What is the Inner-Platform Effect?

The Inner-Platform Effect [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner-platform_effect] is the tendency of software engineers to design systems that need to be "customizable" to such an extent that: 1. The system becomes a poor imitation of the platform it was designed with AND 2. The system becomes so complex

We Don't Have Enough Teachers of Technology

Scott Hanselman has an post up called Bad UX and User Self-Blame - "I'm sorry, I'm not a computer person. [http://www.hanselman.com/blog/BadUXAndUserSelfBlameImSorryImNotAComputerPerson.aspx] " It's an excellent read, and in it he discusses the phenomenon of users blaming themselves when something goes wrong when using a computer.

The Beginner's Guide to LINQ in .NET

Just want the code? Download the sample project from GitHub [https://github.com/exceptionnotfound/LINQExamples]! What is LINQ? LINQ stands for Language INtegrated Query, a feature of .NET that was released as part of version 3.5 way back in 2007. It greatly improved the ability of C# and VB

Designing a Workflow Engine Database Part 8: Complete Schema and Shortcomings

Let's take a look at our final database design for our Workflow Engine and discuss some shortcomings of this design (Part 8 of 8).

Designing a Workflow Engine Database Part 7: Request Actions

The last piece of schema is Request Actions, which allow us to specify which Actions can be performed at any given time. (Part 7 of 8).