Till now I have never provided the source code of any of my softwares, but today for the first time I am giving out the source code for this program on demand of one of my reader.

First the application is not created in .NET or JAVA, it is created in a scripting language named Autohotkey. But I can assure you you can learn this in a day time. Ok leave the crap coming to the point here is source code of the Hide Taskbar-

^esc::
if toggle := !toggle
WinHide ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
else
WinShow ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
return

First Line: Defines Hotkey CTRL+ESC
Second Line: Enable toggling with same hotkey
Third Line: Shell_TrayWnd is the autohotkey class id of Taskabr and Winhide is used to hide it.

So what are you planning to do, hide something else?

The topics will range from all the new, great features in Visual Studio 2010 to Silverlight, WPF, WF, WCF, Application Lifecycle Management, .NET 4.0, ASP.NET 4.0 AJAX, ASP.NET MVC and much more!

And remember: If you sign up for Microsoft Visual Studio Conference & Expo, you’ll automatically get access to both the ASP.NET and Silverlight and the SQL Conference and Expo! That’s a Visual Studio launch and three conferences for the price of one!

So if you want to join them, than register yourself here.

A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data, which shows certain data on certain products. Originally, barcodes represented data in the widths (lines) and the spacings of parallel lines, and may be referred to as linear or 1D (1 dimensional) barcodes or symbologies. They also come in patterns of squares, dots, hexagons and other geometric patterns within images termed 2D (2 dimensional) matrix codes or symbologies.- Wikipedia

Now you know what a barcode is and you may have seen it in on Book covers or on back/covers of most of various commodity. These barcode contains a lot of information in them like for a book it can store information like ISBN No, Author name, Price etc which are read by a Barcode Scanners.

If you are a developer you may sometime feel a need of creating a barcode, but mind it, its not an easy task to create a barcode. So to help developers and give more flexibility Wasp (the company behind Time and Attendance Software) allows you to easily create and print barcodes for Microsoft Office applications with Wasp Barcode Maker.

Barcode Maker seamlessly integrates with Office programs to provide barcodes for Microsoft Word or barcodes for Microsoft Excel with the click of your mouse. Simply select the number or text, click on Barcode Maker and instantly generate your barcode. Choose from over 13 different linear (1D) barcode symbologies, ideal for applications from warehousing and asset tracking to retail and general office.

Barcode Maker is perfect for Office users who want to create barcodes for Microsoft Word and Excel. Easily add barcodes to a Word document and share the document, keeping the barcode intact. Also try out their latest Inventory Control Software.

Barcode Maker makes barcode creation effortless, efficient, and easy. This barcode software program is loaded with features, presented in an intuitive, simple interface.Its the best way to program barcode very easily. Download Trial version

“iPad will begin shipping soon and your opportunity to be part of the grand opening of the iPad App Store starts today,” the company wrote in an email to registered iPhone developers. “Submit your iPad app now for an initial review by the App Review Team and receive feedback on its readiness for the grand opening.”

In order to assure that they are part of the grand opening, Apple requested that developers submit their applications by March 27 and assure that they’ve taken the following steps.

• Build and test your iPad app using iPhone SDK 3.2 beta 5 available on the iPhone Dev Center. Only iPad apps built with iPhone SDK 3.2 beta 5 will be accepted for this initial review.
• Upload your distribution signed app through iTunes Connect by Saturday, March 27, 5pm PDT.
• The App Review Team will review your app on iPad and email you details about the readiness of your app.
• You will also receive additional information about submitting your app for final review before iPad ships.
• Only apps submitted for the initial review will be considered for the grand opening of the iPad App Store.

The iPad goes on sale April 3rd in the United States. – Source

So if you are a developer its the right time to start developing an app for iPad and enroll yourself.

#UPDATE 1:

Here’s what some developers had to say about their plans:

1Password: Agile Web Solutions, which makes the password-management app, plans to have an iPad version available April 3, said co-author David Teare.

Tweetie: The Twitter client will not be available April 3, the day the iPad becomes available, “but it’s coming,” said developer Loren Brichter in an e-mail.

Source: Computerworld

Everyone loves a champion. A champion who relishes different programming challenges to deliver winning results, a champion who paves the way for customer delight with innovation. These champions come from diverse backgrounds, use different tools and technologies and accomplish different goals. But they are unified in their vision to succeed, using the Microsoft .NET Platform. We proudly showcase their success stories and offer you a chance to win exciting prizes, every month!

This is what Microsoft has to say at the launch of their new website dotnetchampions for showcasing .NET developer. You can nominate yourself or your friend as a .NET Champion, get people to vote for you, and steer your way to success in your career!

