What is the most painless route to developing and selling an iPhone app? [more inside]
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis on Nov 9, 2009 - 21 answers

Tried developing my first bw film last night and it didn't turn out at all - what did I do wrong? [more inside]
posted by Gortuk on Oct 25, 2009 - 21 answers

How do software authors determine the version numbers of the releases? I am writing software for a specific electronic device. I am not using version control on it yet. (Yeah, shame! Truth is, I am intimidated.) [more inside]
posted by Drasher on Oct 21, 2009 - 22 answers

Why do baby teeth come in in the order they do? [more inside]
posted by Bugbread on Oct 5, 2009 - 13 answers

Where does one proactively look for software (specifically Flex) jobs these days? [more inside]
posted by drjimmy11 on Sep 11, 2009 - 6 answers

My team and I are writing a computer application for which aspects of the file format are very likely to change in future releases. The format is in XML. Does anyone know any resources on the web that lays down general principles about how to make a file format that is as extensible as possible for the future (and minimizes the possibility of cross-version breakage)?
posted by SilentSalamander on Sep 4, 2009 - 7 answers

Webdev filter: What tools can I use to avoid developing a registration/log-in feature from scratch? [more inside]
posted by telegraph on Aug 9, 2009 - 2 answers

I don't want to betray anyone's trade secrets here, but what is the html or js code or query string for pulling in playlists from Last.fm, as is done for us on our profile pages? [more inside]
posted by psmealey on Aug 2, 2009 - 9 answers

What is a modern mainframe computer? IANAP [more inside]
posted by mhh5 on Jul 7, 2009 - 15 answers

I'm a little short on skills but large on motivation. Should I start working on growing my community's web presence, or leave it to the pros? [more inside]
posted by scarykarrey on Jul 1, 2009 - 4 answers

Stock data for use in black box trading application? [more inside]
posted by Hypocrites on Mar 28, 2009 - 3 answers

In Drupal's CCK, how do I add additional global settings to fields? [more inside]
posted by soma lkzx on Mar 11, 2009 - 8 answers

What is a good IRC bot to run on an internal IRC server used by programmers in a software development company? [more inside]
posted by butterstick on Dec 16, 2008 - 6 answers

WebDesignFilter: I am trying to create a table with columns appearing based on what checkboxes are selected. [more inside]
posted by the_dude on Nov 27, 2008 - 4 answers

What's the best way for me to create human-readable urls for a Wordpress site? [more inside]
posted by drjimmy11 on Nov 25, 2008 - 11 answers

Where can I find a database of American cars? [more inside]
posted by pb on Jun 20, 2008 - 2 answers

Ok, here's a slightly odd one. Prompted by the recent FPP in the blue about the ancient photography lab, I got to thinking about the lighting in the basement "wet lab". This led to the question: if film doesn't react to red light, why are we able to take pictures of red things?
posted by Malor on Feb 8, 2008 - 17 answers

I'm developing a custom 404 page using .htaccess to redirect to the 404.html. I'm trying to use PHP (via an include in the 404.html) to show the referring page (using $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']). This works fine. I'd also like to return the bad URL that originates the 404. Is this possible using PHP? [more inside]
posted by lyam on Nov 14, 2007 - 6 answers