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Houston Alt.NET Geek Dinner on Thurs. Oct 2nd
On Thursday (Oct. 2) the Houston Alt.NET Group will meet at Ziggy’s Healthy Grill for their latest Geek Dinner. Come join us as we eat some more healthy dishes and talk about improving ourselves in the realm of .NET development. … Continue reading
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Google Chrome, It's a Start
So here’s what I predict (since everyone else is making their own predictions): Google Chrome will not take massive amounts of users from Internet Explorer or even Firefox. But through Chrome, Google will prove that web applications can be rich, feature filled, and fast. Chrome is the first step in proving that if you have an internet connection, what operating system you are on is irrelevent. Continue reading
Google Chrome, It’s a Start
So here’s what I predict (since everyone else is making their own predictions): Google Chrome will not take massive amounts of users from Internet Explorer or even Firefox. But through Chrome, Google will prove that web applications can be rich, feature filled, and fast. Chrome is the first step in proving that if you have an internet connection, what operating system you are on is irrelevent. Continue reading
Houston Alt.NET Geek Dinner #3
This Thursday the 3rd monthly Houston Alt.NET Geek Dinner will be held at Star Pizza beginning at 6pm. If you are interested in continuous improvement in your development or for your development team, come to the dinner. You’ll meet others … Continue reading
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Data & Application Design
Let me get right to the point of my argument. I believe that applications should be developed around the data they view and modify rather than the other way around. The more I read about new development strategies, processes, and methods the more I see people saying this is a bad idea. People seem to have this idea that data should be stored in a more OO way, which would make development easier. Here’s why I think they are wrong. Continue reading
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The Case for Stored Procedures
Almost nothing in development is a hard and fast rule. And “best practices” are not always best. Everything is dependent on the exact situation you are in. Sometimes it can be your client who sets the ground rules. And while most clients are reasonable, sometimes they come from a time when things were in fact, done a certain way and they don’t really have a desire to deviate. Some clients will hear you out and make a shift to a different method if proven that the new method will work better. Sometimes, the situation just calls for things to be done a certain way. Continue reading →