Service Oriented Architectures (SOA)
CEO is a bit tied up with ongoing projects for the moment, so I decided to post in the interim.…
Category: Developer Experience
XMLHttpRequest – A New Power to be Tapped?
Adaptivepath's article about Ajax has been flying through the blogosphere like wildfire over the past couple of weeks. I'm not…
Another Integration Path ?
Scenario: You have just received an RFP (or Request for Proposal) from one your clients. This is a client with…
XML Schemas are Like Rabbits
CaseySoftware's biggest project right now involves the integration of numerous XML data sources into a single unified database. Each of…
Code Reuse vs Code Theft
During the analysis of a codebase from a recent client, I noticed something quite odd… The bulk of the codebase…
Pattern Share
Pattern Share Great idea with some smart people (GoF, Martin Fowler, etc), but within 2 minutes, there are already big…
XML is Not the Silver Bullet
Unless you've been asleep for the past 4-5 years, you've heard about XML. I have been working in it extensively…
Scrapping It All vs A Salvage Operation
An interesting discussion is going on over at Joel on Software forums. It all stems from Joel's premise of Don't…
Audit Trails – Do Not's and Don't's
Normally CEO would handle a topic such as this, but I've been personally involved in it now, so I'm handling…
New Development Methodology
Agile Methodologies, Evolutionary Development, Test Driven Development, Waterfall, etc have nothing on my brand new development methodology: Guess & Check.…