A Software Development Perspective A process is important as it creates an expectation of an outcome. Outcomes can measure a process and result in different ways making the process essential to follow. Without a strategy, we will not confidently be…
Category: Better Coding
Starting a WebForm Project
I started working in the DotNet while it was in the Beta stage. Ewe Beta! Since then I discovered there is more than one way to tackle a start of a project and I have perfected it for my purpose.…
Posted in Better Coding, C#, C-Sharp, Developement, DotNet, Web Tagged with: c#, HTML, LdnDeveloper, Web, Web Design
How a Developer can Mitigate Stress of a Designer
Working with a designer and can be a challenge as a developer as we are totally different mind sets. Working with a designer as a DotNet developer can be even more of a challenge, but there can be a simpler…
Stop Spending Good Money On Mobile Sites
For about 4 years I have been preaching to my customers why they do not need a mobile site. Instead, it is better to spend money on a responsive site. If you are getting your site done or redone, find…
Posted in Better Coding, Developer, Google Tagged with: Mobile, Mobile Site, Responsive Design, Responsive Site
Last is King – Back To Basics CSS
CSS is the basics of HTML styling, but I am finding out that somehow it is missed. It’s hard to be a Web Designer without knowing how CSS style sheets work. For those who do not know, CSS is short…
Senior should be a Junior for a Day
There are times where a Senior Developer should take a step back and become a Junior Developer. There are times when a Junior Developer can teach a Senior Developer new skill, thoughts and patterns. Granted there are a fair number…
Do Not Forget The Customers
New developers often design and develop what they believe is cool and cutting edge. What is forgotten is how the customer or the user will think about the experience. If the customer or user refuses to accept what you have…
Posted in Better Coding, Creativity, Developer, Skills Tagged with: Customers, Design, Experience, Users
Do I Need Source Control
Yes! For the first time in my 15-year career I had experienced what it is like to not have source control, and I had hated it. I had lost a very difficult to write SQL statement in a project. It…
Development Servers
What is a development server? A development server is either a physical or virtual computer that is dedicated to the art of software or web development activities. It should be as close to being the same as the published web…
SQL Pagination
I have often encountered the culture of query for thousands of results, estimate the paging and then only display a small segment of the results that were retrieved from the database. This is particularly bad in a web environment. This…
Posted in Better Coding, SQL
