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The Community DVD has a few application development frameworks to get you started with coding your first app.
Applications developed by the Digit Community
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On the Digit forum, there are loads of active members who post scripts, add-ons, and programs. The Editor's inbox gets a steady stream of download links to software made by readers. We feature some of the active developers from our community
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ishan Bagaria is a class 7 student, who likes to code desktop enhancement applications in his spare time. He is the webmaster of www.door2windows.com, which lists a number of Windows 7 tweaks
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started with playing games and gradually turned out to be more interested towards other things in computers. I would also like to mention that I have been a regular reader of Digit and learnt a lot from it. In fact when I got the Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 DVD in the January 2010 edition of Digit, I thought of making my own applications. The most interesting part is that I never attended any computer class or learnt any kind of programming language from anybody before I made these applications. I have recently joined NIIT for learning JAVA and other languages. I would say to all the young readers of Digit that there is a vast scope in the computer world and they can seriously consider this as a career option. Still there are lots and lots of children in the world who have the talent but need support from all sides."
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that make the UI better. You will find the software made by him in the Community DVD. His applications include utilities to customise the taskbar icons of loaded software, and to change the default start menu button. These software have some advanced functions, such as the ability to adjust the size of the taskbar icons. Kishan plans to become a software developer, and he is well on his way. We asked Kishan how he started out with coding. "I started my Tech Journey at a very tender age. I got a lot of encouragement and support from my parents. Initially I
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rankur Rusia, is an 18 year old developer, who has been coding applications for two years now. He makes lightweight, alternative tools for Windows.
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TheCalcMan for example, is an alternative to the default Windows calculator that allows you to calculate entire strings of expressions, instead of inputting individual operations using a keyboard or a mouse. The SearchMan is a small, file indexing software that was downloaded over 10,000 times in two months, with a four star rating on Softpedia as well. Applications coded by Prankur can be found in the Community DVD. We asked Prankur how Digit helped him over the years. "I have been reading Digit for about 4 years, since I was in 9th class. Its because of Digit (due to which my interest in computers rose) that I opted for computers in class 11 and topped in the school! If I hadn't started reading Digit then I wouldn't have taken to computers. It’s all thanks to Digit