Yesterday, I showed you how to create a Woot! Off notifier using Python. As promised, I’m now going to show you how to create a Woot! Off notifier using C#. In case you didn’t read yesterday’s article, it basically told how I love Woot! Off’s, but hate having to constantly refresh my browser to check for new items. Instead, I decided to write a tool that does that for me. In the Python version I wrote, it only displays the item name and price. In today’s article, I’m taking it a bit further by showing you how to create a Windows Form that displays the item description along with the item name and price. And, I even show you how to display the item image and the progress bar that shows how many items are left just like on the Woot! site. So, let’s get started.
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If you’re like me, you enjoy the occasional Woot! Off. If you aren’t like me, there’s a good chance you don’t even know what a Woot! Off is. Hell, you probably don’t even know what Woot! is. If you aren’t familiar with Woot!, you should checkout an article I wrote a while back called “woot! woot! woot! woot!“. Catchy title, huh? Anyways, a Woot! Off is basically an event that happens periodically where the guys at Woot! sell off their inventory one item after the other until everything is gone. Unlike their normal routine of only having one deal a day, a Woot! Off can have several items in a short amount of time. It’s their way of cleaning house. But, you’ve gotta be quick if you want to land some of the good stuff as it goes quick! You have to constantly refresh your browser to see when something new has arrived. That’s what lead me to writing this article.
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A few days ago, I told you about a conversation I had with some co-workers about the future of programming. One of the questions that was brought up in that conversation was should the “next programming language” be strong typed or loose typed? One of the others in the conversation completely believes that strong typing is the only way to go. Being a student of all programming languages, I have mixed feelings about this. Before I get into that, let me explain the difference between strong typed and loose typed programming.
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Some co-workers and I recently had a conversation about programming and the question was asked, “what’s next?” The conversation started after reading an article about how Oracle is making a lot of changes that are effecting a huge crowd of developers and companies. I’ve said plenty of times before that i think Oracle will be the down fall of Java. However, one of my co-workers is wrapped up in Java that he feels like it is “the future” of programming. If he would have said that back in the ’90s, I would’ve agreed. But, I don’t think that statement still stands true today. Let me explain why.
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Back in April, we mentioned an upcoming programming language called “Ceylon”. Ceylon is suppose to be the new “Java killer” combining some of the best things from both Java and C#. Until now, there hasn’t been much more said about the Ceylon project. However, the project now has an official website which you can find at http://www.ceylon-lang.org/. If you’re like me and have been looking forward to checking out Ceylon, don’t get too excited just yet. The project developers still don’t have a date for the official launch of their project. But, they do have the source code available via their GitHub page which you can download and check out for yourself. When / if I get some extra time, I’m going to pull it down and see what it has to offer. Let me know what your thoughts are about Ceylon and the future of programming in the comments below.
