Is Symantec’s File Insight (SONAR) Deleting Your Programs?
Symantec’s File Insight (SONAR) program was recently added to the Norton Antivirus and Norton Internet Security programs. SONAR automatically deletes or quarantines any program it believes may be malware. This is a problem for you as a software developer if it decides your program looks like malware. Symantec provides instructions for how to prevent your …
Windows 7 UAC: Permission Prompts and Access Errors
How do you keep Windows UAC (User Account Control) from asking for permission every time your program is run? How do you avoid access denied errors when your program saves data? By putting your program’s files in the Microsoft intended locations you can prevent these bothersome prompts and troublesome errors. Why Do Permission Prompts Appear? …
What is Software Deployment?
Software deployment is the process of getting your program ready for market. A newly created program may work fine on your computer, but that doesn’t mean it is really ready for others to use. There are many extra program features you probably hadn’t needed for yourself, but ought to provide if the program will be …
Welcome to This Little Program Went to Market
Hi, I would like to welcome you to my blog. What will you find in my blog? Well, I hope to share with you many tips and techniques that I use to get my own programs to market. Many of those tips will apply equally as well for selling and marketing any product on the …
Step-by-Step Tutorial
Many of the tips, techniques, and tools discussed in this blog are demonstrated in a detailed step-by-step tutorial in the book, This Little Program Went to Market, by Annette Godtland.
The book takes a computer program through the entire process of creating, deploying and distributing a program, then selling and marketing it (or any other product) on the Internet. Read more.
Programs at Market
Take a look at some of the programs I've created at Godtland Software Corporation. I created, deployed, distributed, sold, and marketed these programs using the techniques mentioned in this blog and detailed in the book. Read more.