WP7 First Steps BIZ
During last months I come across many developers that share zero confidence in the WP7 platform. Many of them still share the dissapointment from windows mobile. Many of them still believe that the wireless operators will keep blocking microsoft. Many of them simply don’t believe that the WP7 platform can take off. In a dynamic […]
Amazon Android Appstore INFO
Amazon has launched its android appstore. During the very near future, developers who join their developers program won’t need to pay the $99 program fee for the first year. You can find more information about amazon android appstore browsing at https://developer.amazon.com/welcome.html, amazon appstore developers program.
HIT Scala Programming Course Spring 2011 ACD
During the coming semester I am going to deliver the Java & Scala Programming course in HIT. Its official name is ‘Internet Programming’. It is delivered as part HIT’s Computer Science BSc academic program. It starts with a detailed coverage of the Java SE programming language and continues with a detailed coverage of Scala. The […]
Generics in F# PRO
I have just completed to develop the 7th topic in my on going course for learning F#. It covers the usage of generics and among other sub topics it explains how to define a generic class and how to define a generic function. If you are already familiar with generics you will find this topic […]
Loops in F# PRO
Using functional programming languages you can significantly shorten your code. The new topic I have recently completed to develop in my on going F# Fundamentals course explains how we can code efficient short loops in F#. This course is available for free personal usage at www.abelski.com. The new clips I have recently completed to prepare present short code samples you […]
Hello World in F# PRO
I have recently started to learn the F# functional programming language. If you are already familiar with functional programming languages such as Haskell, OCaml and Scala, learning F# should be fairly easy. Knowing F# you will be able to enjoy the benefits of functional programming and will be able to write shorter and simpler to maintain […]
The Scala Plugin for Eclipse IDE PRO
The Scala plugin for the Eclipse IDE is available for free download at www.scala-ide.org. You can easily install it and start using the Eclipse IDE for writing code in Scala. The following two video clips explain how to download and install the Scala plugin for the Eclipse IDE. The following video clip explains how to […]
Windows Phone 7 First Models INFO
Microsoft moves forward with the launch of the first WP7 phone models. The first to come out are models developed by Dell, Samsung, HTC and LG. The following video clip introduces these models. The interesting question… should we expect to enjoy similar hardware technologies when buying a handset from a specific hardware manufacturer no matter […]
Covariance and Contravariance in C# 4.0 PRO
Covariance and Contravariance deal with the oredering of types from narrower to wider and their interchangeability or equivalence in specific cases. When a software programming language supports covariance it means that in specific cases (such as function parameters, generics and function returned types) it supports the conversion from a narrower type (e.g. int) to a […]
C# Named Parameters PRO
As of C# 4.0 we can call a function and specify for each and every argument we pass over in our call the parameter it targets. We can take advantage of this capability when dealing with functions that were defined with optional parameters. The following video clip explains this possibility. I have just completed to […]