Comments for willcodeforcoffee.com http://willcodeforcoffee.com The personal programming blog of Eric Hoff. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:37:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on My New Laptop: Sony Vaio VGN-FW265D by Ibrahim http://willcodeforcoffee.com/2008/11/07/my-new-laptop-sony-vaio-vgn-fw265d/comment-page-1/#comment-935 Ibrahim Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:37:57 +0000 http://willcodeforcoffee.com/?p=54#comment-935 I have the same model. I installed ubuntu 10.10 on it and it is wonderful. I can't play Blue Ray disk on it now. As you mentioned the mouse pad can't be disabled, it would have made it even nicer had it have that feature. Otherwise it is great. I have the same model. I installed ubuntu 10.10 on it and it is wonderful. I can’t play Blue Ray disk on it now. As you mentioned the mouse pad can’t be disabled, it would have made it even nicer had it have that feature. Otherwise it is great.

]]> Comment on What Makes A Good ORM? by eric http://willcodeforcoffee.com/2009/09/21/what-makes-a-good-orm/comment-page-1/#comment-927 eric Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:55:07 +0000 http://willcodeforcoffee.com/?p=106#comment-927 LLBLGen Pro is not free, or open source. Interestingly it does support NHibernate and Entity Framework, though. I've heard a lot of good things about it, but I'm personally so invested in NHibernate now that I don't know why I would pay for one. Also, with NH and Fluent NHibernate configuration I've been able to get going really quickly on my projects just by auto-mapping C# POCO entities! Who needs a designer? I work in code! :) LLBLGen Pro is not free, or open source. Interestingly it does support NHibernate and Entity Framework, though. I’ve heard a lot of good things about it, but I’m personally so invested in NHibernate now that I don’t know why I would pay for one. Also, with NH and Fluent NHibernate configuration I’ve been able to get going really quickly on my projects just by auto-mapping C# POCO entities! Who needs a designer? I work in code! :)

]]> Comment on What Makes A Good ORM? by Chris Dunsing http://willcodeforcoffee.com/2009/09/21/what-makes-a-good-orm/comment-page-1/#comment-926 Chris Dunsing Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:38:35 +0000 http://willcodeforcoffee.com/?p=106#comment-926 I have been using LLBLGen Pro and have been fully satisfied with it; aside from some small headaches while refreshing database schemas. Have you come across that in your travels? What were your thoughts on it. I have been using LLBLGen Pro and have been fully satisfied with it; aside from some small headaches while refreshing database schemas. Have you come across that in your travels? What were your thoughts on it.

]]> Comment on Windows Phone 7 Thoughts by Tweets that mention willcodeforcoffee.com » Blog Archive » Windows Phone 7 Thoughts -- Topsy.com http://willcodeforcoffee.com/2010/10/08/windows-phone-7-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-882 Tweets that mention willcodeforcoffee.com » Blog Archive » Windows Phone 7 Thoughts -- Topsy.com Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:14:49 +0000 http://willcodeforcoffee.com/?p=135#comment-882 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Wallace B. McClure, willcode4coffee. willcode4coffee said: I blogged my thoughts on Windows Phone 7 here: http://bit.ly/buXQMb #WP7 #wp7dev #android #iphone #blackberry #mobile [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Wallace B. McClure, willcode4coffee. willcode4coffee said: I blogged my thoughts on Windows Phone 7 here: http://bit.ly/buXQMb #WP7 #wp7dev #android #iphone #blackberry #mobile [...]

]]> Comment on How the iPad won me over by eric http://willcodeforcoffee.com/2010/10/05/how-the-ipad-won-me-over/comment-page-1/#comment-881 eric Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:36:39 +0000 http://willcodeforcoffee.com/?p=125#comment-881 Hi R, Thank you for the great question. But I think you missed the real hard-hitting question of: How does the iPad work with Microsoft's Silverlight? The answer to both questions is no. They don't work. And surprisingly the Internet survived without Flash. Probably the main reason "people" wanted Flash support on the iPad (and the iPhone) is because so many animated web ads are provided that way. They will find a way to deliver ads and content another way, and most sites do. -Eric Hi R,
Thank you for the great question. But I think you missed the real hard-hitting question of: How does the iPad work with Microsoft’s Silverlight?
The answer to both questions is no. They don’t work. And surprisingly the Internet survived without Flash. Probably the main reason “people” wanted Flash support on the iPad (and the iPhone) is because so many animated web ads are provided that way. They will find a way to deliver ads and content another way, and most sites do.
-Eric

]]> Comment on How the iPad won me over by R http://willcodeforcoffee.com/2010/10/05/how-the-ipad-won-me-over/comment-page-1/#comment-877 R Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:48:04 +0000 http://willcodeforcoffee.com/?p=125#comment-877 How does the iPad work with flash? How does the iPad work with flash?

