Designing C++ functions to write/save to any storage mechanism

Problem A common issue when dealing with a custom object or any kind of data is to create some sort of save functionality with it, perhaps w...

OAuth - A great way to cripple your API

Intro  A few years ago, the big social networking sites were looking for a secure way to allow their users to safely use any and all untrust...

Mutually Exclusive Checkboxes with JQuery

The Problem Let’s say you want to have a set of mutually exclusive check boxes and want to implement that logic on the client so that the ...

Handle Text Change In Selected Index Changed Event

The Problem You may have noticed that .NET won’t let you change the Text value of a ComboBox during the SelectedIndexChanged event. Thi...

Firing The DataGridView CellValueChanged Event Immediately

Intro Let’s say you have a list of things displayed in a DataGridView and you want a user to be able to select among them on a DataGridVie...

Debian breaks OSS4

Several people have contacted me to tell me that the latest version of OSS4 in Debian Unstable 4.2-build2007-1+nmu1 introduces several audi...

Creating portable Linux binaries

For some, the idea of creating a portable Linux binary is somewhat elusive. In this article, we will be discussing how to create a Linux bin...