by Kyle Versaw | Jul 9, 2020 | Our Engineering, Software Development Tips & Tricks
I was working on a project recently where we needed to embed a Power BI report into a .NET web application. In talking with one of our other engineers, I quickly got the feeling this might be a fairly involved endeavor, and that it would take some trial and error to...
by Chad Michel | Jul 7, 2020 | Our Engineering, Software Engineering
The adage “Many hands make light work” is something we often take for granted. If we get a lot of people working together on a particular task, we can quickly knock it out. Think of stocking shelves as an example. The more people you have, the quicker you...
by Russ Guill | Jul 3, 2020 | DPL Reading List
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. Two record DDoSes disclosed...
by Chad Michel | Jun 30, 2020 | Our Engineering, Software Development Tips & Tricks
Automated testing has come a long way over the years. I remember using NUnit back in the early days of .NET when you needed a separate application to run unit tests. Since then, support for automated testing has improved to the point where we can run unit tests right...
by Russ Guill | Jun 26, 2020 | DPL Reading List
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. Saharan dust plume maps let...
by Chad Michel | Jun 23, 2020 | Our Engineering, Software Engineering
Sometimes it isn’t easy to get everyone onto the same page. Everyone on a development team can think we are all moving in the same (and right) direction. Still, we often have different underlying assumptions about how certain features will be implemented. When we...
by Russ Guill | Jun 19, 2020 | DPL Reading List
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. How to launch a new business...
by Chad Michel | Jun 16, 2020 | Our Engineering, Software Development Tips & Tricks
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is my favorite Zelda game. Actually, it is one of my favorite games of all time. In my opinion, it is nearly perfect. It’s not too difficult, but it also makes you work. Lots of things to do. Nice 2D graphics. Just a very...
by Russ Guill | Jun 12, 2020 | DPL Reading List
Each Friday, we share a curated list of articles we found during the past week. Here’s the list of the new and interesting ones we found this week. If there’s an article you think we should read, let us know in the comments below. UPnP flaw exposes millions of network...
by Chad Michel | Jun 9, 2020 | Our Engineering, Software Development Tips & Tricks
Xamarin Forms is a handy UI framework. It provides a way to create a UI that works on both iOS and Android. But it has something else that is novel: it gives us an easy way to create a screen with mock data. With Xamarin Forms, you can preview within Visual Studio...
