Rod at work (11/10/2015)

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...I wasn't even aware of unit testing until maybe 2 years ago. And I'm guessing when I had to take over that awful code (about 10 years...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (11/10/2015)

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Gary Varga (11/10/2015)

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Recent client has 6 millions line of code in COBOL, VB5 and PL/SQL (plus a little VB.NET and C# in the mix). It...

Yes but we need the combination of knowledge, skills,...

kate.fletcher 80760 (11/10/2015)

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30 years ago I rewrote the monthly payroll for a client who was waiting for some real work to come in and wanted to keep hold of me...

Where is that Like button? Ooops. Different website 😛

Jeff Moden (11/10/2015)

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Gary Varga (11/10/2015)

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I joined a project part way though and got ridiculed the week when I added the first unit test project to the solution. It had 1...

I have always found the term very apt. If you consider opening a fridge and get a rather pungent smell then food may be off or you might just have...

I joined a project part way though and got ridiculed the week when I added the first unit test project to the solution. It had 1 test.

By then end of...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (10/7/2015)

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I'm not sure what you want with a feature like this. You don't have this now. You have to build it, and ensure it works,...

The industry needs to improve in making it easier to write long lasting back end systems.

I believe that this is only achievable through the limitation of facilities available to the...

Possibly permissions as usually it is running under different credentials.

Recent client has 6 millions line of code in COBOL, VB5 and PL/SQL (plus a little VB.NET and C# in the mix). It was written in the mid-90s.

Their opinion is...

Smarter? I doubt it! We are all knowingly duped a lot of the time.

It can be "back in fashion" (i.e. popular) without ever going away.

Thanks Dave. Missed that lot. Reminds me of Google's missteps a year or so ago...and trying to avoid a federal fight. We end up just observers and victims this side...