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DATABASE: WORD OF THE WEEK
Database. No matter what anyone tells you, a spreadsheet is not a database. Like a replicant in Blade Runner, they may look the same – but they are not. Databases are repositories to hold data in a structured format, and yes, so are spreadsheets. However, a spreadsheet is not a database. A database has powerful relationships th... more
OUR SIMPLEST PINTEREST SHARINGEST TOOL
When confronted with a creative or technical problem I search for a solution. If I can’t find one, I make one. That's why I love being a developer. Who says we don't make anything anymore? The great thing about code is that you are working with the most fundamental of tools. Like a metal worker, I don’t do it all with hand tools.... more
OBJECT: WORD OF THE WEEK
An object. Normally we can touch, smell and see an object. Not so in coding, but we can do one thing just like in real life: interact. Objects form the basis of interaction on the Internet, on your iPad, heck even your toaster may have a basic OOP language. Now before the programmers reading this get their keyboards in an uproar, there are other langu... more
PROGRAMMERS WORD OF THE WEEK
Class. Welcome to it. In this weekly series of articles I’ll be covering off on some tech terminology designed to help the marketer in you communicate in the double meaning, acronym-heavy swampland that is what programmers verbally sling around “in secret” on any given day. Our first word: Class. Like an author writing a ... more
