This is a continuation from the ongoing discussion of TeraTech’s Development Approach. 4. Application Architecting Once the prototype is finished and approved by the system owners, the application architect constructs the application design or schema, identifying fuseaction and organizing them into circuits. Each fuseaction’s behavior is broken down into a set of fuses, and the […]
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TeraDisc "DVD" Terabyte storage
Fed up with not being able to fit enough movies from your Tivo onto a DVD? Now instead of 5 Gigabyte on a DVD there is a 1 Terabyte (1000 Gigabyte) “DVD” made by the Israeli firm Mempile (www.mempile.com). Their “TeraDisc” (which is the same size as CDs and DVDs) holds 20 times the capacity […]
TeraTech Development Approach – Prototype/ Front-End Development
This is a continuation of the series in TeraTech’s Development Approach from last month. 3. Prototype/Front End Development A FLiP prototype is a clickable model of the finished application with dummy data and no backend behind it. Prototyping is the largest stepn in the FLiP cycle, generally taking up to 70% of the project’s elapsed […]
TeraTech Development Approach – Personas and Goals, and Wireframe
This is a continuation from the TeraTech Development Approach from last month. 1. Personas and Goals Who will use this software? Why will they use it? A persona is a precise description of the application’s user. Understanding the goals of the system users and owners (personas) and regular communication with them is essential for the […]
TeraTech Development Approach – A Series
TeraTech has adopted the standard Fusebox Lifecycle Process (FLiP) methodology for managing the design and development of new software systems. The FLiP mehtod described below is the process for identification of system requirements through an interactive engagement with the client and system users. It has proven effective in reducing the often expensive efforts to identify […]
CFUnited Preview Recording: "Multilingual (i18N) Applications in CF, Theory & Practice"
I had another preview presentation for my whole day class at CFUnited “Multi Lingual (i18N) Applications in CF, Theory & Practice”. You can check the recording via the following link: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/install-updates-reader-acrobat.html If you would like to have more information about the class and to register, you can check the CFUnited Classes pages at http://www.cfunited.com. Please […]
Government discount on ColdFusion 8 ends this month
ColdFusion 8 has some fabulous new features. Adam Wayne Lehman zipped through all the new capabilities at the Maryland ColdFusion User Group meeting last night. Then I read that Carahsoft is extending their discount promotion to government customers. Check it out. https://www.carahsoft.com/learn/event/40072
Why IT Projects Fail
If you’re reading this entry and for some magical means all the projects you have been part of have succeeded, then you might want to skip to the next entry. If you’re still reading, then just like me, you have been on projects that failed miserably. Needless to say, I have always learned something new […]
Fusebox 6 poll – mailing list and version name for Fusebox "6"
I hear from Sean that about 50 people have voted in the mailing list poll and about 40 in the version number poll. If the next version is Fusebox 6, should we have a new mailing list, keep it on the Fusebox 5 list or rename the list to something more generic: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/fusebox5/surveys?id=2198304 (current results […]
Fusebox YouTube video competition ends 6/22/07
You’ve seen them – the ten minute presentations where Rails enthusiasts make a blog or some other handy application to demonstrate the versatility of the framework. Now it’s time for Fuseboxers around the world to showcase their skill and the framework they love. Put together a ten minute YouTube video and will reward the creator […]
