Archive for July 2009

The Evolution of Music Explorer FX

July 31, 2009 5:24 PM

In the process of getting Music Explorer FX ready to be open sourced (which hopefully will happen any day now), I couldn’t help but take a trip down memory lane with some of the early iterations, which I thought I’d share here.

posted by Sten Anderson

Migration Life Cycle

July 25, 2009 9:37 PM

Migration Lifecycle – An overview One of the popular work in Software Projects are MIGRATIONS. In todays world it is much more important as everyday new technology emerges and we port existing application to new platforms to leverage its benefits. I have been lucky to work on some Migration Projects. Lets see what it is and what are the main stages and advantages with it.

posted by Rohit Srinath

Concatenating Row Values

July 25, 2009 9:11 PM

Concatenating Row Values Concatenating rows, when the value of one column is identical. Eg Data – Table1 ID Col1 1 Val1 2 Val2 3 Val3 3 Val4 Required Results ID Col1 1 Val1 2 Val2 3 Val3, Val4 If we are working with SQL Server 2005, we have a very quick SQL to accomplish it. We will use the query

posted by Rohit Srinath

Why Music Explorer FX Won the JavaFX Coding Challenge

July 17, 2009 3:24 PM

I’m a pretty big music fan, as anyone who follows my tweets (@chibridge) may have noticed, so I was excited to start playing around with Sten Anderson’s Music Explorer FX. As an admirer of both music and CityTech consultants, I was thrilled to hear that I wasn’t the only one who thought Music Explorer FX was great – so did Sun Microsystems, which named Music Explorer FX its first-place winner in the JavaFX Coding Challenge.

posted by Bridget Kulla

AppRelativeUrlReferrerExecutionFilePath

July 16, 2009 9:52 PM

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posted by Pat McLoughlin

Congrats to Sten Anderson, JavaFX Coding Challenge Winner

July 13, 2009 8:43 PM

Our consultants' passion for technology and commitment to innovation is amazing. I received a call from Sten Anderson last Friday evening informing me that he won the worldwide JavaFX Coding Challenge sponsored by Sun Microsystems with his Music Explorer FX rich internet application (RIA). I was thrilled to hear this news. Wow, first Music Explorer FX shows up on the Java App Store unveiling on stage at a JavaOne keynote, now it places first in a worldwide coding contest bringing $25,000 in prize money. Congratulations Sten!

posted by Matt Van Bergen

Five Reasons that Show My Switch to Groovy is Complete

July 7, 2009 3:30 AM

I’ve said that I’m “working with Groovy” so much in front of my family and non-programmer friends that they’ve given up making jokes about the 60’s and getting high, and have returned to general nerd-based jokes.

posted by Sten Anderson

How to make best use of Earned Value Management…

July 6, 2009 12:21 AM

What is Earned Value Management? It is a technique which can be used during the execution of any project in order to see if the project is progressing in a right direction. EVM will help reduce guesswork in Measuring Performance, Forecasting and also gets beyond misleading measures of progress.

posted by Rohit Srinath

My JavaFX 1.2 Blogging Contest Submission, by Sten Anderson

July 3, 2009 7:55 PM

The JavaFX team is running a contest for blogging about developer experience with the newly released 1.2 feature set. The top 10 posts each receive $500 USD. This blog post is my contest submission. —————-

posted by Sten Anderson

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