Archive for November, 2003

.NET Compact Framework - Development Considerations

Sunday, November 30th, 2003

At the October and November 2003 St. Louis Wireless SIG, I introduced the .NET Compact Framework, then discussed some lessons I learned in developing an application with it.
Download the notes here in PDF format
Notes in plain text are available:
http://kylecordes.com/net-compact-framework-development/

Graph Visualization in Delphi

Monday, November 24th, 2003

For a project at Oasis Digital, we need to show the end user a graphical representation of a graph (in the “graph theory” sense of the word). The application is written in Delphi, and in looking around I didn’t find any native Delphi components for doing that.
I did find GraphViz, and a COM Wrapper for […]

More Bowling

Friday, November 21st, 2003

In my last post,
I presented an enhancement to a "bowling score calculator" problem being
discussed on the Extreme Programming Mailing List. My solution extended a not-very-OO
solution presented here;
though not object oriented, it was short and clear. I generally write intensively
OO code, so I found this interesting.
A […]

How Many (Java) Classes Do You Need To Go (XP) Bowling?

Thursday, November 20th, 2003

An object-oriented developer searches for a reason to add more of them.

Word Chains Kata Solution

Sunday, November 16th, 2003

I worked out a solution for “Pragmatic” Dave Thomas’s Code Kata 19 (Word Chains) in Java; it’s somewhat different than Dave’s published solution.

Upcoming talk at SD 2004

Friday, November 14th, 2003

I’m giving a talk on data handling in a disconnected mode appliction next year at SD Expo 2004.