It is a fairly simple screen for entering "mass alerts". There are (omitting some irrelevant details) just two fields: one in which the user enters the text of an alert, and the other in which they enter a list of customer-ids specifying who we should show the alert to. This …
Posted Fri 13 November 2009 by mcherm in Programming
I had a project using Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and App Engine. It was developed in Eclipse (which I don't like much, mostly because I don't know how to use it very well) because Google recommends this and provides support in the form of Eclipse plugins for working with these …
Posted Mon 09 November 2009 by mcherm in Programming
When you estimate tasks, should the estimates be done in hours, or in days?
As I see it, the big advantage of estimating in hours is that if you THINK in hours, you tend to get a more accurate estimate. There are lots of development tasks which will seem like …
Posted Fri 13 February 2009 by mcherm in Uncategorized
I like automated code scanners, really I do. They can scan your code either before or after you check it in and review it for code formatting, memory errors, or even potential security problems. It can prevent lots of foolish errors and unnecessary inconsistencies.
But there is one catch: the …
Posted Wed 31 December 2008 by mcherm in Programming
Once upon a time, all good software used some sort of a command language. Whether it was a word processor like Emacs, a typesetting program like TeX, or even something like a graphing program, everything had a command line at the bottom and some kind of command language that could …
Posted Mon 29 December 2008 by mcherm in Programming