by Chris Niemann | Mar 24, 2021 | Our Engineering, Software Development Tips & Tricks
For a recent project I was working on, we needed to set up a new FTP server. This server would receive files via FTP, and then these files would be moved to a temporary machine for further processing. This process needed to be automated and be executed reliably, and... 
by Chris Niemann | Mar 15, 2017 | Software Development Tips & Tricks
At first glance, these event handlers look almost the same. You probably won’t even find a functional difference in most cases. But trust me, they are hours apart in functionality. $(“#order-details tr”).on(‘click’, function(evt) {/*do... 
by Chris Niemann | Jan 4, 2017 | Development Methodologies & Best Practices
Quick word on Aliasing. In the past few months I have come across a SQL issue that occurs in many different configurations, across various physical locations, and amongst several engineers. Since it was so prevalent I thought it might be helpful to talk about aliasing... 
by Chris Niemann | Sep 22, 2016 | Software Development Tips & Tricks
It may seem like I’m doing a lot of setup lately (see my last post on setting up Continuous Integration). And part of that is true, but I’m also coming up against the realization that so many of the systems we need to stand up are never documented enough to get you... 
by Chris Niemann | Sep 14, 2016 | Software Development Tips & Tricks, Tools
For one of my recent projects I needed to set up Continuous Integration from scratch on a server. Having never done this before I found myself assembling all the required components, installing them, and configuring them (and struggling now and then through some of...