November 2014

How to start programming?The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 22.8 percent employment growth for software developers in the next ten years, one of the faster growing when it comes to employment. It's estimated that about 130,000 positions will need filling within that time. So how does one land one of these positions? Keep reading. 1. Get knowledgedA bachelors degree is a normally required for software development positions, especially with big well-established companies. What if I [...]

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read the first part here 2. Scala was introduced in 2003 by Martin Odersky, and while it is not particularly new, interest in it is growing. Scala stands for “scalable language” and is designed to be just that: Scala can be used for small programs or applications at very large scale, where JavaScript falters. A key reason for this is that you can optimize the code to work with the audience. Another great advantage for [...]

If you are a developer looking to increase their experience and professional appeal, then you know that learning a new language is always a good strategy. However, how does someone choose what language to focus on when the options are so plentiful? Here’s one piece of advice to consider: While there are new languages springing up all the time, most are derivatives of open source projects, thus disappear quickly. If you see a new programming [...]

ByteScout updated developer library PDF Generator SDK for JavaScript 1.12.125.What's new PDF Generator SDK for JS 1.12.125:German special characters (also known as Umlaut) supporting fixed;improved checks against control characters in input text;support for some Android PDF viewers improved: was incorrectly wrapping text lines which caused incorrect placement while viewed on some Android devices;minor fixes.

XLS is a file extension used for spreadsheets created using Microsoft’s Excel application. XLS was the extension which was used for Microsoft Excel files created before MS Excel 2007 was released.  MS Excel 2007 introduced new file extension known as XSLS. This new file format utilized xml file formatting.Data storage technique in XLS is based on traditional BIFF (Binary Interchange File Format). In BIFF, data is first converted into the binary format and then it [...]

In our previous articles we provide detailed descriptions along with pros and cons of some of the most popular and widely used database management systems. We discussed, MYSQL, MS SQL Server, MongoDB and Postgres DB. In this article we are going to present comparison of these four famous database systems in tabular. Readers can view the comparison matrix and decide what type of Database Management System suffices their database application development needs. Postgres MySQL MongoDB [...]