platform to program with C, and I mean by that to either Ubuntu or Visual Studio. Are ubuntu skills needed? Is it unnecessary?

    Thanks!

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