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Got A Project? Just Get It Done!
There are thousands of creative people in the world but it seems only a handful get their projects done. Many folks have come to me with the “I have an idea for a great website” or the “I have this great application that needs to be coded” comments but nothing ever arises from it. In [...]
Expect The Unexpected: Handle Your Errors!
Everyone wants to think they’re a great programmer. Great programmers create bugs just like greenhorn programmers, the difference is, great programmers can turn around bugs quicker. How do they turn bugs into working code so fast? History always repeats itself Handle error cases up front Remember, history always repeats itself. You’ll find yourself making the [...]
Why Write A Functional Specification?
Yet another lost art, the functional specification. Many large development firms require months of functional specifications and round table reviews before going live with a project. Why? Perhaps, to throw “red tape” at a problem when you could be coding the solution right this instant? There is something these big companies have learned which many [...]
Experiences with Drupal E-Commerce And Coupons
So I’ve taken on a challenge that must be executed to exact precision. Designing a coupon system for the Drupal E-Commerce CMS. Why? Because I’ve found the stock contributed module for Drupal which does coupons is poor. Not to take anything away from the tremendous effort to design a free module, but the design doesn’t [...]
2old2play Still Off Line (sorry)
To all the 2old2play members and users out there, I’m sorry. I have been working on the site maintenance all weekend and still have a TON of stuff that needs to be worked out. The database is just SOOOO much bigger then I thought and going line by line seems to be my only real [...]