Programming, .NET, Silverlight & More

I want to buy a book that can introduce me to basic computer programming and maybe give me information on each different type. As a beginner, is there any recommended type of programming I study? I don’t know anything about the different types or their applications, so I would prefer a book that explains the types and their differences as well.

Before you start programming you must pick a language. For beginners, people generally say Python, Java or C# (though I personally think it doesn’t make a difference what you choose). THEN you can pick a book. No book talks about general programming at a beginners level, they generally only talk about a specific language.
But I recommend that you just use online tutorials to start off, because:
1) they’re free
2) they’re just as good
3) there’s lots of them

All you need to know is google.com and you should be fine.

I was reading about an accounting firm that had said the net income per partner in the firm and and the average compensation per partner. The net income was $12,000 more than the average compensation. What is the difference between the two?

Possibly they retained $12,000 x number of partners, and thus did not distribute it as compensation. But the terms are somewhat tangled, compensation not being a strict term when partners are involved.

Just like the question said: I need to publish my site from Dreamweaver MX and later burn the finished site onto a CD but I don’t know how [to publish the site in a way I can burn it onto a CD]! Immediate help would be very much appreciated!

You need a web hosting service compatible with dreamweaver.

Just refer to:
http://www.threehosts.com/dreamweaver

Another useful link:
http://www.threehosts.com/build
There you can find a step-by-step guide to start your website with more details.

Hope This Helps.

A graphical project using WPF

hmm.. i did this a soccer game project, but 3 yrs back… it was damn cool… i forgot the book name… just log on to google books & try..

What would be the net amount of moneys earned to receive the earned income credit for 2 children?
I am having a debate with my ex-husband.
Thank You to all that answer wisely!

Preview of 2010 Tax Year
Earned income and adjusted gross income (AGI) must each be less than:

$43,352 ($48,362 married filing jointly) with three or more qualifying children
$40,363 ($45,373 married filing jointly) with two qualifying children
$35,535 ($40,545 married filing jointly) with one qualifying child
$13,460 ($18,470 married filing jointly) with no qualifying children

Tax Year 2010 maximum credit:

$5,666 with three or more qualifying children
$5,036 with two qualifying children
$3,050 with one qualifying child
$457 with no qualifying children

*The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provides a temporary increase in EITC and expands the credit for workers with three or more qualifying children. These changes are temporary and apply to 2009 and 2010 tax years.

For more information on whether a child qualifies you for the EITC, see Publication 596, Chapter 2, Rules If You Have a Qualifying Child.

Investment income must be $3,100 or less for the year.

The maximum Advance EITC workers can receive from their employers is $1,830

There’s no option under preferences that I see; I can’t see dreamweaver listed in the "Default programs" in Win7 either. Heck, even Microsoft office or any other programs on my machine do not show up there (in the manage default programs). Anyhow, how do I make Dw default for all file types that Dw can handle?

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I have it installed and sometimes theres updates for it, but i cant seem to figure out what it is. Apparently its like Adobe, which i guess i have too. Do i need both or should i only have one. And if so which should i have, and what do they really do? So which adobe program would i use, or uninstall, instead of silverlight?
ummm wow please dont just copy the wikipedia entry obviously i thought of that already. that doesnt help me.

Microsoft Silverlight is a web application framework that provides functionalities similar to those in Adobe Flash, integrating multimedia, graphics, animations and interactivity into a single runtime environment. Initially released as a video streaming plugin, later versions brought additional interactivity features and support for .NET languages and development tools. The current version, 3.0, was released on July 9, 2009.

Eventually I would like to program games for a living (I know it’s cliché). I’ve been looking at lists of BAs for certain colleges and haven’t decided quite what I’m looking for. Very few schools have an accredited Game Design/Game Development/Game Programming BA (Go Santa Cruz!), but many have both Computer Programming and Software Engineering degrees. What’s the difference between the two? Is Computer Science a good alternative?

I’ve always thought it to just be a different name for the same thing.
Software Engineer makes you sound more impressive though. Kinda like being a "Waste disposal manager" as opposed to "garbage man". I have worked as a programmer for a long time. With one of my employers, my contract also listed me as "Software Engineer", but the job was exactly the same as the "Programmer" ones.

The difference should be listed in the descriptions of the specific studies.
I’m quite curious myself tbh. Could you list a school that has both of them?

I have had my baby swordtail fish in a breeder net for nearly a month now. While reading a different article it seemed that the person was suggesting too long in the net could stunt their growth. How long can I leave them with out causing this to happen? If I let them go right now my Killie fish will eat them.

When I used to breed livebearing fish, I used LOTS of live plants, artificial "breeding grass" and even a divider in one end of my tank to make sure the babies had plenty of places to hide. the divider had tiny holes the babies could get through, but the big ones couldn’t. I still lost a few to hungry adults, but many survived to adulthood.

Hi, I want to develop an application which involve record webcam at client side. And I found out that SilverLight 4 is ready for it. But is it ready to use for commercial application or just for developer?

While technically it might be ready with the features, I don’t know if it is accepted over other web technologies. Silverlight seems to be too late to the game so while it might have the capability, it might not have the audience. My employer (over 50K employees) hasn’t installed it on the desktops and I haven’t installed it at home (4 Windows systems). I’d encourage looking at customer installation statistics to ensure you pick the right platform for your target audience. If this is for a particular customer or a package solution, you can always make it a requirement of the product.