December’s a great time to take stock, so I thought it would be worth sharing a roundup of the progress the SQL Monitor development team have made this year. I’m also really excited about what’s coming soon, so will share some insight into our plans for 2017. A busy 2016 Global Overview The new Global Overview... Read more
Every year since 2011, I’ve geared myself up to host SQL in the City in the confines of an event space, conference centre or hotel. The events have always delighted attendees and have proved to be successful but, in the spirit of change and innovation, we’re doing things differently for 2016. In two weeks’... Read more
Skyscanner, the Scottish company behind the popular travel search website, has already grown to considerable scale since it was founded by Gareth Williams in 2003. Williams was inspired to create the business by his own frustrations in trying to find the best deal for a skiing holiday. As the Skyscanner website describes it: “A... Read more
Software coding is never easy. We all know that. But what if you were given a challenge? In particular, what if you were asked to write a program to generate a maze, using any language you like, from Python to SQL to C#? The only constraint? To be able to demonstrate what you’ve done,... Read more
Mob programming is an emerging agile development approach for creating software. The whole development team gets in a room and works together on the same problem, at the same time, on a single computer. I spent a full week doing mob programming with my current team and I’d like to share my impressions and... Read more
In our series of blog posts about Version Control and the Database, we’ve explored the history of version control, why databases have some unique requirements, and why it’s important to include them in your VCS. In this concluding post, I focus on Redgate SQL Source Control and answer some fundamental questions about what it... Read more
Software development is a difficult and demanding discipline. It gets even more difficult when you bring teams of developers and database administrators together on a single project. One of the fundamental issues arises around the code itself. Who is responsible for what piece of it? What changes have they made? How do you get... Read more
The fledgling computer industry did not invent version control. It merely adopted practices that were already well established in industrial manufacturing and design, where large, complex machines such as aircraft, tanks or motor cars required a great deal of discipline, particularly in the technical drawing of components. It all started with engineering The engineering... Read more
When writing SQL, you can use SQL Prompt to quickly jump to some really handy formatting and refactoring actions. This little button right here is called the Actions List and it contains over 20 functions and snippets you can use in just a few keystrokes. Simply highlight your block of code and hit Ctrl,... Read more
Sheep jokes aside, we’re excited to announce the launch of our SQL Clone beta, which will be released on 28 November. We’ve spent the best part of 2016 gathering requirements, getting a technical preview into the wild, and listening to feedback from the 1,500 people who signed up to the early access program. We’re... Read more
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