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Non-Programming Jobs For a Computer Science Major?

An anonymous reader writes "I recently graduated from a 'major' university in America with a BS degree in Computer Science. I unfortunately must admit that I am not very skilled with programming. I finished with the degree, and I've spent much of my college career working a job doing technical support (fixing laptops, troubleshooting Windows problems, etc). What jobs can I get with a computer science degree that are NOT mainly programming jobs? A little programming wouldn't be bad, but none would be preferred. And what kind of salaries do these jobs typically fetch?"

Guide For Small Team Programming?

dm writes "I run a small design shop and have been doing more and more web development, including fairly involved back-end programming of what's now essentially become our own CMS. Up to now I've been doing all the programming myself. Now we are working with a second programmer for the first time. I already use version control (SVN) and an issue-tracking system, and I guess we are both decent at what we do — although self-taught, but we both lack experience programming in a team context. Is there a useful guide for this? Most of the tutorials I have seen for Subversion are surprisingly organized from a single coder's perspective. Where else should I look?"

Programming As a Part of a Science Education?

An anonymous reader writes "I'm a fairly new physics professor at a well-ranked undergraduate university. When I arrived, I was surprised to discover there were no computer programming requirements for our majors. This has led to a series of fairly animated faculty curriculum conversations, driven by the question: to what extent should computer programming be a part of an undergraduate science education (in particular, physics)? This is a surprising line of questioning to me because in my career (dominated by research), I've never seriously even questioned the need. If you are a physics major, you learn to program. The exact language isn't so important as is flow control, file handling, basic methods/technique, basic resource management, and troubleshooting.

What Makes a Programming Language Successful?

danielstoner writes "The article '13 reasons why Ruby, Python and the gang will push Java to die... of old age' makes an interesting analysis of the programming languages battling for a place in programmers' minds. What really makes a language popular? What really makes a language 'good'? What is success for a programming language? Can we say COBOL is a successful language? What about Ruby, Python, etc?"

Why Learn Visual Basic For Application?

Recorded macros are inflexible, so they cannot respond to changed or changing conditions. By adding VBA programming to your recorded macro you can give it intelligence so it can respond to changed situations. When it comes to repetitive actions within the macro itself, recorded macros are rather limited. If you want a recorded macro to repeat an action several times, you must manually repeat that action desired number of times when you record the macro. But in VBA programming you can use loops to repeat these actions. There are many circumstances under which you will want to add decision making and efficient repetition to recorded macros. The only way to get these features is to manually add VBA program statements to your recorded macro. In VBA programming you can also regularly import the database into an Excel Sheet, format the data for

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Programming MIDlet Graphics using the Canvas Class

This is Part 1 of a two-part lesson in a series of tutorial lessons designed to teach you how to write programs using the Sun Java Wireless Toolkit for CLDC. The first lesson was titled Getting Started with MIDlets and the Sun Java Wireless Toolkit for CLDC. The previous lesson was titled Programming MIDlets for Interactive Behavior (see Resources).

French TV programming comes to iTunes

Television programming from France’s top networks including TF1, France Télévisions, Arte, Mediatoon’s Dargaud TV and Dupuis TV, along with hit US shows from The Walt Disney Company and MTV Networks is now available on the iTunes Store in France.

i-Technology Opinion: Why Use Extreme Programming?

Extreme Programming (XP) has been an accepted form of software development for about eight years now. Many of the concepts found in this lightweight method of development have been implemented into the software shops without even the awareness that they were XP techniques. XP takes many of its fundamentals from other iterative development methodologies, including RAD and JAD. However, unlike those methodologies, which are more of a rapid prototyping approach, XP creates individual components that can be quickly developed and integrated into a larger software system. This article is written with the intent to help software developers understand the key concepts of this methodology and to provide a framework for implementing these processes into a business.

Apple adds French TV programming to iTunes

iTunes will now include a range of television programming from French networks like TF1, France Télévisions, Arté, Mediatoon's Dargaud TV and Dupuis TV.

Java web framwork supporting MVP programming model (as ASP.NET)?

Is there any java web framework that are similar to the ASP.NET programming model with a "code-behind class" (as it is called in ASP.NET) that can refer to the elements in the page by its Id, and can retrieve or inject the values (or enable/disable parts of the page) ?

The Rise of Functional Java Programming

Java applications have become steadily harder to understand and maintain in recent years. Object-oriented programming has proven an effective way to develop enterprise applications, but several recent trends are causing a sharp increase in code complexity. One is the increasingly common use of the Factory design pattern, abstracting away the object creation process (e.g., the creation of servlet objects by application servers, the use of Spring as a general-purpose object factory, the use of JNDI, etc.) Another is the increased use of the JavaBean pattern with reflection and annotations (e.g., for object serialization and persistence). The result is that objects have more mutable state than ever, and the code causing changes to that state is increasingly decentralized.

Blinkx to distribute ad-supported original programming

Mobile video search engine blinkx has partnered with On Networks to distribute ad-supported original programming.

AJAX World - The Rise of Functional Java Programming

Java applications have become steadily harder to understand and maintain in recent years. Object-oriented programming has proven an effective way to develop enterprise applications, but several recent trends are causing a sharp increase in code complexity. One is the increasingly common use of the Factory design pattern, abstracting away the object creation process (e.g., the creation of servlet objects by application servers, the use of Spring as a general-purpose object factory, the use of JNDI, etc.) Another is the increased use of the JavaBean pattern with reflection and annotations (e.g., for object serialization and persistence). The result is that objects have more mutable state than ever, and the code causing changes to that state is increasingly decentralized.

How To Encourage a Young Teen To Learn Programming?

Anonymous Hacker writes "I'm in a bit of a bind. My young teenage son is starting to get curious about computers, and in particular, programming. Now, I'm a long time kernel hacker (Linux, BSD and UNIX). I have no trouble handling some of the more obscure things in the kernel. But teaching is not something that I'm good at, by any means. Heck, I can't even write useful documentation for non-techies. So my question is: what's the best way to encourage his curiosity and enable him to learn? Now, I know there are folks out there with far better experience in this area than myself. I'd really appreciate any wisdom you can offer. I'd also be especially interested in what younger people think, in particular those who are currently in college or high school.

Samsung and Thomas Kinkade Collaborate on LCD Prototype That Integrates Fine Art and HD Programming

SAN FRANCISCO (Business Wire) -- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world's largest provider of liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels, announced today that it has collaborated with The Thomas Kinkade Company to develop a prototype of the first TV to be combined with a digital art display system - a potential hybrid LCD TV and mini-exhibit that would be able to shift between artwork and TV programming at a moment's notice.

Samsung and Thomas Kinkade Collaborate on LCD Prototype That Integrates Fine Art and HD Programming

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2008--Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world’s largest provider of liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels, announced today that it has collaborated with The Thomas Kinkade Company to develop a prototype of the first TV to be combined with a digital art display system – a potential hybrid LCD TV and mini-exhibit that would be able to shift between artwork and TV programming at a moment’s notice.

Samsung and Thomas Kinkade Collaborate on LCD Prototype That Integrates Fine Art and HD Programming

SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SSNJY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world's largest provider of liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels, announced today that it has collaborated with The Thomas Kinkade Company to develop a prototype of the first TV to be combined with a digital art display system - a potential hybrid LCD TV and mini-exhibit that would be able to shift between artwork and TV programming at a moment's notice.

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