]]> Comment on NoSQL and the End of Object Relational Models by eric http://willcodeforcoffee.com/2010/03/02/nosql-and-the-end-of-object-relational-models/comment-page-1/#comment-481 eric Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:41:58 +0000 http://willcodeforcoffee.com/?p=121#comment-481 Thanks for the comment Bart! I suppose one of the points that I should have touched was the fact most developers and architects are experienced and comfortable with the the Relational Model and they are <strong>not</strong> comfortable with a NoSQL model. It did not surprise me at all that Microsoft's customers wanted an RDB because Relational is proven. Azure isn't (only because it is still so new), so it might be risky. Learning a new technology is fun for one developer, hard for a team - and even harder when migrating an existing project. Having to switch only one technology at a time reduces some risk. It will take baby steps to move into the Cloud just like it will take baby steps to move into a NoSQL domain. I still think the two will be linked. Personally, I think that Azure is one of the best options available because of the choices. I also think that offering SQL Azure was a good decision. At the moment, it is hard to say what will affect a customer's or architect's about using Azure's services and which services they use, but as comfort with Cloud services increases I think we might see more Architects switching to Azure Storage. Thanks for the comment Bart!
I suppose one of the points that I should have touched was the fact most developers and architects are experienced and comfortable with the the Relational Model and they are not comfortable with a NoSQL model. It did not surprise me at all that Microsoft’s customers wanted an RDB because Relational is proven. Azure isn’t (only because it is still so new), so it might be risky. Learning a new technology is fun for one developer, hard for a team – and even harder when migrating an existing project. Having to switch only one technology at a time reduces some risk.
It will take baby steps to move into the Cloud just like it will take baby steps to move into a NoSQL domain. I still think the two will be linked.
Personally, I think that Azure is one of the best options available because of the choices. I also think that offering SQL Azure was a good decision. At the moment, it is hard to say what will affect a customer’s or architect’s about using Azure’s services and which services they use, but as comfort with Cloud services increases I think we might see more Architects switching to Azure Storage.

]]> Comment on NoSQL and the End of Object Relational Models by Bart Robertson http://willcodeforcoffee.com/2010/03/02/nosql-and-the-end-of-object-relational-models/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Bart Robertson Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:44:32 +0000 http://willcodeforcoffee.com/?p=121#comment-480 Disclaimer: The opinions are my own and not necessarily those of my employer, Microsoft. Having spent the last year plus working heavily with Windows Azure and SQL Azure, there are definitely some benefits to Azure storage, particularly in the prototype / proof-of-concept phase. Azure Storage also scales well, so if you’re building a “mega-service”, Azure Storage is a great choice. As an architect, you should definitely evaluate and understand the NoSQL options and their trade-offs vs. the relational DB options. The SQL Azure team made a very difficult decision last spring to go away from the NoSQL approach and, instead, provide a relational database in the cloud. The feedback from our customers was loud and clear – we want our relational database. While it’s easy to get excited about the promise of NoSQL, RDBs have had decades to mature, and you very quickly start to miss features that you take for granted with a modern RDB. As SQL Azure matures, the features and capabilities will continue to increase, as will the value of an RDB in the cloud. The great news about the Windows Azure platform is that it provides choices that allow you to make the best decisions given the requirements, so it’s possible to leverage the best of on-premise, the cloud, NoSQL and a full-featured relational database like SQL Server. Disclaimer: The opinions are my own and not necessarily those of my employer, Microsoft.

Having spent the last year plus working heavily with Windows Azure and SQL Azure, there are definitely some benefits to Azure storage, particularly in the prototype / proof-of-concept phase. Azure Storage also scales well, so if you’re building a “mega-service”, Azure Storage is a great choice. As an architect, you should definitely evaluate and understand the NoSQL options and their trade-offs vs. the relational DB options.

The SQL Azure team made a very difficult decision last spring to go away from the NoSQL approach and, instead, provide a relational database in the cloud. The feedback from our customers was loud and clear – we want our relational database. While it’s easy to get excited about the promise of NoSQL, RDBs have had decades to mature, and you very quickly start to miss features that you take for granted with a modern RDB. As SQL Azure matures, the features and capabilities will continue to increase, as will the value of an RDB in the cloud. The great news about the Windows Azure platform is that it provides choices that allow you to make the best decisions given the requirements, so it’s possible to leverage the best of on-premise, the cloud, NoSQL and a full-featured relational database like SQL Server.

]]> Comment on CakePHP: Error 500 Too Many Redirects by bancer http://willcodeforcoffee.com/2007/01/31/cakephp-error-500-too-many-redirects/comment-page-1/#comment-217 bancer Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:04:30 +0000 http://willcodeforcoffee.com/?p=14#comment-217 That is in the manual http://book.cakephp.org/view/37/Apache-and-mod_rewrite-and-htaccess That is in the manual http://book.cakephp.org/view/37/Apache-and-mod_rewrite-and-htaccess

]]> Comment on A New Start, A New Discipline by eric http://willcodeforcoffee.com/2009/09/14/a-new-start-a-new-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-177 eric Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:27:04 +0000 http://willcodeforcoffee.com/?p=103#comment-177 Thanks Jenna. It's so good to have such a wonderful wife who supports me. Thanks Jenna. It’s so good to have such a wonderful wife who supports me.

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