Brian Knoblauch

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Just another nobody out in the world, banging out some code from time to time...

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2d	comment	How to decide between using an existing eCommerce solution and building your own? Good point, this is another issue with the off the shelf ones I looked at. Multiple facility/business/pricing combinations are one thing that none of them really seem to handle very well.
2d	comment	How to decide between using an existing eCommerce solution and building your own? The one thing that the common off the shelf ones seem to fall short on are custom configurators. If you've got a highly customized product that you're selling, make sure the platform can handle your requirements!
May 20	comment	Why isn't Java used for modern web application development? A lot of hatred towards JSF2 form @CraigRinger in these comments. :-) What is it about it that irks you? I found it complex to start with, but once I got going, I love it. Of course, I was using Spring before that, so anything else is going to look like an improvement... :-)
May 2	comment	How does a programmer used to static languages cope with lack of Javascript tooling I feel your pain. Dropping down into javascript is the web version of dropping down into assembly language on the client side. It can certainly be fun, but the toolsets are weak and productivity definitely drops with all the extra work you have to do. That's life in programming though. Not everything gets to be done at the highest level of abstraction. :-)
May 2	comment	how safe/sane is it to use git for deployment on my webapp production server? The update security isn't what I was warned about. The issue was with having the version control files on a box that can be accessed from the Internet. Something about being able to glean details from it that can be used to form an attack on either the exposed system and/or the dev computers? I really wish I could find the details again. I didn't keep track of them, I just walked away with the knowledge that there's no safe way (at that time, about a year ago) to allow version control deployment to servers exposed to the open Internet. :-)
May 1	comment	how safe/sane is it to use git for deployment on my webapp production server? I'm surprised that's something that hosting sites would do. I've always been told (by security minded folk) that it's a disastrous security hole and should never be done. :-)
May 1	comment	Is JSF really ready to deliver high performance web applications? I don't use JSF on highly loaded servers, but for light usage it's VERY fast, even when handling a lot of data. I've done a few custom apps for manufacturing in it and was impressed to the point where it's my primary web tool now.
May 1	comment	Are you a member of a trade union? @bit-twiddler Sounds like you've had some really bad experiences. I've worked at a number of places in my career and none of them required uncompensated overtime (or overtime at all). They've all been great to work for. I hear the high-tech sweatshop thing from sysadmins that I know, but not from any programmers. Are you in the gaming industry? I have read articles about how abusive that one particular industry is to programmers.
Apr 26	comment	How to motivate team for knowledge sharing sessions Not sure it can be done for free. Around here if you want anyone to show up for anything, it's going to require pizza. :-)
Apr 8	comment	Reasons NOT to use JSF Huh. If you can't handle JSF, what will you use? JSF is the lightweight, easy way to do things on the web (which is why I use it... I don't have time to learn all the stuff to do it the other ways mentioned!). As far as the output stuff, the only complaint I ever hear is about the use of tables. And in that regard the new thinking is that they're just fine. The old school way was to avoid tables at all costs, due to the way they were abused, but time has reversed that "best practice".
Apr 3	comment	Is Groovy going away? I've run across a local shop using Groovy now! However, I've still yet to meet anyone that uses Grails.
Mar 8	comment	Extreme Programming Daily Commits I'm always amazed that there are people that don't commit multiple times per day. Making small changes and merging repeatedly is the best way to avoid horrible debugging sessions in the future.
Mar 7	comment	Is memory management in programming becoming an irrelevant concern? I disagree with Jeff O. Mobile device capability is exploding so fast that I expect we'll very soon end up in the same boat as PCs (with having RAM and processing to spare). That's a good thing. Higher level development makes it faster & easier to knock out useful apps, but at the cost of RAM and processing.
Feb 7	comment	If I hire you for “a day”, how many hours are expected? In my region of the USA, when a salaried worker goes in for "1 day", 9 hours of physical presence with 0.5 hour of lunch is the typical expectation.
Jan 25	comment	Is Groovy going away? Looking around, nobody I know uses Groovy these days and there aren't any Groovy job listings being advertised in my area. So, sure doesn't look good for it. I'm sure it's in use, but it's not a mainstream technology around here.
Jan 16	comment	Developing on a production server Sometimes it's a requirement. Such as shops that license expensive software and don't have the budget for a second copy just for dev work.
Jan 11	comment	What are the Advantages of a “Combined” Getter/Setter VS Individual Methods? I used to like the get/set split method (thinking it made the code more "obvious"), but I'm finding the overloaded getter/setter pattern more attractive these days. It can make the code cleaner. I've never found myself liking Mr. Fowler's compromise. It seems to me that it's the worst of both worlds.
Jan 8	comment	Should your best programmers have to check everyone else's code into source control? @Doc Brown - One could argue that, but you'd be just plain wrong. :-)
Jan 7	comment	Should your best programmers have to check everyone else's code into source control? This. If you're committing without unit and build tests, having a code review requirement is an imperfect bandage.
Dec 3	comment	Test driven vs Business requirements constant changing I just thought that was normal. When (which is only part of the time) I do TDD I find that I spend way more time writing tests than production code since the conditions keep changing. Doesn't mean it's not useful. Just means you get to write a lot more tests...