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  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    Jim P. (1/21/2014)


    Eric M Russell (1/21/2014)


    One feature that would be very useful in Excel is the option to create strongly typed columns or regions. That, and also column level NOT...

  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    chris.smith 91049 (1/21/2014)


    FunkyDexter (1/21/2014)


    I think we often forget that businesses don't exist to use our software or follow our procedures. They exist to deliver a product or service to...

  • RE: Better Writing

    djackson 22568 (1/21/2014)


    ...Basic rules about "I" and "E" are NOT taught at all!...

    Trouble with that is that the heuristic is misleading. In the Oxford English Dictionary there are more words...

  • RE: Better Writing

    CGSJohnson (1/21/2014)


    It may only get worse! I have heard of schools here in the US removing spelling from the teaching curriculum. They insist that they teach spelling through...

  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    I consider them more of an evolutionary prototype where eventually they MAY require a "proper" solution. Depends on all the factors previously mentioned (by me and others) and probably more...

  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    Yet Another DBA (1/21/2014)


    I have seen Excel being used by an insurance actuary and then someone promised that the same equations could be done in a "proper" language and...

  • RE: Better Writing

    SQLMickey (1/20/2014)


    I know you are not attacking me personally, but someone needs to stand up for the poor writer... Because they are afraid to have their writing judged.

    Personally, even where...

  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    In my experience many Excel solutions are business unit driven where I and other developers are brought in when it becomes untenable to keep Excel as the solution. As can...

  • RE: Picking Your Packaging

    Andy Warren (1/19/2014)


    You're right it's not about me. Of course. Sort of! I'm all in favor of doing the best thing for the company, but sometimes that isn't obvious. Imagine...

  • RE: Redundant Redundancy

    Jim P. (1/18/2014)


    ...The other part of it is to know when you have too many that it gets ignored...

    This is key. The same is true with the communications from my...

  • RE: Better Writing

    As I work freelance I have a common set of tasks when starting at a new place as it occurs so frequently. (Assuming MS Outlook but I also assume that...

  • RE: We're not craftsmen and craftswomen

    If you would like to do it "right" but cannot because of restraints outside of ones control then, of course, there is no suggestion of being an amateur. This is...

  • RE: Picking Your Packaging

    Long term maintainability is the key. Given that the original coder is often unavailable (left or busy) it is essential that any piece of code is as easy to pick...

  • RE: We're not craftsmen and craftswomen

    Tom Bakerman (1/16/2014)


    Gary Varga (1/16/2014)


    Luis Cazares (1/15/2014)


    Tom Bakerman (1/15/2014)


    Luis Cazares (1/15/2014)


    In my experience, doing just enough to complete a job has resulted (most of the times) in errors that require...

  • RE: Step Up, Don’t Step Back

    Not military related but I was working on a project as a C++ developer. We were creating a web application using ASP calling COM objects developed in C++. Towards the...

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