Posted by Johan Cyprich on 14 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Programming
When exporting a PostgreSQL database to another database server, such as MySQL or MS SQL Server, the date field will appear as a number if it is saved as an Excel sheet. After spending some time trying to determine what the number means, I found that it seems to represent the number of days from [...]
Posted by Johan Cyprich on 03 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: Programming
Many web servers have a database server on the same machine. A problem with this type of configuration is that it puts too much of a load on the server and overall performance can be poor with a high traffic web site. Database servers work best when they are on their own computer apart from [...]
Posted by Johan Cyprich on 23 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: Programming
Anyone can learn programming from reading a couple of books on the subject, but it takes more than this to work as a software engineer. On the IndianGeek blog, Sijin Joseph created the Programming Competency Matrix that shows what a programmer needs to know and how knowledgeable they are at different levels (starting at level [...]
Posted by Johan Cyprich on 07 Apr 2009 | Tagged as: Programming
You can learn C# for free with a free eBook from redgate. They are offering Illustrated C# 2008 for download on their web site. Amazon sells the book for $29.69 so its a great value if you don’t mind reading electronic books.
Illustrated C# 2008 takes a different approach to teaching programming. There are many [...]
Posted by Johan Cyprich on 30 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Programming
The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.Mark Twain
Software engineering tips from Mark Twain? Not originally planned as such, but it really is good advice for building large applications.