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Thursday, March 27. 2008

Less is more

A couple of general rules for programmers are: do not put too much code in one function and use a name that covers the content of it. If you still have a lot of code, try to split it up in different functions and move specific low level code to separate files. And remember: a good programmer doesn't hesitate to throw away superfluous code.

Too much information
However, the Less is More rule does not only apply to programmers and their code.

Right after posting this blog, a colleague asked:
"Can't you just tell me what your blog is about, so I don't have to read it completely?"
Well.. that's exactly what this blog is about!

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Posted by Jeroen van Sluijs --> at 16:09 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Friday, March 7. 2008

Other customers and projects

A few years ago we worked for other customers, had fewer projects and a smaller geographic workfield than today. Today we operate in the whole country and also in Belgium, the UK and Scandinavia. We obviously have expanded our work field. Furthermore the assignments we do today have a shorter lead time, are larger and more complex than before.

A few years ago we focused more on the development. We started an assignment without or with only a small description of the required functionality. Today we are really convinced that a project won't succeed without a comprehensively functional and technical design. When we noticed the need of the designs we specialized developers in this initial part of an assignment . We also added the design phases, functional and technical, to our standard process.

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Posted by Anouk Ilic --> at 10:50 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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Tuesday, January 22. 2008

My First Blog

I am delighted to be in the fast-moving world of PHP web application development. I thought I would occasionally put down some feedback from 'the field', as sales people call the (real?) world out there.

We are talking to many companies who depend on PHP for revenues, and who see Ibuildings as a natural partner and friend. They are delighted to find a professional, well-established organisation that backs-up the Zend products and initiatives with a trusted delivery capabilility.

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Posted by Paul Wander --> at 17:17 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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