tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180299872026-07-24T07:59:13.274+02:00Mainul HossainSoftware Project Management, Architecture, Design Patterns, Programming, TestingMainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-29764322611782933672012-03-21T18:48:00.000+01:002012-03-28T13:21:48.753+02:00Windows 8 - From Consumer Perspectives It was an exciting week. Bangladesh cricket team reached the final of the Asia Cup 2012 one-day international (ODI) cricket championship. We enjoyed an exhilarating performances from the boys against some of the best cricket teams in the world. They beat the both finalists of the last ODI world cup and narrowly lost the final to another former world champion Pakistan just by 2 runs. So much Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-39797760920310789282012-03-17T12:55:00.000+01:002012-03-17T21:21:56.446+01:00Windows 8 - Was it the right way? So Microsoft has decided to roll out next version of its flagship Windows operating system called Windows 8. The company has reimagined(?) the desktop experience and the result is that the desktops should be looked and used like tablets or smart phones. Since the introduction of Windows 8 Consumer Preview in the last year's build event, I attended several of the conferences, TechTalks, InfoDays Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-43343464691331837472011-11-25T10:24:00.001+01:002011-11-25T10:26:08.726+01:00keensocial.com has been discontinuedMy keensocial.com has been deactivated. Some of my blog posts will not work properly since they need files from keensocial.com. I'm terribly busy now, so will not be able to fix it in the next days. Sorry for the inconvenience.Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-25444456940476441592011-11-04T15:30:00.000+01:002012-03-07T16:02:23.768+01:00Defining a file format using XML and XML Schema (XSD) in C#/Java - VThe complete implementation of XML file format is divided into the following steps: XML Schema (XSD) definition Let an extension for my file type: .xef (XML example file-type) Generate an XML file with data compatible to previously defined schema Validate my XML with the schema Compress huge data fragments Encrypt sensitive data Implementation in Java (Compliance with XSD 1.1) In the previous Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-52868582662997843642011-10-31T13:25:00.000+01:002011-10-31T13:36:19.694+01:00Advanced Developer Conference Last week, I attended the "Advanced Developers Conference 2001" in Frankenthal, Germany. There were some interesting presentations on upcoming version of .Net Framework 4.5, Visual Studio 11 and Windows 8. Since only the preview versions of these products are currently available, the speakers were forced to only present overviews and expected features. Among nearly 40 presentations from Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-58702662774373290992011-10-13T12:37:00.000+02:002012-01-08T00:14:42.329+01:0010 Minute Guide to DirectX 11 Programming in C++DirectX is already 16 years old. There are tons of resources available online for DirectX programming. This post will give you just some idea how quickly a simple Direct3D based application can be built. This will serve as a starting point for my future posts on XNA Game Studio or SlimDX library for managed 3D visualization on .Net platform. Prerequisites 1. DirectX Software Development Kit. It Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-39598351567316554402011-10-11T14:16:00.002+02:002012-03-07T16:01:47.406+01:00Defining a file format using XML and XML Schema (XSD) in C#/Java - IVThe complete implementation of XML file format is divided into the following steps: XML Schema (XSD) definition Let an extension for my file type: .xef (XML example file-type) Generate an XML file with data compatible to previously defined schema Validate my XML with the schema Compress huge data fragments Encrypt sensitive data Implementation in Java (Compliance with XSD 1.1) In the previous Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-30274301945685933342011-10-10T12:09:00.012+02:002012-03-07T16:00:58.644+01:00Defining a file format using XML and XML Schema (XSD) in C#/Java - IIIThe complete implementation of XML file format is divided into the following steps: XML Schema (XSD) definition Let an extension for my file type: .xef (XML example file-type) Generate an XML file with data compatible to previously defined schema Validate my XML with the schema Compress huge data fragments Encrypt sensitive data Implementation in Java (Compliance with XSD 1.1) Compressing Data Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-35714643173586857332011-10-07T12:42:00.007+02:002012-03-07T16:00:24.462+01:00Defining a file format using XML and XML Schema (XSD) in C#/Java - IIThe complete implementation of XML file format is divided into the following steps: XML Schema (XSD) definition Let an extension for my file type: .xef (XML example file-type) Generate an XML file with data compatible to previously defined schema Validate my XML with the schema Compress huge data fragments Encrypt sensitive data Implementation in Java (Compliance with XSD 1.1)  In the Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-81740602873222205252011-10-04T12:53:00.007+02:002012-03-07T15:58:54.696+01:00Defining a file format using XML and XML Schema (XSD) in C#/Java - IOccasionally I need a custom file type for new application. I prefer to use OLE/COM Structured Storage since it offers me a compact file-system like hierarchy with Storages and Streams to save application data in binary format. My open source application "UVFSEditor" can view a compound file along with other file formats. The storages are shown in a tree like structure at the left and the streamsMainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0Karlsruhe, Germany49.0080848 8.403756348.924760299999996 8.2458277999999989 49.0914093 8.5616848tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-24154403915627192432011-07-27T18:41:00.005+02:002012-01-08T00:10:31.940+01:00ParaboxLast weekend was lonely and I felt nostalgic for the paranoid game that we used to play during university days. We were all mad for it and spent hours playing it. For few days I was experimenting with HTML5 and CSS3 capabilities in various browsers. I took the opportunities and programmed our beloved paranoid and integrated it as facebook application. It needs chrome, firefox, IE9, safari and Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-10057339253873909092011-01-02T11:19:00.005+01:002011-01-09T10:19:33.507+01:00Journey to an Unknown Land Previous 1 2  You have a feel of safety everywhere. Car drivers don't pass on red signal, pedestrians don't cross the roads here and there. You don't need to be afraid of some pick pocketers or hijackers. Streets are free of dirt. You are relieved from chaos and rush. Until you are in a supermarket, you will see calmness all around. Life is charming and beautiful.&nbspMainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-23612175152491923292010-12-28T15:09:00.002+01:002011-01-02T11:29:20.886+01:00Journey to an Unknown Land 1 2 Next It all started a decade ago. One of my friends asked me to send a copy of my CV to a company in an oversees country. I did that and accomplished a telephone interview successfully in few days. A journey to an unknown land began in a new year. Life was not terribly bad in Dhaka as a Software Engineer. The software industry in Bangladesh was in the infant stage at that time and wasMainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-41868268453038620372010-08-18T13:11:00.000+02:002010-08-18T13:11:37.602+02:00Open Source ProjectsFollowing is a list of open source projects that I initiated and programmed: Universal Virtual FS Editor Flexible Registration JavaScript 2D/3D chart Syntax Highlighter (YASH) Salat Times (Firefox add-on) C++/Java/C# Keen Social (discontinued) Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-15758997413548256162010-05-17T12:13:00.004+02:002010-05-19T10:02:52.179+02:00Developing Firefox Extensions Create a development profile:  You need to install several extensions which may slow down firefox performance. So create a separate development profile using the following steps- Open command prompt [Firefox Installation Directory]\firefox.exe -no-remote -P Create a new profile. Start firefox next time with the command: [Firefox Installation Directory]\firefox.exe -no-remote -P [Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-27148226990923187072010-05-11T14:56:00.000+02:002010-05-11T14:56:26.426+02:00How to contribute to Salattimes firefox extension?Analogous to my previous post this post describes how to check-in/check-out the firefox add-on project salattimes from google code server. Check-out: You need a subversion client to check-in/check-out code from the SubVersion source control server. Windows users should download TortoiseSVN from http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads. Linux and MacOS users should google to find the appropriate clientMainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-82481076819076155192010-05-11T11:45:00.010+02:002010-05-11T16:46:08.964+02:00How to contribute to UVFSEditor?Last few days, several programmers are accepted to join the development efforts of UVFSEditor. In this post, I will briefly write the steps necessary to involve in the development. Check-out: You need a subversion client to check-in/check-out code from the SubVersion source control server. Windows users should download TortoiseSVN from http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads. Linux and MacOS users Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-25292037247715836822010-05-10T12:06:00.001+02:002010-05-10T13:51:06.686+02:00Too much to learn for Programming? - Execution environmentThere are many popular languages for programming and to learn only a subset of them from scratch is a nightmare. The fact that each language needs some tuning on each platforms makes it more complex. Therefore, programming concepts should be learnt first on an abstract level and adapt those concepts to specific platform when need. A programmer should have fair level of concepts on the Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-18927659167039270822010-04-16T18:09:00.001+02:002010-04-18T21:30:29.058+02:00Good feeling with Visual Studio 2010I have been using visual studio 2010 from beta 1. The slick WPF based user interface was nice to play with but it was terribly slow. It became even worse in beta 2. Things were getting better after the release candidate. I downloaded the final version on the next day of release. Still slower than Visual Studio 2008...Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-84647839399699278002010-03-17T08:09:00.000+01:002010-03-17T08:09:43.614+01:00Internet Explorer 9 embracing HTML 5, GPU accelerationInternet Explorer 9 embracing HTML 5, GPU acceleration - AfterDawn: "rounded". At last Microsoft has come to the table. While other browsers have already implemented major features of HTML5, Internet Explorer was very much silent.Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-50107198397316245162010-03-14T12:49:00.000+01:002010-03-14T12:49:51.944+01:00IPL in http://www.youtube.com/user/IPLIPL 2010 in http://www.youtube.com/user/IPL The streaming is excellent. I can live with just 1 minute delay. Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-28922810671189611682010-03-05T09:58:00.000+01:002010-03-05T09:58:37.704+01:00Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Course | Learn | Channel 9Great way to get yourself up-to-date with the upcoming .Net Framework 4 and VS2010Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Course | Learn | Channel 9Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-304007680413969882010-01-01T13:40:00.002+01:002010-01-01T16:21:59.557+01:00New version of FlexRegister is availableDo you want to register/unregister any COM capable libraries right-away from windows explorer. You can download the new version of FlexRegister from the project web site hosted at http://flexregister.sourceforge.net. The source code can be viewed online from subversion repository at http://flexregister.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/flexregister/ A simple summary is written in  Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-45514230498108532522010-01-01T13:22:00.002+01:002010-01-01T14:24:18.548+01:00Universal Virtual File System Editor has been releasedA new version of UVFSEditor has been released. You need visual studio 2008 to compile the source.  - Features for End-Users: Open a file on hex/oct/binary/decimal/ascii/utf-8/custom editor. byte/int/double/float/long value at some byte position Open a compound file (.doc, .xls etc) and view the storage and stream hierarchy. View contents of a file on the hex editor. Open a folder from Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18029987.post-80962462458646998162009-12-25T13:59:00.002+01:002009-12-25T19:03:53.858+01:00Open Source in Developing Countries - IThe "Free Software Movement" that Richard Stallman started in 1983 was brought a big leap forward by "Linus Torvalds" in 1991 with the invention of Linux kernal. Other open source evangelists like Eric S. Raymond and Bruce Perens have major contributions to the open source movement. Have a look at the history of free and open source software in wikipedia. (There are philosophical Mainul Hossainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833716216145894850noreply@blogger.com3