A Delicate Balance: It’s What We Do

Brad Mongar Articles, Consulting, Keyhole Leave a 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Attention: This article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated.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.What does a consultant with Keyhole Software do? Do we do heads-down coding on software? Do we design new systems? Introduce new tools and …

Build vs. Buy, Creating a Report Writing Framework

David Pitt Articles, Consulting, Java, Keyhole Creations 2 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 14 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated.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.During one of my engagements, a requirement arose for the production of numerous financial audit reports in PDF format. These reports currently existed and …

A JSF Session Scope Custom Solution

Keith Shakib Articles, Consulting, Development Technologies & Tools, Java 10 Comments

Attention: This article was published over 14 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated.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.As a software consultant, I very rarely end up in a situation where I am asked to implement something new from scratch, and even …

Code Design Decision – Protecting Delegate Access?

David Pitt Architecture, Articles, Consulting Leave a Comment

Attention: This article was published over 14 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated.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.I ran into a design decision on one my engagements. Consider an abstract class implementation that references another (delegate) object. Convenience methods are in the primary …