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Does using a database server make sense if the application only does things locally?

I've seen some applications that are basically application software that run local to the system (so they don't have communicate much over the network). These applications seem to depend on database servers in order to store their data. An example…
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I want to publish an android app, but I'm afraid of software patents

I wrote an application that helps you to save energy. Actually it is very simple. I check the current location of the phone and I make some changes to the configuration like "sound off, dark display, wifi off...", depending on the location of the…
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Is it reasonable to build applications (not games) using a component-entity-system architecture?

I know that when building applications (native or web) such as those in the Apple AppStore or Google Play app store that it's very common to use a Model-View-Controller architecture. However, is it reasonable to also create applications using the…
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What is the difference between Windows 8, WinRT, and Windows RT?

I just read that there will be two versions of Windows available: Windows RT and Windows 8. Could someone please describe what the differences between Windows RT and Windows 8 are? And how these differences may affect developers creating apps for…
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What are the worst things that inexperienced developers forget to think about?

As a young developer, I would find it useful to get some advice regarding things to think about in order to develop a high-quality application. In my college courses, most teachers emphasized input validation and some talked about security concerns,…
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Development Approach: User Interface In or Domain Model Out?

While I've never delivered anything using Smalltalk, my brief time playing with it has definitely left its mark. The only way to describe the experience is MVC the way it was meant to be. Essentially, all the heavy lifting for your application is…
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What is an "application model"?

Currently I'm studying .NET Core and in the early docs which first introduced .NET Core we see that talk about the many different verticals. This can be seem in this picture: In all the verticals we see the runtime, the framework, but there's also…
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Is functional programming actually used to create applications?

Possible Duplicate: What are some well known applications written in F#? I see a lot of people talking about how cool functional programming is, how awesome Lisp and Haskell and F# are, etc, but what I don't see is them actually being used. Just…
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What are your opinions on "Gamification"?

I watched an interesting Google Talk video (warning about an hour of your time) about Gamification of whatever you are doing. It's clear that the StackExchange set of sites employ quite a few of these principles. There's something compelling…
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How do you unit test Application and UI code?

I love writing unit tests and agree they are an excellent way to test code, prevent regressions, etc. However, I find myself unable to write them much as the vast majority of the code I work on day-in and day-out is application code that displays a…
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The application I wrote is listed as malware. How to fix it?

I have a program that I wrote in Delphi. The program is available for download, but some antivirus like Norton detects it as malware, while other antivirus, like AVG, has no issues with it. Moreover, Google Chrome also gives a malware warning when…
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What are the causes that lead to an overbloated software?

Today I decided to perform a clean install for Creative Sound Blaster drivers, as they always start glitching all by themselves after some time. And that meant I had to go through the whole cleanup procedure. And that took me almost 2 hours.. And…
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Version control on standalone (in-house) libraries?

Problem Statement At our company, we have various application projects that we work on and then we also have libraries that those projects need to utilize. I feel the need (based on some similar question that have been asked) to say that none of…
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Would you re-design completely under .Net?

A very extensive application began as an Access-based system (for database storage). Forms were written in VB5 and/or VB6. As .Net became a fixture in the development community, certain modules have been rewritten. This seems very awkward and…
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Applications Architecture - fewer big systems vs more smaller systems

re: Applications Architecture, that is, "the science and art of ensuring the suite of applications being used by an organization to create the composite application is scalable, reliable, available and manageable." When looking at a range of…
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