Thinking about Software, Products and Projects
SUN acquired MySQL and there is a price for it. Nothing what is free is really free… Jeremy Cole in his blog discussed and got some clarification about changes in the MySQL development/release/contribution policies introduced by SUN. MySQL will start offering some features (specifically ones related to online backups) only in MySQL Read more
Is SQL Server Collation setting your enemy or your friend? How to change server default collation? In general, it is your friend, it will help SQL Server to figure out how to store character strings in different locale. It becomes even more important when data you are storing goes beyond Read more
If you are using a loop, you’re doing it wrong Rather long post by Chuck, but worth reading. Think about loops and how LINQ changes a perspective on the problem.
It is on front page of CodeGear web-site – “More then 3.2M developers use CodeGear tools worldwide“. Is it a big number? yes. Is is significant number? well, this is the number of developers for ALL CG tools (unique license/developer, I assume, for JBuilder, Delphi, 3rdRail, Delphi for PHP, etc Read more
Object-Oriented Programming or OOP is the concept which you can find almost everywhere today. It is required for understanding of many modern programming languages. As a result, you would find it very often as a required skill when reading job postings. Being introduced back in 1970s as part of SIMULA language, Read more
Now that we have established the differences between Product and Project management, we can look at them from a practical point of view. Let’s start with Project Management. Bottom line – if you feel straggle with the subject, then it is time to step back and look at “why” and “what” makes it Read more
Delphi for AS/400 is coming back. Some of you might remember this product from long time ago. Well… it is back. Let put onto our history book. CodeGear just announced a return of long missing child and it is available to try and to purchase. And it is not just Delphi but Read more