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How to Find Software Programming Resources

Finding software programming resources is almost easy. It would be entirely easy to find software resources if not for the plethora of programming related material littering the shelves of bookstores and overcrowded internet software resource search results. As a programmer, whether you are new or experienced, there will be times that you need to find resources to help you master new and complicated programming challenges. There are many types of software programming resources including language-specific books, software marketing guides, API library resources, online communities, open source applications, the public domain, on down to energy drinks. This article will focus on several of the various types of software programming resources as well as how to isolate resources that are helpful to various unique software programming needs. Resources reseaching Books The most essential programming resource is a library of books applicable to your trade. For graphics programming,
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Quality Assurance – Is My Software Program Ready to Ship?

Before any program ships, software developers need to invest substantial time in quality assurance. Quality assurance is the aspect of software design that revolves around taking something presumed to be working just fine and hammering away using quality techniques to try and break the program. Only after a thorough and exhaustive search can quality assurance individuals release their approval. In the world of hardware design and electronics, quality assurance is indicated by little white dot stickers that read “QA by:” and are usually stamped with either initials or an associate id number. A failure to conduct thorough quality assurance in hardware projects can ultimately cost lives from glaring defects that cause overheating or strangulation hazards. Quality software design While you may think my software isn’t going to choke any babies, you probably are right. However, this doesn’t mean that bad software can’t cost lives. If NASA used software to drive shuttles that faile

Marketing Your Software Catalog and Finding Release Venues

Marketing your software catalog is more difficult than tucking handbills for a keg party under windshield wipers at college. Marketing a software catalog requires at a bare minimum a polished catalog, a good marketing strategy, and an understanding of release venues. There are many articles, sites, and services dedicated to polishing your catalog. Moreover, there is an abundance of individuals and companies willing to assist you in developing a marketing strategy. However, relatively few resources are available to help new entrepreneurs locate the appropriate venues for the release of their software catalog. Traditional venues for marketing a software catalog often involved lengthy negotiations with OEM manufacturers and content clearing houses. They are still used to market software. Evidence can be seen inside the box of many Disney DVDs which contain a slickly marketed software catalog that along with the purchase of additional merchandise, a consumer can save money. Taki

What Software Products Are Hot?

Hot software changes all the time. Software popularity reflects the desires of the user driven software marketplace and is subject to change frequently and often the hottest trends change rapidly as well. Identifying what software is hot can help a developer pick projects that are leading the market in terms of downloads and purchases. To get hot on the trail to making popular software, we’ll begin with a run down of some of the hottest categories of software. Category of software system Currently emergency restoration software is hot. People want to be able to boot a bricked out system, and this category of software is likely to remain hot for quite some time, especially given the nature of major OS software to constantly be in a state of releasing the next hot release. Additionally, there will always be interested tinkerers wanting to try out hot new bootcd software just to see what special features they have when compared to the major operating systems. Another hot softwar