O'Reilly Answers

By chco : Today, 04:14 PM

Below we have the various accepted standard numeric format strings used in C# as published in the O'Reilly book Programming C# 4.0, Sixth Edition. In most instances, we’re not dreaming up a bra...

By chco : Today, 11:56 AM

The following is an excerpt from the O'Reilly Publication Using SQLite. Below the author gives the best ways to utilize the Full-Text Search Module with SQLite. SQLite includes a Full-Text Search...

By macslocum : 13 August 2010 - 04:44 AM

I know this is dangerously close to Verizon-iPhone linkbait, but a recent post by John Gruber got me thinking about a legitimate question. Here's what he wrote: QuoteI don't think there’s anyone ...

By kbnotes : Today, 11:37 AM

Today we continue our serialization of excerpts from the forthcoming eBook, Managing and Implementing Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 Projects (Microsoft Press) by Geoff Evelyn. from Chapter 7 Descri...

By chco : Today, 11:00 AM

The following excerpt is from the O'Reilly publication of HTML5: Up and Running. Below the author expounds on the new feature of HTML5 Web Storage, allowing local storage of data. Introducing HTM...

By chco : Yesterday, 03:52 PM

The following excerpt from Programming C# 4.0, Sixth Edition is from the main section of Collection Classes. Below the author explains the proper use of HashSet and SortedSet. HashSet<T> is a c...

By Doron Katz : Yesterday, 03:00 PM

For those of you like me, who enjoy having an iPad and iPhone and use gmail's emailing and calendar services, when you set up your gmail account using the exchange method (see my other O'Reill...

By chco : Yesterday, 12:31 PM

This excerpt from Being Geek offers some insight on the option of breaking away from pure development and pursuing management as a career path.There are two career tracks in engineering: development ...

By macslocum : Yesterday, 04:28 AM

Excel is the go-to choice for number crunching and spreadsheet creation, but those are the run-of-the-mill functions. There's a host of untapped tools and techniques within the program. In the followi...

By chco : 19 August 2010 - 02:52 PM

The following excerpt from Using SQLite offers an initial approach to working with sqlite3 on a new install.Once you have some form of SQLite installed, the first step is normally to run sqlite3 and p...

By chco : 19 August 2010 - 07:27 AM

This excerpt from HTML5: Up and Running explains the use of video in HTML5, detailing the differences of what browser supports what format.There are no restrictions on the video codec, audio codec, or...

By macslocum : 19 August 2010 - 05:53 AM

The Android 2.2 update ("Froyo") arrived on my first-generation Droid yesterday evening. Here's my first impressions: It's more responsive Froyo is certainly smoother than Android 2.1. Menus p...

Once, there was a time when if documents got wiped and Trash folder was cleaned, the information can be gone utterly with zero opportunity of return. For nowadays Macs, in comparison, there can be lo...

By chco : 18 August 2010 - 11:12 PM

Here's a helpful listing of some of the keyboard shortcuts that you can use with the Kindle. This is an excerpt from Kindle: The Mini Missing Manual.The Kindle has a keyboard, so why not keyboard ...

By adfm : 08 February 2010 - 06:00 PM

Collaborative filtering techniques enable online retailers to recommend products, services, and media for the majority of commercial websites you visit daily. When you purchase something at Amazon....