Personal Behavior-Driven Development

John Hoestje Articles, Project Management 3 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.This year I was fortunate enough to attend the KCDCย conference here in lovely Kansas City. One of the sessions I attended was on Behavior-Driven …

An argument against defaulting to auto-increment primary keys

Shannon Griswold Articles, Databases, Java 11 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.The de-facto โ€œeasyโ€ primary key for ages has been the auto-incrementing integer. Upon insertion of a new record, the database simply increments a counter …

Perls of Wisdom

Tim Broyles Articles, Consulting, Programming 2 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Recently I was called upon to interview for a consulting position with a client that focuses on transaction processing. They noticed Perl on my …

Whatโ€™s up with WITH?

Scott Peters Articles, Databases, Development Technologies & Tools, Python 1 Comment

Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Ah, the WITH statement. A (mostly) loved holdover from such languages as Python and VB(A) that still finds some questionable use today in JavaScript. …

MongoDB Geo-Spatial Mobile Demo

Lou Mauget Articles, Databases, Mobile, MongoDB 2 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.Mongo: noun (pl mongo or mongos) โ€“ a monetary unit of Mongolia. Equal to one hundredth of a tugrik. Origin from Mongolian โ€œsilverโ€ Iโ€™ve …