Now that Microsoft has shutdown newsgroups - tapi

...where does one go for help on boutique topics like TAPI, for instance?

It appears that The Code Project would be an excellent place for boutique programming topics.

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QlikView Resources

I want to add Qlikview Development to my skill-set. I have a C# and SQl background. Are there any free online resources to getting me going at developer level not end-user? What's the best starting place for me and the level of difficulty involved.
I am looking for resources that can help me to expert level. One resource I found is the Udemy course and if anyone has done it please share your review of the course content.
You can find good videos on youtube (like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef_BigFXCis).
When you install qlikview, you have there a qlikview tutorial directory. Follow the pdf file and do everything on that pdf. it is very extensive, but after that you can start developing intermediate solutions. The PDF actually covers the whole QV official course.
After that, go to the qlikview cookbook site and start exploring more possibilities.
Find more blogs on QV and subscribe to them.
QV community is amazing. use it!
Qlikview is relatively easy to "get" at first, but don't be fooled by its simplicity - its a whole platform. I've been developing in QV 7 years now and still learn something new once in a while.
And I have to say it - its a very good choice! QV is amazing and very popular.
There isn't much I couldn't do with it.

How to start socket.io learning?

I'm a new comer to socket.io over node.js
I found that the documentaion of socket.io in its website isn't good enough to start
is there a good referncies to start with socket.io in real projects
This is the tutorial I remember following. It's nicely broken down and the stages are well explained - and it leads to a working example (open lots of browser Windows to see it working).
http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/real-time-chat-with-nodejs-socketio-and-expressjs--net-31708
You might want to check out what codeschool has to offer... https://www.codeschool.com/courses/real-time-web-with-node-js They have great content and an easy to learn interface for newbies.

How to get contributors for opensource search engine

We are a company developing opensource search engine.
It's hosted in github (https://github.com/fastcatgroup/fastcatsearch)
I think we need contributor globaly, but don't know where to start.
Have any good idea or strategies?
Giving it to Apache or Jboss community is good idea?
Thanks.
It's importance that the open-source solution is which many people need, and solution must be stable. Here's an simple strategy.
Make a stable opensource solution
Write a detail manuals online.
Promote an opensource using SNS
If online group getting larger, start to make a offline group.

Which website teach how to create plugin programming?

Which website teach how to create joomla plugin programming or ebook or video?
Best regards
I think you are looking for something like these sites:
http://www.learnwebdesignonline.com/tutorials/joomla/create-simple-plugin
http://www.dcpagesapps.com/developer-resources/joomla/10-joomla-plugin-tutorial
If you have more specific questions, I can give you a more specific answer but these tutorials will help you start down the plug-in development road.
start by reading joomla doc
http://docs.joomla.org/Plugin
http://docs.joomla.org/Creating_a_Plugin_for_Joomla_1.5
http://docs.joomla.org/Creating_a_content_plugin

A good framework for easily creating a social networking site

I was just reading about Magento, a free framework for easily creating an ecommerce site. I was wondering if anyone knew of a similar, easy to use framework that is designed specifically for social networking sites.
Thanks in advance for your wisdom!
I've seen a few people mention MonoX (based on ASP.Net), but I've not had a chance to evaluate it yet myself: http://www.mono-software.com/Pages/MonoX-ASP.NET-Portal-Framework.aspx
Ning.
Edit. The Ning business model is, they host your community for free and they get the revenue from adverts on the site. If you want to host it yourself you can, but you need to license the software.
Edit 2 I recommended Ning because I participate in a community hosted there. A minute's Googling through Elgg which seems to be more what you're looking for, but I haven't had an direct experience of it.
Laconi.ca (micro-blogging - which could be considered a subset of social networking). It's an open source option on which you could base a project (plugins have already been developed).
You could try something like JomSocial, which is built on top of Joomla.
Having just looked at this question again, you might find that Drupal is pretty useful in building a social networking site too.
We have recently built a private social network for a client, based on Drupal, and lots of the functionality is a pretty good match, particularly if you include modules such as User Relationships and Organic Groups.
I hope that helps!

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