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I was about 40 when a well-meaning vice president at my company pulled me aside at a party and told...

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Bjarne Strostrup, and Programmers With Class

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Neil Davidson

Extending the save file dialog class in .NET

The jigsaw with the missing piece - using the GetSaveFileName function to extend the Save File dialog class.…

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Phil Basham

Return on investment

How to justify the purchase of a new software development tool. You might believe the benefits are obvious, but others...

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Phil Basham

Win purchase decisions

Knowing how to Play the Game “Good morning, boss.” said Malcolm, one of my new staff, as I settled at...

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Simon Galbraith

Take emotion out of software purchasing decisions

Do you find indecision each time a purchase decision needs to be made, a requirements analysis can help you provide...

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Simon Galbraith

Outsourcing: does it reward theft?

A much greater percentage of corporate users in the developing world hack our licensing systems than do those in the...

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Helen Joyce

Understanding XML web services for testers

This White Paper investigates how XML web services are implemented, considers the customizable features of web services and looks at...

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Simon Galbraith

An automated solution for migrating database structures

Migrating database changes from the development database to the testing, staging, and live databases poses plenty of challenges. Learn why...

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Neil Davidson

Web Services Testing

This article aims to give an introduction to the challenges in testing web services, for those who do not have...

13 March 2003 13 min read

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Tracking tempdb growth

Is there coding life after 40?

Bjarne Strostrup, and Programmers With Class

Extending the save file dialog class in .NET

Return on investment

Win purchase decisions

Take emotion out of software purchasing decisions

Outsourcing: does it reward theft?

Understanding XML web services for testers

An automated solution for migrating database structures

Web Services Testing