Comments for Tomas Vera's Thoughts http://www.tomasvera.com You know you want to know! Thu, 16 May 2013 18:06:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Why I hate Microsoft CRM by cataztrophe http://www.tomasvera.com/2012/03/why-i-hate-microsoft-crm/#comment-9921 cataztrophe Thu, 16 May 2013 18:06:01 +0000 http://www.tomasvera.com/?p=337#comment-9921 Thanks for your empathy Thomas. I hear that the situation with sharepoint is the same. With my previous company, it is the fact that they do not have any front end web skills. It doesn't matter if I have the web skills and am able to produce a MVC application as a replacement within 3 months with the exact same functionality at a lower cost since I don't have a tattoo of a Microsoft logo branded on my forearm. Anyways, the pain is over for me but I just have a hard time understanding why name and brand is so important when they are pouring money into this stupid project with expert dev leads leaving on a monthly basis. Thanks for your empathy Thomas. I hear that the situation with sharepoint is the same. With my previous company, it is the fact that they do not have any front end web skills. It doesn’t matter if I have the web skills and am able to produce a MVC application as a replacement within 3 months with the exact same functionality at a lower cost since I don’t have a tattoo of a Microsoft logo branded on my forearm.

Anyways, the pain is over for me but I just have a hard time understanding why name and brand is so important when they are pouring money into this stupid project with expert dev leads leaving on a monthly basis.

]]> Comment on A Programmer’s Cheat-Sheet for GoDaddy.com by Genaro Meiser http://www.tomasvera.com/programming/a-programmers-cheat-sheet-for-godaddy-com/#comment-9856 Genaro Meiser Sun, 12 May 2013 19:59:07 +0000 http://www.tomasvera.com/thoughts/#comment-9856 GoDaddy was founded in 1997 as Jomax Technologies by Bob Parsons, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Prior to GoDaddy, Parsons sold his financial software services company, "Parsons Technology, Inc." to Intuit. The sale provided him with several millions of dollars in the mid-1990s. As a result, Parsons decided to retire. In 1997, Bob Parsons came out of his retirement to launch a new company, Jomax Technologies which later became GoDaddy Group Inc.*, Best wishes http://www.homeimprovementstuffs.com GoDaddy was founded in 1997 as Jomax Technologies by Bob Parsons, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. Prior to GoDaddy, Parsons sold his financial software services company, “Parsons Technology, Inc.” to Intuit. The sale provided him with several millions of dollars in the mid-1990s. As a result, Parsons decided to retire. In 1997, Bob Parsons came out of his retirement to launch a new company, Jomax Technologies which later became GoDaddy Group Inc.*,

Best wishes
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]]> Comment on Parsing JSON objects with JavascriptSerializer in .NET – Updated by -tomas http://www.tomasvera.com/programming/using-javascriptserializer-to-parse-json-objects/#comment-9682 -tomas Wed, 01 May 2013 05:16:38 +0000 http://www.tomasvera.com/#comment-9682 Good catch!! The JSON specification at the <a href="http://www.json.org/" rel="nofollow">JSON </a> website has the complete specification for JSON as well the original examples from which I built my code. Good catch!! The JSON specification at the JSON website has the complete specification for JSON as well the original examples from which I built my code.

]]> Comment on Parsing JSON objects with JavascriptSerializer in .NET – Updated by Corey http://www.tomasvera.com/programming/using-javascriptserializer-to-parse-json-objects/#comment-9680 Corey Wed, 01 May 2013 04:11:28 +0000 http://www.tomasvera.com/#comment-9680 The number format is invalid. You cannot specify a number with leading zeros unless it is a single numeral before the decimal point in a floating-point number. Try this instead: <code>{"alerts":[{"id":1,"description":"Test description 1"},{"id":2,"description":"Test Description 2"}]}</code> The number format is invalid. You cannot specify a number with leading zeros unless it is a single numeral before the decimal point in a floating-point number.

Try this instead:

{"alerts":[{"id":1,"description":"Test description 1"},{"id":2,"description":"Test Description 2"}]}

]]> Comment on Parsing JSON objects with JavascriptSerializer in .NET – Updated by -tomas http://www.tomasvera.com/programming/using-javascriptserializer-to-parse-json-objects/#comment-9290 -tomas Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:55:59 +0000 http://www.tomasvera.com/#comment-9290 Take a look at this <a href="http://www.tomasvera.com/2012/11/a-javascriptserializer-twist/" rel="nofollow">update</a>. Take a look at this update.

