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| February 2009 - Full Edition
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Year 11 Issue 2
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| Your full service technology partner!
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Expert guidance from working professionals!
 Wes Peterson
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Coding Services topic:
I.T. Strategies for Hard Times
by Wes Peterson
Difficult economic periods call for hard decisions. It's easy to be tempted to cut back on your IT expenditures but that can be a major mistake.
I.T. is the goose that's been laying the golden egg for businesses -for decades, now. You don't want to starve the goose; you want to tune it up. It's crystal-clear that computing has enabled businesses to reduce costs, and increase productivity.
Custom-written software is one of the major ways that businesses gain advantages in savings, profits and productivity. The reason is pretty simple: No two businesses, even in the same industry, do things the same way. Mass-produced software, even for a specific industry, seldom addresses every requirement of a given business.
Working Remotely with PS topic (classic post):
Upload a File to Prestwood / Download Files by Mike Prestwood
For file management (to and from you), we do not normally use FTP. Instead we use our My Uploads feature to both upload a file to Prestwood and to view existing account files.
To get to your uploads, from the main pull-down menu click My | More... | My Uploads. Use the Upload a File option to send us a file. Use the File Manager options to view existing files you and others have uploaded to your account and files attached to notes. You can add a note to your account, tickets, and PSDP items (tasks, defects, requirement items, etc). All note attachments also show up in your My Uploads area.
Technical Writing topic (classic post):
Guidelines for Good Sample Code by Peter Gruenbaum
Sample code often provides the quickest, clearest way to learn how an SDK works. If you have software engineering experience, then you should already know many principles for writing good code. However, what you may not realize is that some of the good practices that you learned for writing good production code do not apply to writing good sample code. Some techniques, such as comments and clear variable names, apply to both production code and sample code. However, there are good reasons to use hard-coded values in sample code, which should be avoided in production code, and there are good reasons to avoid object-oriented designs when writing sample code.
PrestwoodBoards topic (classic post):
New Version of Cross Reference EncyclopdediaI deployed yet another new version of my Cross Reference Computer
Language Encyclopedia. This new version of the software that drives the
cross reference data includes fixing defects and some minor
enhancements.
Check it out...
The Cross Reference Encyclopedia is also available from the pulldown menu (Programmer Community | Cross Reference Encyclopedia). Enhancements and fixes included:
- CrossRef stats replaced the ambiguous "Version 1.1a" on the main CrossRef page:
- Numerous browsing defects fixed. Previously, clicking around led to some unexpected data showing and in some cases no data.
- Removed
"View All" option and replaced it with a shorter "Overview" page. The
"View All" page was getting too long to be of much use so I
transitioned to a browse feature. You can still print out each category
so "grabbing" a printable version is still possible.
 Role-Based Tech Talk topic:
Crash, Bomb, Hang, and Deadlock by Scott Wehrly
This article explores and defines the following terms: crash, bomb, hang, deadlock, exception, fatal error, and blue screen of death.
 PSDP Step 1-Discovery topic (classic post):
Starting a Project with Prestwood IT by Mike Prestwood
The best way to get started is to submit a New Ticket. This ticket will be used to track your project. If you're ready to get started, you can open a support account and optionally pre-pay for some development hours.
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