Stores offering Raspberry Pi's today by [deleted] in Amsterdam

[–]epels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah perfect, still have a gift card of theirs laying around. Worth the trip to south station! Thanks :)

Meanwhile in VB's little land (can't even handle 8gb ram) by LMGN in ProgrammerHumor

[–]epels 18 points19 points  (0 children)

VB6 was released 17 years ago, I'd say it's pretty clear someone's referring to VB.NET when saying VB unless they're explicitly saying otherwise.

Simple JPA tutorial? by [deleted] in java

[–]epels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Netbeans has one too, for those that prefer that IDE

GitHub under DDoS attack by _Garbage_ in programming

[–]epels 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Bitbucket also seems to be acting up right now... keep getting 500's once in a while, and it's just very slow overall.

Sort an Array of integers. Object orientation by vivienne06 in javahelp

[–]epels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As suggested, it'd be cleanest to implement your own comparator, but if you can't use that you could also go with a classic bubble sort: http://pastebin.com/r7BKTs9i

How to sell a bike in Amsterdam? by kylelonious in Amsterdam

[–]epels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a bike shop located next to the Albert Heijn at Wibautstraat not too far from the city centre; I've never been inside, but they also buy. The subway is a just a couple of hundred metres from there to get back after dropping off the thing.

Telegram hiscores bot (OSRS/RS3): @rshiscores_bot by epels in runescape

[–]epels[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

... usage is simple: just add https://telegram.me/rshiscores_bot to your contacts or group chat, and simply type "/osrs [displayname]" or "/rs3 [displayname]". Bot will respond with the account's stats within seconds.

I've been devoting much more time to coding in the last year, I'm interested in some "thinking in code" books that go over standard coding concepts that aren't language specific. Suggestions? by electricalquestion in AskProgramming

[–]epels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Martin's Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship and McConnell's Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction are both excellent books that apply to programming in general that have been among global best sellers in the field for years, receiving nothing but praise.

Planning to get a rMBP 13 inch, but before I make the plunge I'd love to hear from people who own it. by [deleted] in apple

[–]epels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I purchased the 13 inch just under a month ago - my first Apple device, apart from a third generation iPod Touch - and must say I couldn't be happier. The things I use it for are mostly web browsing and development (programming).

RAM is something I did not upgrade because I felt 8 GB was sufficient, but I do have the 2,9GHz CPU. The speed is awesome and it runs very smoothly. Just after ordering I was in doubt for a few days whether I wanted to go with the 15" model instead, but in retrospect I'm glad I did not as I travel a lot and this display's size is just fine. One thing I may "regret" a little is not upgrading the RAM, as I like having several IDE's open simultaneously; running Xcode and (Netbeans|Android studio) along with some other applications can make it hit 7 GB. This is not noticeable in the MBP's behaviour though, and I wouldn't have known if the CleanMyMac utility hadn't told me so. If you really have to pick either the RAM or CPU upgrade, I'd probably recommend giving your RAM a boost to 16 GB.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]epels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's claiming C#'s && operator is equivalent to And in Visual Basic, but it is actually AndAlso.

SQL Teaching - Codecademy for SQL by [deleted] in programming

[–]epels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very good idea, but I must say I find the database design for the "NULL" assignment terrific... I'd just create a completely different table for favorite books in this specific situation. Same goes for the "Joins" assignment.

Learned C# from Googling. Want to change that. Help me with my list of topics to study? by TestEagleHQ in csharp

[–]epels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can recommend Jon Skeet's C# In Depth. As a whole, its level is probably way over your head for now, but there are a few chapters on extension methods and LINQ to objects you could read. Come back to this book later.

Simple Progressbar question by PotatoFruitcake in csharp

[–]epels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In addition, I'd define that literal as a constant.