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Yesterday, I went through the process of upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 Technical Preview and found how easy it is to upgrade to Window 10. All that is required is to have Service Pack 1 installed and a small file that is approximately 11MB in size which can be downloaded when you sign up for Windows Insider Program, and Windows 10 Technical Preview will appear in Windows update, all it now takes is to click the install button and follow the process until Windows 10 Technical Preview comes alive. Note: To upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 Technical Preview, your computer must meet the hardware and software requirement which says that your computer must have a minimum of 2.00 GB Ram and Service Pack 1 installed. Also note that the technical preview is for IT pros who are comfortable using unstable software and there could be bug on the OS, as such, you are not advised to install this OS on your main PC, says people from Microsoft. Once your system meets up with the require...

Th Visual Studio is a great Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for millennium software developers and there are many features in it which you might not know. To deliver solutions to your clients fast, you need a way to work faster so, in this article, I am writing about some Visual Studio Shortcuts that could make you very efficient when developing. The List: Ctrl+Tab: I love this shortcut, it helps me in navigating through Active Tool Windows and Active files and you can still further navigate with Up arrow, Down arrow keys, etc while holding down the Ctrl Key. Ctrl+K, C : This shortcut is used for commenting out selected lines of code, you first highlight the lines you want to comment out then you press Ctrl+K and press Key C while still holding Ctrl key. Ctrl+K, U: Of course it wont be complete if we have a shortcut for commenting out lines without the opposite shortcut. Use this shortcut the same way you use the commenting shortcut. Ctrl+Shift+F and Ctrl+F: Use this sh...

Yes we have often heard beginners ask questions like: Which programming language should I learn?, What platform should develop for?, Which is the easiest programming language to learn, etc. Well, in this post, I share my opinion on what I think about these questions. Umm, if you have chosen a career path in the computer programming world, it is natural to ask these questions but believe me, it is only you who have answers to these questions. Before you suddenly became interested in programming, there must be something you saw. It could be your rich boss who rides flashy cars around, or a programmer at your place of work; the way he is valued and respected, or the kinds of programs you wish to see or use that are no where to be found. There must just be a reason why you started having this urge of becoming a programmer and within this thing you saw, lies your answer. So making research based on that thing you saw will go a long way in helping you choose what to learn. Forgive me for...

No matter how good you are as a software developer, if people don't see your work, it is very bad. Putting a software on the internet and allowing the users of it to send you feedback is always helpful because it gives you the opportunity to learn more. If people don't criticise your work, then you have not started. This post is particularly for web developers because as a web developer,  the main way people get to see your work is when your publish it by hosting it on the internet. A web application that is hosted on a localhost server within your computer is only useful to you not others. The worst part of it is that not everybody knows how to install a web application on a localhost server and if you want this to be done you have to make the installation process easy for the end users by developing a program that does the installation for them. But why on earth would someone want to install a web application on a local machine? Of course there are many intranet application...

My SharpAccounting open source software is not the best accounting system, but it gives you more of the features you would expect in an accounting software to help you manage your day to day accounting activities. Spending money is very easy but earning money and keeping account on how you earn and spend the money is not an easy task.  SharpAccounting was built not just to sharpen my .NET skills but to also solve these simple accounting problems. I have met a lot of people who don't keep account on how they spend and earn. Just like most business people would tell you, developing an accounting habit is a very good thing to you as a money earner and spender as it allows you to make wise financial decision. The accounting task is already tedious, now doing it with pen and paper would be hell especially for someone who is not so much in love with calculations. Over the years, there has been personal accounting packages of which some are free that helps you manage your financ...

It is natural for you to start asking questions about the types or kinds of softwares to develop once you start walking without your legs shaking  in code. This question could be asked in other way like "What is the profitable kinds of softwares?". Note that I am not talking about the platform to develop for i.e whether it is a web application, desktop or mobile applications, am talking about the problem to solve. No one would like to provide a solution that nobody needs so, it is wise to always ask these kinds of questions. In response to the question "what kind of software should develop?", I think you should solve unsolved problems that are highly in demand. But if you want to make a great profit, developing business management software is always lucrative but, you need a good team and some bucks to hire marketers unless you are good at marketing yourself. One thing I have come to understand about developing this kind of software is that you always need enough i...

In this post, I am sharing a list of software development project ideas that might interest you as a software developer. Note that you are advised to just choose one project idea to work on. The project ideas are mainly business solution so no matter how good you are, you can't develop them all. Students looking for project ideas can also benefit from this list. Project idea list: Blood Bank System Voting System Hospital Management System Hotel Reservation System Loan Management System Inventory Management Point Of Sale System Ebola Diagnostics Software Online Library System Online Voting System Restaurant Management System LAN Management System E-Learning System School Management System Insurrance Management System Laundry Management System Car Wash Management System Car Reservation System Expense Management System Crime Case Management System Automatic Email Marketing System Please choose the project you want to walk on, if you need any further explana...