03 September 2007
Disputed Code Comments vs. Self Describing Self Documenting Code
Last week I have been reviewing some implemented features on our product, it works fine but not well written, got to have some refactoring specially my rule on comments. Perhaps this is one the most disputed practices in software development, code comments. Personally, I seldom/don't comment my code... Read More...
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14 August 2007
We are hiring .NET Developers, Graphic Artists and Xhtml Experts - Davao City
We open positions to all aspiring/experienced developers and designers graduate, undergraduate, or was not able to pursue tertiary education, it doesn’t matter. We are looking for passionate people who are willing to learn, be trained and can get things done. People who value simplicity, code quality... Read More...
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14 August 2007
Haven't read any .NET book in more than two months
In the past two months since I moved in a new direction of my career, I havent read any techincal books. I can remember the past three years, nagsusunog talaga ako ng kilay reading a lots of programming books, design patterns e-books, blogs and articles. I can read a thousand page book in one week, while... Read More...
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14 August 2007
Finish the feature on time, you'll get your Resharper license
When I was asked by my partner why we need to install resharper , I just can't explain it all. I just said "there are more than 1000 reasons " for us to have it, then he asked how much is the license and decided we'll get it. If he asked again for specifics, I will give him a bad code... Read More...
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14 August 2007
High cost of low quality code
A company Revsys blogs about the the high cost of low quality as a guide to hiring developers. See the full entry here . I personally share the same view with hiring expert developers for start than building up a fresh-grad from the ground. For a company just starting up, quality is a must and you simply... Read More...
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14 August 2007
Jason Jimenez (aka smash) joins FlexMerchant Software
I am breaking the silence here at devpinoy. Jason Jimenez a.k.a smash , the creator of ClassicReports , our fellow blogger here, and Davaoeño joins our development team. Jason will be part of our pioneer team. We are dynamic and fast, we're are moving. Now we are three! yahoo!!! :o). Read More...
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03 July 2007
Vista's Annoying Daily Dual Monitor Configuration and No-Extended Taskbar Support
While I have used dual monitor before with my laptop and a spare CRT screen, this is my first time to extensively use multiple monitors for development, testing and working with multiple tasks at the same time. I find this very helpful and definitely increase my productivity. However, it was really annoying... Read More...
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25 June 2007
Usability: Build better software with naive testers
It's 1:00 AM in the morning. I have spent several hours trying to debug a major issue on the image synchronization service of our product. An issue so trivial I am clueless where to look-up into. Is it on the windows service deployed on web server, or on the windows forms CRM module, or on stored... Read More...
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21 June 2007
SqlServer: Return Random Records in T-Sql, the GUID way.
In one of the website I have developed, we feature random products displayed on a webpart. This can be done several ways either of the code behind or via t-sql but I think the simplest way to do it is via t-sql with the help of Guid columns. Globally Unique Identifier or GUID is a randomly generated... Read More...
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21 June 2007
.NET: Updated: Simple and Stupid BackgroundWorker Example
I was very busy the past weeks, I cannot imagine I could make it not to code for several days, been a carpenter, janitor, messenger and everything hehe. But I'm here again now. Let me start this out with this stupid sample I just given to one of my junior developer. BackgroundWorker is a special... Read More...
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21 April 2007
.NET: A Significant Discovery On TortoiseSVN
I had very bad intermittent connection lately and this TortoiseSVN is really killing me. With my speaker system tuned on 60% volume playing jazz music to stimulate my mind, while I'm committing several files on our server, suddenly the SVN's error sound breaks my silence. This sound is really... Read More...
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11 April 2007
MicroISV: In The Name Of Commerce
In the name of "commerce", I have to spend several hours today scouting the web for the best possible domain name for our firm that best represents our interests, services and products to be developed. With a lot of domain squatters on the web, its really hard to find one... Read More... Read More...
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07 April 2007
MicroISV: YetAnotherFirm LLC, Wtf is LLC
You might have heard this term as part of company title of most emerging IT companies who have delivery centers in the USA, Philippines and India. LLC stands for Limited Liability Company , where incorporators were given the security or assurance that restrict their legal liabilities right into the company... Read More...
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04 April 2007
Shift Happens
In the past 6 months I have been working as an independent developer spearheaded the design and coding of a shopping cart software for a Danish retail firm. But just last week, I was caught in the middle of two great opportunities where whatever I choose, I only have so little to loose. A UK firm invited... Read More...
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04 April 2007
ASP.NET: Url-Rewriting In Migrated Website
Wow, it was January since my last post! sorry guys I'm was very busy coding, monitoring our house' dev't in province, preparing my relocation and some business matters. Anyway, a fellow filipino developer at msforums.ph raised the question if its true that URl-Rewriting "damage"... Read More...
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