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Is this something worth learning, just as a side thing, or is this something that may not be widely used or around much due to other things like andruino?
EDIT: I am asking this question to those individuals who have used gadgeteer. Not to see if they liked it but to see if they are still using it in the same capacity when they first started or have they gone to other things, either personally or due to company reasons. So if someone was using gadgeteer 3 years ago, are they still using it to the same degree they used it back then. I gave, in the comments, the example of FrontPage. Even though, back then, FrontPage could still be used it was already widely known that not many newer development was using FrontPage. That is what I was looking for and not opinions on whether people liked gadgeteer or not. I am looking for if this could possibly be something that is already, slowly or whatever, being phased out in terms of usage.
I've asked myself the same question while working on some recent personal projects with the .NET Micro Framework and the related hardware. Lots of risk for opinion as stated, so I will share some observations I've made.
The Dot Net Micro Framework has seen the following recent releases.
http://netmf.codeplex.com/ .NET Micro Framework V4.3 SDK-R2-Beta DATE Tue Sep 23, 2014
http://gadgeteer.codeplex.com/ Gadgeteer Core Oct 2, 2014
Codeplex has quite a few Micro Framework code libraries: 9 have been updated in 2014, 4 since June
I've been ordering development boards from GHI (I'm not advertising so no Link, just providing the name so my statement can be proven.) It seems like when I look at their Catalog at least one board is sold out with more on order and the out of stock board is different every time.
I would also suggest that hobby level and professional consumers are very different. The above company has products in both categories. Professionals don't usually advertise their technology choices. They are more about Time to Market and Reliability.
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I just found this link. It reaffirms Microsofts commitment to the MicroFramework
http://ms-iot.github.io/content/WelcomeAndFAQ.htm It's about 2/3rds of the way down. Basically they are making it part of their Internet Of Things initiative. April 2014 Build Conference 9:19 and 14:50 (mm:ss).
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The way I look at it, does it solve your problem? I might not plan large scale product plans without talking to a vendor about volume and EOL plans, for personal use it's been great.
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I'm a former professional software developer. I've been out of programming (doing ecommerce and marketing) for nearly 20 years, and I'd like to try getting back into software development.
I'm looking for advice on how to create a very basic and simple but useful application that I can own and promote. I'm hoping that this app will serve as a proof of concept for building more advanced apps. I'd like to be able to publish the app on my website and also make it available for iPhone and Android users through the respective app stores.
Does anyone have advice on how to do this?
Specifically, I'm trying to answer these questions:
What is the best, easiest language and framework to use for building a simple web or mobile application?
Any suggestions on what kind of utility the app should provide: e.g. calculator, weather update, unit converter, crypto, etc.?
Thanks in advance.
In 2000, I was the lead developer (pretty much the only developer for the first six months) for a company called Communitect. We were one of the first companies to create apps that used text messaging for bank transactions. We wrote most of the code in Java with a MySQL database, and our code ran on Apache Tomcat.
The company struggled because we were a bit ahead of the curve and ended up chasing a lot of squirrels.
I'm not looking to do something so innovative this time. I'd like to just make my own version of a digital mousetrap and see how the process works for building up its popularity.
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If there is any PLC programmer or Twincat3 user out there. I would like to write my master thesis on Twincat3 in a company. Basically, They have different kinds of the Test bench, and they want someone to develop drivers for them. I have no experience with PLC or C++ or IEC61131 languages. Is it possible to learn any of these in 3 months, and then start writing the thesis? I have three months of Internship time before starting. I am having a bit of doubt. Even though it is daunting as an Electrical engineering student, I have no other options.
I thank you in Advance.
Also, The test benches are mainly Powerelectronics or Electrical machine test bench. I believe I need to automate the test processes in twincat3.
Best Regards
Good choice with TwinCAT 3. TwinCAT 3 is very capable, and quite easy to learn (of course dependent on your background, but generally a good platform to work on).
All I can support you with is a link to a TwinCAT 3 tutorial that I've created that is free of charge (available on YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLimaF0nZKYHz3I3kFP4myaAYjmYk1SowO
There are also some other resources available both on YouTube and on the website. I've created a set of links here to help you find all the resources you might need.
To answer your question I would say it depends. Three months is not much time, especially considering you probably have a lot of other things that need to go in there (doing studies, writing the thesis, implementation, conclusions etc). It depends on the complexity of your project (it's not very specific what "writing drivers for them" means). If it's a simple project (including a very basic set of I/Os) it might be do-able. If it's anything more complex (like needing to add a front-end, doing motion control and maybe even safety) then it's most likely going to be hard to finish it in three months.