I have nominated myself too for this competition, I used my best .NET app IE Tweaker to get into this competition. If you liked this app than please vote for me. Go to WallOfFame Page and click on my name “Ritesh Kawadkar”

Once you clicked there click on Vote

If you like my app please vote for me. You can find me by my name “Ritesh kawadkar” or by looking at my pic “White Hat”

The complete Symbian platform is now available for download and use under open-source licenses. Symbian Foundation has opened up its source code, and it is available to anyone who pleases to do have access to it.

Whoever you are, you can look at the source and see how it works: You can experiment with it, you can try your own ideas and, most significantly, you can be part of the Symbian community.

In this video, Chris Davidson from the Symbian Foundation welcomes you to the Symbian community and highlights some of the key features of the Symbian platform now open to everyone.

If you’re looking for contribution opportunities or discussion of potential features, please join the community at Symbian Ideas.

Visit Homepage to know more.

A few words: Atlassian is an Australian software company specializing in collaboration and development tools. The reason it stands different is, its strongly believes in Open Source. They support Open Source by supplying their own code, supporting other projects by donating their software, and sponsoring Java User Groups.

JIRA is one of the open source projects running Atlassian software. Professional Software Developer are aware of this term, as it helps them to track issues in their program. JIRA simplifies every step of tracking issues, for everyone involved. So what exactly is JIRA, its a bug tracking or issue tracking or whatever you call it helps you to track issues in your project, in simple easy steps. Take a Tour of JIRA and learn more about it issue tracking. Atlassian provides a wide range of tools which includes tools for finding Code, testing and reviewing code. So you can perform all kind of test on your code by using them. Checkout agile tool’s.

When I checked out there website I found a cool statement which describe their work strategy

We’re not a “follow the rules” software company and we know there is no single recipe for practicing agile development. We were once hungry for practical tips, so we thought we should share our agile story… – agile

For Non Professionals: Agile software development refers to a group of software development methodologies based on iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing cross-functional teams.

MSIDC and Windows 7
Microsoft India Development Center situated in Hyderabad is one of the largest Microsoft R&D centers outside their headquarters in Redmond, USA. This center started 11 years ago with a team of just 20 people, and over these years has grown to become a team of around 1500 employees. MSIDC has played a key role in contributing towards components of several Microsoft products, some of which include Bing, developer tools and Windows 7.

Microsoft's India Development Center in Hyderabad

Over the years, the MSIDC development teams have gained expertise on networking and virtualization, and that reflects on the type of components of Windows 7, they had complete engineering responsibility of. The contributions of MSIDC teams to Windows 7 are discussed here.

This is just an excerpt read the full story here.

Here is the list of Top 10 Indian Software Companies.

1. Tata Consultancy Services
2. Wipro
3. Infosys
4. Satyam Computer Services
5. HCL Technologies
6. Tech Mahindra
7. Patni Computer Systems
8. i-flex Solutions
9. MphasiS
10. L&T Infotech

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Lets Start with Twitter, If you are a twitter fan or you use twitter or ever want to create an application for twitter than the following Link will help you in creating an application for it.

Another Social Media network that uses wide use of application is Facebook, there are wide range of application availble for facebook like Farmville, Mafia wars, and you can build your own by using the below link.

Not only only application but a developer can move on for Addons or extensions for various browsers. Mozilla Firefox is the best to start if you are going to develop an addon, the below link will help you.

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“Getting Started Making Games with C# and XNA Game Studio” is a programming course for students with no prior programming experience. It is intended to engage students with the craft of programming by the creation of gameplay using the XNA game framework.

This complete course is Authored by MVP Rob Miles

Overview of the Course:

“Getting Started Making Games with C# and XNA Game Studio” is a programming course for senior high school or undergraduate students with no prior programming experience. It is intended to engage students with the craft of programming by the creation of gameplay using the XNA game framework.

Whilst the students will learn how to create games, the course should really be regarded as one which teaches programming. All of the issues that are explored are also applicable in the wider scheme of software development.

Presentations are provided as part of the learning materials. The presentations are grouped into a number of topic based parts with a practical session to underpin the taught content. Each presentation is interspersed with demonstrations and annotated with speaker notes, as well as content review sessions.

The material is intended to foster a dialogue between the presenter and the audience; in some places the presenter is given some discussion points to further this. There are also some “interactive development” sections where presenter and audience use what they have been taught so far to solve a particular problem. These attempts (and their occasional failure) lead to more detailed exposition of the material and hopefully remind those present that having things not work is actually part of the software development experience.