]]> Comment on Parsing JSON objects with JavascriptSerializer in .NET – Updated by Ragunath.S http://www.tomasvera.com/programming/using-javascriptserializer-to-parse-json-objects/#comment-9260 Ragunath.S Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:49:51 +0000 http://www.tomasvera.com/#comment-9260 Hi, If possible, Can u Deserialize the below string: {"alerts":[{"id":001,"description":"Test description 1"},{"id":002,"description":"Test Description 2"}]} Thanks R@gun@th.S Hi, If possible,
Can u Deserialize the below string:

{“alerts”:[{"id":001,"description":"Test description 1"},{"id":002,"description":"Test Description 2"}]}

Thanks
R@gun@th.S

]]> Comment on Why I hate Microsoft CRM by -tomas http://www.tomasvera.com/2012/03/why-i-hate-microsoft-crm/#comment-9088 -tomas Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:16:50 +0000 http://www.tomasvera.com/?p=337#comment-9088 I'm sorry that you had to go through this. Personally I am determined never to work with this technology again. However, just in the last two days, I have received several inquiries about my availability for a project in my area (probably the same project that I left last year). I am surprised that so many companies continue to use this product. In the case of the company that I worked at last year, a custom coded solution would have been better and at a much lower cost. But it is hard for a business to ignore the Microsoft logo on the product brochures. I’m sorry that you had to go through this. Personally I am determined never to work with this technology again. However, just in the last two days, I have received several inquiries about my availability for a project in my area (probably the same project that I left last year).

I am surprised that so many companies continue to use this product. In the case of the company that I worked at last year, a custom coded solution would have been better and at a much lower cost. But it is hard for a business to ignore the Microsoft logo on the product brochures.

]]> Comment on Why I hate Microsoft CRM by cataztrophe http://www.tomasvera.com/2012/03/why-i-hate-microsoft-crm/#comment-9080 cataztrophe Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:18:14 +0000 http://www.tomasvera.com/?p=337#comment-9080 I hate this technology so much. I just recently 3 monthes ago got scammed into taking this stupid position when i thought it was a .NET position. My company is trying to build a space shuttle out of this and we have like 50 plugins. These plugins are so flaky, the code is all correct, but there are bugs in the CRM plugin execution environment itself. Things that I can do in 2 minutes with .NET take 2 days. Debugger is a pain as it doesnt 100% work. Debuggin takes 6 steps to set up and compiling take 5 minutes due to ILmerge. Testing javascript requires a publish which is a pain. All you are doing is databasse read and saves and nothng else. talking about great experience. Doesnt help when my dumb manager that doesnt know scratch about code think's he is the final resource. I quit this stupid job and my last day is in 3 weeks because I am nice. Why the hell would they hire a .NET developer for these kind of jobs? It's totally not related, I might as well pursue a career in acting. I hate this technology so much. I just recently 3 monthes ago got scammed into taking this stupid position when i thought it was a .NET position. My company is trying to build a space shuttle out of this and we have like 50 plugins. These plugins are so flaky, the code is all correct, but there are bugs in the CRM plugin execution environment itself. Things that I can do in 2 minutes with .NET take 2 days. Debugger is a pain as it doesnt 100% work. Debuggin takes 6 steps to set up and compiling take 5 minutes due to ILmerge. Testing javascript requires a publish which is a pain. All you are doing is databasse read and saves and nothng else. talking about great experience.

Doesnt help when my dumb manager that doesnt know scratch about code think’s he is the final resource. I quit this stupid job and my last day is in 3 weeks because I am nice.

Why the hell would they hire a .NET developer for these kind of jobs? It’s totally not related, I might as well pursue a career in acting.

]]> Comment on Compiling a C# Project using Command Line Tools (Tutorial) by -tomas http://www.tomasvera.com/programming/compiling-a-c-project-using-command-line-tools-tutorial/#comment-8925 -tomas Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:03:58 +0000 http://www.tomasvera.com/#comment-8925 Debugging can be difficult in this environment. Since, I am assuming that you don't have an IDE and you are coding in a difficult situation, the old fashioned "Console.Write(...)" or "MessageBox.Show(...)" are your best friends if really need to debug. But if you really want to do true debugging, you have some options. First, you will want to generate debugging information. To generate this information you would need to add an option to your command line "/debug". You can add it directly to a command line, or include it in a response file (discussed in the article, above). Next you will need a debugger of some sort. I have not used anything other than the VS IDE recently. But I have used other debuggers in the past and I'm sure that you can find a good debugger available for download somewhere. So bottom line: debugging will be hard, but not impossible. Let me know if this is a topic that you believe I should cover in some detail. -tomas Debugging can be difficult in this environment.

Since, I am assuming that you don’t have an IDE and you are coding in a difficult situation, the old fashioned “Console.Write(…)” or “MessageBox.Show(…)” are your best friends if really need to debug. But if you really want to do true debugging, you have some options.

First, you will want to generate debugging information. To generate this information you would need to add an option to your command line “/debug”. You can add it directly to a command line, or include it in a response file (discussed in the article, above).

Next you will need a debugger of some sort. I have not used anything other than the VS IDE recently. But I have used other debuggers in the past and I’m sure that you can find a good debugger available for download somewhere.

So bottom line: debugging will be hard, but not impossible. Let me know if this is a topic that you believe I should cover in some detail.

-tomas

]]> Comment on Compiling a C# Project using Command Line Tools (Tutorial) by rokon http://www.tomasvera.com/programming/compiling-a-c-project-using-command-line-tools-tutorial/#comment-8923 rokon Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:49:33 +0000 http://www.tomasvera.com/#comment-8923 What about debugging the c# code in this environment? What about debugging the c# code in this environment?

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