This is my final installment of the C# vs Java series, but I think this is one of the most important. Tools make or break a development environment. Good tools can make a hard job seem easy and bad tools can make [ read more...]
Complicated Queries I frequently find myself in the position of having to write fairly complex SQL queries in order to get a list of data that matches a certain criteria. One problem with complicated SQL queries is that it is very hard [ read more...]
I recently completed reading the book “Clean Code” by Robert Martin. I have to say that this one is a keeper. I would highly recommend getting this book and keeping this one for your library. This book is very much in the [ read more...]
In this post we'll be looking at both the desktop and mobile platforms for C# and Java. The Desktop (Thick Client Applications) The desktop platform, or thick client, is not as important of a platform as it was several years ago, and [ read more...]
Web platforms are a critical thing to consider any any modern software development environment. Back in the C++ days it wasn't about the platform at all. It was all about knowing the intricacies of the language and pointer manipulation. Modern programming languages [ read more...]
I have been long contemplating this post, because I think it is a very important topic, but I have also lamented writing it do to the controversial nature of the subject and fearing that I would not be as accurate in my [ read more...]