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Programming is like starting with a blank canvas which means that there is a lot of uncertainty from the beginning. Just like how an artist strokes his paintbrush to make a masterpiece, a programmer uses his keystrokes to create an application. In the same vein as art, programming involves recognizing patterns and learning from mistakes. Like any skill, it requires lots of practice. There’s a lot of information on the internet focused on advice about [...]

Many of our blog posts have had the goal in mind to provide tips, tricks, and market information to developers during the developmental stages of their projects, but we feel we haven't covered a big part of the picture, protecting what's yours from theft, as well as what license to attach to your project to reflect your sharing boundaries. If you find you're in the final stages of your project and haven't reflected on copy [...]

Remember when computers and technology were regarded as a man’s field of interest, where females had no business? This has changed over time, most drastically in the 2000s. Now there are countless executive women in technology-related job positions all over the globe. However, this article is going to focus on five in particular. 1. Tracy Chou Tracy Chou is currently the senior engineer at Pinterest. She started as an intern for both Google and Facebook. Facebook [...]

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 a new file extension known as XSLS. This new file format utilized XML file formatting. The data storage technique in XLS is based on traditional BIFF (Binary Interchange File Format). In BIFF, data is first converted into the binary format [...]

In our previous articles, we provide detailed descriptions along with the 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 a 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. Comparison [...]

MySQL server is one of the most widely used relational database management systems. It is estimated that over 100 million copies of MySQL server have been downloaded worldwide by individuals, corporate companies and small scale organizations. MySQL is an open-source and freeware database server that provides numerous advanced database functionalities. Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Nokia, Wikipedia, and several famous organizations have employed MySQL for data processing. Here's the content of the article: MySQL Server History MySQL [...]

In past articles, we explained the steps that are needed to start your freelance career at elance.com and freelance.com. In this article, we are going to explain how you can start working at guru.com that is another great freelancing website. Steps are quite similar however there are a few differences in the website’s display and sections. Follow these steps. 1. Create your account Go to www.guru.com At the top right corner of the page, you [...]

Elance, Odesk, Freelancer are recognized by freelancers as the top freelancing websites and by employers as the top outsourcing websites. No matter which website you opt for, there is plenty of work for both; the freelancer as well as the employer on all of the websites mentioned here. Although the basic purpose of all of these websites is to outsource work to the freelancer, there are many differences among these sites. While some of these [...]

Postgre SQL or simply called Postgres is a type of object-relational database server with open source user license. Postgres database server has evolved through more than 15 years of development and maintenance and is considered one of the most reliable databases with extensive focus on data reliability and correctness. PostgreSQL has the functionality and features that are attractive to developers. PostgreSQL has transaction processing functionality which maintains the integrity of a system with atomicity, consistency, [...]

Watch video reviews for developer's libraries from ByteScout Software:   PDF Extractor SDK Video Review: the demo of PDF Extractor SDK step-by-step from installation process, PDF Viewer GUI and documentation review to some features demo: text extraction, table extraction, XFA Forms extraction, OCR demo, ZUGFerD extraction. PDF To HTML SDK Video Review shows main features with easy way: installation, samples and documentation review. Converting pdf to html using the PDF viewer demo utility is demonstrated with samples of choosing [...]