The 21st Century has brought with it some amazing tools for programmers. However as many developers have gathered decades of experience a divide is forming between generations that can be challenging to navigate. Once a technologist, plumber, carpenter, or mechanic has their preferred “tool-set” it can become difficult for them to introduce new tools because […]
Yet Another Use for PHP
A recent project found us integrating an online SaaS with a MSSQL Order Entry system. The SaaS system used the hideous SOAP protocol, but PHP’s SoapClient class made quick work of that. “Unless you have a definitive reason to use SOAP use REST.” The order entry system followed Microsoft’s version of the development bible and […]
An Expensive Downgrade.
What percentage of development shops are pigeonholing their clients by their loyal adherence to their prescribed stack? Far too many. At V-Tek, we’ve found that .NET often fits quite nicely into our mostly open-source toolbox. Especially when our client already has an MS oriented product. Everything from raw library-less JavaScript, to RoR coding by convention, […]
Fancy Frameworks and Trendy Tech
I wonder if in a few years coding to spec will come back in style and I’ll have to start wearing skinny jeans and using a Mac. I kinda hope not. Coding to spec instead of trying to fit the spec into a subset of pre-existing modules is a nice niche. MVC and such are […]
Are you a Monoglot?
Technology is like a religion for some. If it ain’t in their language it must “suck”. We may be able to thank headhunters and job descriptions for this unnecessary level of specialization. Jobs often come with a laundry list of specific required skills and those specific skills are either the result of a monoglot project […]
What’s so good about PHP?
I’m biased, PHP is fantastic. It has evolved into a super-power among programming languages. I liked Java, I deplored VB, C# is OK (copy of Java), Ruby-on-Rails is really more 4G, but PHP is just a flat out a git-r-done scripting language. Here are some of my reasons: 1. Super fast! Considering it is an interpreted language […]