Can someone please explain me what a software framework is? Why do we need a framework? What does a framework do to make programming easier? ...

When all you have is a pair of bolt cutters and a bottle of vodka, everything looks like the lock on the door of Wolf Blitzer's boathouse. (Replace that with a hammer and a nail if you don't read xkcd) ...

I would like to have a button that redirects to a given URL and opens in a new tab. How can this be done? 13 Answers ...

I know that at least one of the changes in C++11 that will cause some old code to stop compiling: the introduction of explicit operator bool() in the standard library, replacing old instances of operator void*() . Granted, the code that this will break is probably code that should not have been v...

What is a segmentation fault? Is it different in C and C++? How are segmentation faults and dangling pointers related? 14 A...

I generally avoid casting types as much as possible since I am under the impression that it's poor coding practice and may incur a performance penalty. ...

I want to know what a " virtual base class " is and what it means. 11 Answers 11 ...

Design patterns are usually related to object oriented design. Are there design patterns for creating and programming relational databases? Many problems surely must have reusable solutions. ...

Here is a function I was working on to programmatically lighten or darken a hex color by a specific amount. Just pass in a string like "3F6D2A" for the color ( col ) and a base10 integer ( amt ) for the amount to lighten or darken. To darken, pass in a negative number (i.e. -20 ). ...

I suppose this is a strange question to the huge majority of programmers that work daily with Java. I don't. I know Java-the-language, because I worked on Java projects, but not Java-the-world. I never made a web app from scratch in Java. If I have to do it with Python, Ruby, I know where to go (Dja...