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Dr Giri Krishna, CEO, Silvan Innovation Labs

Silvan Innovation Labs: FOSS Experts, Where Are You Hiding?

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Silvan Innovation Labs is a Bengaluru-based company that provides security solutions and home automation systems. It plans to recruit over 80 FOSS professionals in...
The old way

FOSS is __FUN__: A Testing Time

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The other day, I had an opportunity to see how software development takes place in the "industry" -- in other words, the proprietary world....
Pygame time

Get Started with Pygame

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Gaming has become a major field in the computing world. It is the favourite entertainment for many users, but a challenging job for developers,...
Fragments API

Android Application Development: Android Fragments API

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In this article, we will look at the new Android UI API, the Fragments API. Part of the Android 3.0 SDK, it allows developers...
Testing with DbUnit

Testing Your Databases with DbUnit

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DbUnit is ideal as an add-on testing framework when developing applications in Java-based languages, which rely heavily on databases. This article assumes that the...
Designing a DB

A Simple Guide to Database Design in MySQL

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As the title says, this is an introduction to databases, their purpose and features. It deals with how to design and create a simple...
Drupal module development

A Quick-Start Practical Guide to Drupal Module Development

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In this article, we attempt to build a simple module by learning some basics of the Drupal Module Core. You can extend Drupal by developing...
Let us git

Linux Kernel Development Using Git

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This article looks at setting up Git and using it for Linux kernel development. It is aimed at developers who would like to move...
Gearing up for character drivers

Device Drivers, Part 6: Decoding Character Device File Operations

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This article, which is part of the series on Linux device drivers, continues to cover the various concepts of character drivers and their implementation,...
The Checklist

When Should I Consider an Open Source Database?

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This article gives you facts, figures, and useful advice on when choosing an open source database makes good business sense. Read on! 2010 was a...