Alan Klement

Software Development

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Only When Simple Fails

An email popped up on the developer mailing list… “I’m updating the library [server] Ivy pulls from with new versions. It’s gonna take a lot of time and it’s a pain in the butt to deal with. Anyone have suggestions on what libraries to add or any comments about the repository?” I certainly did have a suggestion: shut [...]

Strategies For Global Data ( hey it happens… )

[ disclaimer: I see this technique as 'damage control' and not a best (or even good) practice. Yes, globals are to be avoided ] Twitter is a wallflower’s dream… anyone can eavesdrop and quietly judge from afar…. Last night Jesse Freeman , Ralph Hauwert and Robert Penner had a little discussion via Twitter about statics [...]

Offical FDT Training

I have just completed a training series for Powerflasher for FDT.  FDT is a great product and I am very happy to have been asked to write and produce this training for them. The videos go over what I have learned after many, many hours of working with Eclipse and FDT.

Party Pooper

My host went through some changes and it killed my blog. I have stuff backed up, but there is some weirdness going on. Hopefully I’ll be black in action soon.