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Archive
20 July 2004
Agile data modeling
Evolutionary, and more often agile, approaches are the norm for modern development projects. Data professionals can also work in an agile manner -- if they choose to.
Scott Ambler gives 7 tips for the agile data professionals.
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XML-'Reloaded' PHP5
XML-'Reloaded' PHP5 Released"Apache-backed PHP Group, which oversees one of the most popular open source scripting languages, officially released PHP version 5.0 Tuesday.SimpleXML, a new XML extension enhancement, enables easier access and manipulation of XML components as PHP objects.
Where there's XML, Web services are usually found too. In that regard, PHP 5 includes a built-in SOAP extension that permits Web Services interoperability."
12 July 2004
Mozilla gains on IE
PCWorld.com - Mozilla gains on IE"A series of highly publicized security vulnerabilities found in Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser may be having an effect on the browser's market share, according to data compiled by WebSideStory, a San Diego Web metrics company. Over the last month, Internet Explorer's share of the browser market dropped by 1 percent, the first noticeable decline since WebSideStory began tracking the browser market in late 1999."
07 July 2004
Are the Browser Wars Back?
Disclosure: Microsoft owns Slate..."Are the Browser Wars Back? How Mozilla's Firefox trumps Internet Explorer."
05 July 2004
US government bans IE
According to a lot of other sources, this US-CERT announcement led to a run on Mozilla and Firefox. It's download time, I guess."Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) does not adequately validate the security context of a frame that has been redirected by a web server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to evaluate script in different security domains. By causing script to be evaluated in the Local Machine Zone, the attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running IE."
02 July 2004
The Tortoise and the Hare
The Tortoise and the Hare"Writing software is like a tractor pull. You start out fast without a lot of friction. Productivity is high, and you get a lot done. But the more you write the harder it gets to write more. The weight is being dragged up over the shoe. The more you write the more the mess builds. Productivity slows. Overtime increases. Teams grow larger. More and more code is piled up over the shoe, and the development team grinds to a halt unable to pull the huge mass of code any farther through the mud."
01 July 2004
Reporting Services
Reporting Services is beneficial to Analysis Services customers. Features include centralized report storage and management, control over how reports are processed or administered, and the ability to quickly change report formats (HTML, Excel, PDF, etc.).
Here is an interesting article about it, including sample code for download.
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