Skill Development

Sanity, Strategy, Sustainability: The New World of Verification Platforms

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EDT

The lines between embedded and enterprise computing are blurring. As embedded devices become more and more networked, they form a perimeter at the edge of our enterprise data centers and a rich source of real-time, real-world information. These newcomers to the enterprise are coming of age. Embedded computing is moving beyond the world of hidden computing and a behind-the-scenes role in military and industrial applications.

Migration of Existing EAS 5.x Applications to EAS 6

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:00:00 EDT

In this paper we'll be discussing the migration of existing EAServer applications to EAServer 6. Because of architecture changes in EAServer, an explicit migration is needed; whereas with previous versions you could simply upgrade an existing installation or install and sync the entities.

A PowerBuilder Challenge

Mon, 09 May 2005 12:00:00 EDT

PowerBuilder contains so many features and capabilities that it's hard to fully understand and learn all of them when you're caught up in the 'daily grind.' A good way to deal with this is to create a skill-developing challenge. In most cases, I try to do something that I figure can't be done in PowerBuilder.

Revolutionizing the Way We Learn

Mon, 01 Jul 2002 16:00:00 EDT

To meet today's aggressive business goals and stay current with rapidly changing technological demands, companies must find new methods for training their employees. Issues related to travel restrictions, increased costs, and employee productivity have made this mission-critical to the ongoing success of any enterprise.

A New Methodology for Retraining the IT Workforce

Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:00:00 EDT

As everyone working in the IT business is aware, the technology we use to develop our applications is constantly changing. Keeping abreast of the latest trends and practices could be a full-time job for developers, leaving no time for productive work.

The Power To Print...

Sun, 01 Jul 2001 17:00:00 EDT

The latest PowerBuilder productivity enhancements will make our jobs as developers easier and reduce development time. Among the many improvements in PowerBuilder 8 are the additions to PowerScript of four printer functions that support changing the default printer and its document properties. These functions, printGetPrinter, printGetPrinters, printSetPrinter, and printSetupPrinter, implement library routines that, in previous versions of PowerBuilder, would have required external function calls or the use of third-party products.