Archives for Language features, Development Methodologies - Page 14
Tfs Server (2012 and above) installation and Configuration gotchas
Tfs requires SQL Server to be installed - and of late, it more or less mandates SQL Server Reporting Services be installed as well. I learnt this the hard way…
TFS 2012–Features, Typical Enterprise Architecture and Cloud Hosting
TFS 2012 has a lot of new features to ; Adding project management features to make it a one-stop solution for larger projects, it now offers Agile and Scrum templates.…
Migrating TSQL to PLSQL or vice versa
From TSQL to PLSQL Apart from syntax differences, there are a host of logical differences - For TSQL procedures that use temp tables or locks have no counterpart in Oracle…
SQL Server–Server versus Database Roles for application developers
App developers typically require ownership of the database that they are working on. This translates to giving them dbo (DB Owner) rights on the database. A dbo can do almost…
Architectural Patterns for dealing with Network Latency
More often than not, an n-Tier has a tier that needs to communicate across a network. More often than not, network latency issues are beyond the control of the software…
Big Data Myths
Good read on current misunderstandings with BigData. It is not just about Volume (of data) – but also Variety (of data) and Velocity (of changes).
Visual Studio 2013 javascript error while running in DEBUG mode
If you encounter a javascript error only when running through Visual Studio (and not standalone), then you are probably running into this new feature in Visual Studio 2013 – called…
Component based design versus Object oriented design
Object oriented design starts with either an inheritance hierarchy or an interface based design. Component based design also uses Object oriented concepts, but instead of inheritance (or interfaces), utilizes object…
Take an existing PPT theme and apply it to another presentation
I don’t know why Microsoft has to change things around completely with every new release of MS Office. However, if you have an existing MS PPT 2010 presentation – and…
Changing default font in Outlook
I do not like the default Outlook fonts. I prefer Palatino Linotype for all my new messages. In addition, I like to specifically mark MY responses – in an email…