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For native apps, I've had success using: wxWidgets (C++) / wxPython (Python) Qt (C++) / PyQT (Python) Mike Driscoll has a recent ebook on wxPython that is a good jumpstart if you a…

I'm a fan of "The Single Best Investment" by Lowell Miller. It's a nice intro to the philosophy behind the dividend-growth investment strategy.

When I got started, Junior developers were assigned to senior developers doing maintenance programming. It was important work but it also gave you time to come up to speed on the s…

Work through the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide ( http://freecode.com/projects/advancedbashscriptingguide/ ). It's a great resource and is one that I turn to when I need to remind m…

I am so saddened by your loss. Depression has taken so many people from all of us and shows no sign of being solved. My hope is that he's at peace and that you are able to find the…

I'm looking for a Lisp for a production environment based on Common Lisp and need an opinion with regards to the best choice of a Common Lisp from the following perspectives: * Per…

Hmm, Joyent migrated my TextDrive lifetime account to their newer stuff at no charge. Did you ask Tech Support if there was a migration path for you?

There really isn't one. Symbian might be the closest that's still out there. Android would be somewhat quirky at best, and Apple wants you to use their toolchain. Having said that,…

Games programming is hard. Creating web sites is easy. Nobody wants to work hard any more. They'd rather create "art".

I'm looking for a comparison between the sizes for the same page in HTML 4.01, HTML5 and XHTML. Preferably the page would be complex enough to illustrate any size differences. Does…

Yes, he said that he wants people to be able to use the app without having to be on the internet. I mentioned Mozilla Prism and Google Gears as well as small web servers like Abyss…

A friend of mine is looking for a development environment similar to Hypercard (pref. open source) that will enable his to create standalone apps (obv. with the runtime included). …