Students Coding Projects Evaluation PRO
I chose to write down this post for the benefit of my students who submit projects in their courses and for the benefit of my assistants who mark projects submitted by my students. There are many ways for evaluating a coding project submitted by students. The following is my personal suggestion. I will be more […]
Shenkar Scala Programming Autumn 2011 INFO
During the coming semester I am going to deliver the Java & Scala Programming course in Shenkar. Its official name is ‘Internet Programming’. I deliver this course as part of Shenkar’s Software Engineering BSc academic program. The course starts with a detailed coverage of the Java SE programming language and continues with a detailed coverage of Scala. […]
HIT Scala Programming Autumn 2011 INFO
During the coming semester I am going to deliver the Java & Scala Programming course in HIT. Its official name is ‘Internet Programming’. I deliver this course as part of HIT’s Computer Science BSc academic program. I deliver this course for two groups. Both groups take place on Mondays. The first takes place during 1200-1600. The second takes […]
The Image Stretch Property in Silverlight PRO
The Stretch possible values include Fill, None, Uniform which is the default value and UniformToFill. Fill will stretch the image in width and height to fit the Image element. None will keep the image native size. Uniform will set the largest possible size while keeping the aspect ratio unchanged. UniformToFill will size the width and […]
Silverlight Initialization Parameters PRO
We can easily pass initialization parameters from the HTML code that invokes the Silverlight application to the Silverlight application itself. The parameters should be placed as key value pairs, while the keys are their names and the values are the values of each one of them, as a string which is the value of a […]
Zend PHP Cloud Solution INFO
Zend Technologies has recently announced about PHPCloud, its cloud solution for PHP development. It is currently still in its beta phase. The following video clip created by Kevin Schroeder shows the first steps.
The Log4PHP Logging Framework PRO
Log4PHP is an open source project that provides a versatile logging framework for PHP. Log4PHP is part of the Apache Logging Services project and it works similarly to other Apache Logging Services sub projects, such as Log4J and Log4Net. I have just completed to develop the first two topics of my Log4PHP Basics course. You can […]
Lambda Expressions in Python PRO
Using the lambda keyword we can define an anonymous function. Unlike using def, when using lambda we can have one single expression. We cannot have a block of statements. ob = lambda a,b,c:a+b+c print(ob(1,2,3)) The following video clip provides more explanation about lambda expressions in Python.
The Google Store Chrome Zone in London BIZ
Google follows Apple and launches its first D2C store for selling chrome laptops and accessories. Seems that Google chose London as their entry point to the european market.
The Proxy Design Pattern in PHP PRO
The proxy design pattern provides us with a class that functions as an interface to something else. We usually use this pattern in order to deffer the creation of heavy objects. This video clip explains it using a code sample in PHP. You can find the source code available for free personal usage in my […]