I cannot say enough about learning which tools use when. It is only through experience will you ever learn this discipline. I have learned when to use a handful of tools and how often. I have also learned that sometimes there is overhead that can make your projects bloated; therefore, I often create my own ( although some may argue against it).
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Category: Personal Thoughts
My Story
Here is my story as a developer. I started out playing on Commodore 64 in elementary school. I would have to give a lot of credit to the Librarian at Valleyview Public School. He had allowed me to work with him, set up computers and actually spend time on the computers. Continue reading My Story
Sometimes You Just Need a Smile
Sometimes you just need a smile. Like most, I have good, bad and terrible days, but I found something that makes me smile. Like a lot of developers, I have a few vendor stickers on my equipment.
My kids noticed this and thought I need more stickers. Oh – Oh! Is dad going to be upset? Nope! Continue reading Sometimes You Just Need a Smile
Developers are Artists
My New Favourite Quote – Applies Nicely To My Week
S3/E06 (37:01): “Well, Conny, there are snakes that go months without eating. And then they finally catch something, but they’re so hungry that they suffocate while they’re eating. One opportunity at a time.” (Don Draper)
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Where Did All The Respect Go
Something is wrong in the world today and I don’t know what it is. Something has changed in the way we do business with each other. Common courtesy is not as common as it once was. There is definitely a lack of respect for people. Time to go back to old school approaches.
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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 way. DotNet can be absolutely daunting to a designer who is used to working with HTML or PHP, but using your designer as you build your application will make things easier for everyone.
If I have my way; I like to work with the design first and then do my coding as this provides the best results and the least stress for everyone involved.
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Microsoft MVC vrs WebForms – What do you prefer
I recently had a lively discussion with a colleague over what is better Microsoft MVC or WebForms. My friend had stated he liked MVC because it kept his code organized and clean. He also stated that he has seen many WebForm projects that was just a mess of spaghetti like code. My response was simple; It is all about developer discipline. If the coder is well disciplined and refactored their work rather than just keep stacking on band aides and fixes, the code would be clean and organized.
I think it was said well “It is the latest craze!”. Continue reading Microsoft MVC vrs WebForms – What do you prefer
All The Small Things
All the small things are often forgotten. In software development we are taught to take a large problem and break it down to its smallest component. Often as software developer we can make a daunting task less complicated by following the smallest component rule. This is the same in life. Did you know life can be broken down to its smallest component? Continue reading All The Small Things
Development Team Relationships
This week I pushed out some old blogs outlining the relationships between senior and more junior developers. I did this because I thought it was very important to listen to each other. We can all learn from old and new experiences. Continue reading Development Team Relationships