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Books For a Budding Programmer

Thursday, November 27, 2008

In speaking with my mentee today, he asked whether I had any recommendations for real-world programming books.  I had to think about this question for a minute because of its apparent misdirection.
Typically, any real-world programming is done with a variety of languages, so I can’t just pick out the books that I have used to […]

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Are those files exactly what you ordered?

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

…after all, how would you know?
Batch processing typically involves moving large data files (so called extracts) between systems. These data files include can include financial information, billing information, reports, blah blah blah. The thing I see very often is the verification and authentication of extracts…or rather, the lack of it. I believe […]

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