Ted's Rants and Raves by Ted M. Young Comments http://tedyoung.blogsome.com It's the People and the Process: Pay attention to the People doing the as well as the Process. If the people don't work well together, no process will help. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:45:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Did You Know? http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2008/03/05/thanks-jetbrains/#comment-10 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:32:37 +0100 http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2008/03/05/thanks-jetbrains/#comment-10 very nice blog... God Bless!!! can we xlinks??? very nice blog… God Bless!!! can we xlinks???

]]> by: Hamlet D'Arcy http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2008/02/21/intellij-idea-tip-quick-lists/#comment-9 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:37:31 +0000 http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2008/02/21/intellij-idea-tip-quick-lists/#comment-9 This is a great tip thanks. This is a great tip thanks.

]]> by: Hamlet D'Arcy http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2008/03/03/intellij-idea-structure101-companion/#comment-8 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:24:17 +0000 http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2008/03/03/intellij-idea-structure101-companion/#comment-8 I thought the 12 minute video overview provided a pretty good backgrounder. http://www.headwaysoftware.com/products/structure101/demos/structure101overview_viewlet_swf.html It looks like JetBrains might have bought Structure 101 from Headway Software? When you get around to reviewing it, it might be useful to provide a history on the product. Please review it though, I don't have time myself! I thought the 12 minute video overview provided a pretty good backgrounder. http://www.headwaysoftware.com/products/structure101/demos/structure101overview_viewlet_swf.html

It looks like JetBrains might have bought Structure 101 from Headway Software? When you get around to reviewing it, it might be useful to provide a history on the product. Please review it though, I don’t have time myself!

]]> by: Georges http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2008/02/21/intellij-idea-tip-quick-lists/#comment-7 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:38:16 +0000 http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2008/02/21/intellij-idea-tip-quick-lists/#comment-7 Really nice - thanx Really nice - thanx

]]> by: Hans http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2008/03/05/thanks-jetbrains/#comment-6 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:10:00 +0000 http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2008/03/05/thanks-jetbrains/#comment-6 Hi Ted, my cat is also reading your blog, so your dog is not alone :-) I am a IntelliJ-Developer since 2.x and I love it. I always feel so sad for those colleages forced to use Ecli... other IDE's because of some project chief's decision. Like a carpenter who is forced to use a hammer from his client instead of using it's own. Cheers and keep on writing, it makes me smile Hans Hi Ted, my cat is also reading your blog, so your dog is not alone :-)

I am a IntelliJ-Developer since 2.x and I love it. I always feel so sad for those colleages forced to use Ecli… other IDE’s because of some project chief’s decision. Like a carpenter who is forced to use a hammer from his client instead of using it’s own.

Cheers and keep on writing, it makes me smile
Hans

]]> by: Thibaut http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2008/02/27/intellij-idea-tip-change-background-color-for-read-only-files/#comment-5 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:15:29 +0000 http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2008/02/27/intellij-idea-tip-change-background-color-for-read-only-files/#comment-5 Nice tip, I hadn't thought about it before but it proves useful :) Nice tip, I hadn’t thought about it before but it proves useful :)

]]> by: Tech Per http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/why-im-not-using-adobe-flex-yet/#comment-4 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:34:05 +0000 http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2008/03/01/why-im-not-using-adobe-flex-yet/#comment-4 Actually, the source for the flex framework <em>is</em> available. Its "just" the flashplayer, that isn't :-) But that is also pretty darn irritating. But, .. you compare it to how you could do better in Java. Actually, you have not, until very recently, been able to look into the sources of the JVM. And the JVM is the correct part to compare to the flashplayer. I have a lot of the same thoughts as you, on the value of open source. But, it shouldn't keep you from trying flex. It really is great. Actually, the source for the flex framework is available. Its “just” the flashplayer, that isn’t :-) But that is also pretty darn irritating.

But, .. you compare it to how you could do better in Java. Actually, you have not, until very recently, been able to look into the sources of the JVM. And the JVM is the correct part to compare to the flashplayer.

I have a lot of the same thoughts as you, on the value of open source. But, it shouldn’t keep you from trying flex. It really is great.

]]> by: Jiles http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2007/04/17/the-4000-error-message/#comment-3 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:10:37 +0100 http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2007/04/17/the-4000-error-message/#comment-3 Also my impression of them is all the good developers must've jumped ship once they got bought out by the black hole of software known as computer associates. The thing has been in maintenance mode ever since. Also my impression of them is all the good developers must’ve jumped ship once they got bought out by the black hole of software known as computer associates. The thing has been in maintenance mode ever since.

]]> by: Jiles Lanpe http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2007/04/17/the-4000-error-message/#comment-2 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:07:45 +0100 http://tedyoung.blogsome.com/2007/04/17/the-4000-error-message/#comment-2 I feel your pain. What your client machine is missing is a crusty old database API DB-LIB. No longer supported in sql2005, you have to copy a DLL to your system directory--it can be found on either the erwin setup disk or a sql2000 client installer. The DLL’s name is “NTWDBLIB.DLL”. Nice testing process the folks at CA have. “Start up Erwin. Connect to SQL 2005. Testing done.” However yes, Erwin is truly awful. It seems riddled with bugs--switching between logical and physical models and renaming columns is a nightmare—don’t even bother using the combined model mode. And very little attention was paid to UI efficiency. How many times I need to click a bunch of buttons over and over for every single column to do some tedious task—ugh. Do anything fancy, like creating templates that create code for you...another headache that just isn't worth it. If you are proficient with the system catalogs, you're better off writing straight DDL SQL and using MSSQL's diagrams, I think. I'm curious to know if the whole market sector makes such half assed products. Is power designer this bad? Embarcadero looks pretty old and crusty, although I haven't used it much. I feel your pain. What your client machine is missing is a crusty old database API DB-LIB. No longer supported in sql2005, you have to copy a DLL to your system directory–it can be found on either the erwin setup disk or a sql2000 client installer. The DLL’s name is “NTWDBLIB.DLL”. Nice testing process the folks at CA have. “Start up Erwin. Connect to SQL 2005. Testing done.”

However yes, Erwin is truly awful. It seems riddled with bugs–switching between logical and physical models and renaming columns is a nightmare—don’t even bother using the combined model mode. And very little attention was paid to UI efficiency. How many times I need to click a bunch of buttons over and over for every single column to do some tedious task—ugh. Do anything fancy, like creating templates that create code for you…another headache that just isn’t worth it. If you are proficient with the system catalogs, you’re better off writing straight DDL SQL and using MSSQL’s diagrams, I think.

I’m curious to know if the whole market sector makes such half assed products. Is power designer this bad? Embarcadero looks pretty old and crusty, although I haven’t used it much.

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