But again, I think more details on what you want to achieve is necessary.
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I have been evaluating DNN over a few months. It has it´s pros and cons. I find it hard to evaluate systems by reading articles and don´t have time to check them all on my own.
What are your general feeling about this?
As my background is with .net, which system would you choose?
Also, does anybody know if these pages at stack overflow is based on a CMS and if so which?
Since everyone would rather spend more time criticizing your post than answering it, I'll give it a shot.
You have a few options with building a portal. Either go with an established, open source portal (like DNN), look into some paid solutions or build your own.
Open Source - I've worked with DNN and MojoPortal. DNN is a little slower and has a few more requirements to develop skins and modules, but it has A LOT more features and some of the free/paid modules are really cool. Overall, DNN wins here, but if you don't need a large portal and you want to keep development really simple, MojoPortal might be better. MojoPortal has a few nice features that makes it easier to configure.
Open Source (Other) - There are tons of them out there. Orchard is one I'm thinking of because I'm interested in MVC. But, it's still young in terms of features and support.
Umbraco - I can't really speak to this because I have not used it, but it does have some popularity.
Build it - This is an option and allows the most flexibility, but it takes a lot of time and so many features that are built into these portals could be left out. Role based access, page management, page/module permissions, downloadable modules, profile/profile properties, file management, skinning, acct management, menu management, event logs, etc
I left out non .NET solutions like ones based on PHP, Grails, etc because you are a .NET developer. There is plenty out there, but sticking to .NET will help speed your development up.... unless you are just wanting to learn something new.
Hope this helps.
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We are a small team of developers and are currently in the process of drafting a business idea targeting scala developers as potential customers. In order to convince investors we obviously need some numbers on usage, some of which we were unable to find:
While there is a list of companies listed at typesafe.com we were not able to find out what they actually do with Scala and what the total market share of Scala is.
The TIOBE Index lists scala as the 29th most popular (?) language but the methods seem questionable and it seems hard to find out what that means for the real world. Are there any surveys where developers were actually asked what they use, which involve less guessing? (Possibly even in a commercial context)
For us it would be great to be able to print some (preferably exponential) curves on the development of Scala usage in the last years. While that is how we feel that scala is spreading we dont have anything to proove it.
Is there any evidence on scala beeing popular in the financial sector or other specific areas? For example, there seems to be some kind of a "Scala hotspot" in the financial district of London and it would be great to proove that.
Any hints on citeable surveys and studies would be awesome!
this won't tell you how many people are using it, but is a good indicator of trending technologies, as oposed to TIOBE, which rates any tech invented since the wheel
RedMonk uses github + stackoverflow
Scala is indeed popular in Finance in London. We are using it for our projects in a Front Office department in a major investment bank.
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I'm thinking about starting to develop a plugin for AutoCAD, but I have absolutely no knowledge of the field. How does the plugin system work? What are the licensing terms? What programming platforms are available?
I'd really appreciate if somebody could give me a primer, or, even better, link to some resources for the total beginner I am.
Thanks!
Prior to AutoCAD 2014, there were three basic plugin types for AutoCAD:
AutoLisp
.Net
ObjectARX
AutoCAD 2014 also provides:
4. Javascript API. You can find a link to the documentation at the AutoCAD DevBlog.
AutoLisp can be used with DIESEL scripts/macros to accomplish and automate basically anything that a user can due through the UI, and a maybe a little bit more, but .Net and ObjectARX are much more powerful, allowing you to create your own entities and more advanced behavior.
ObjectARX is a C++ interface, and the .NET classes are actually wrappers to the ObjectARX interface. The .Net interface abstracts things fairly well, but you still have to be concerned with the threading and possibly some other things as you develop more complex applications.
As previously mentioned, Through the Interface is a great blog for .NET stuff.
For ObjectARX, there is a good introduction at ObjectARX & Dummies, but for the deeper material the Developers Forums are a good resource.
If you are developing anything for people other than yourself, you should also seriously consider getting a registered developer symbol to prevent conflicts among different plugins. You can do that at the Symbols Registration page on the AutoDesk website.
Depending on your resources, you may also want to join the AutoDesk Developers Network (ADN), which provides access to software technical support, and early and beta access to upcoming AutoDesk products and APIs.
What type of application are you thinking of writing? I've written a couple WPF user controls that communicate with AutoCad. To do so, I used the AutoCad .NET Developers Guide found here:
http://docs.autodesk.com/ACD/2010/ENU/AutoCAD%20.NET%20Developer's%20Guide/index.html
This is a great blog to with some good video tutorials on it too.
This is a GREAT video if you just want to get started!