Tim Kadlec

OCTOBER 4, 2016

One of the very first projects I ever worked on as a professional was a relatively large site with tons of legacy code. Legacy code brings many headaches. My favorite example was opening a few pages to find that these pages used not one, not two, but three different JavaScript frameworks! The developers were overworked and the site had never gotten enough budget to give it the rebuild it needed.

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Technology Technology Code Development 58

The Polyglot Developer

OCTOBER 3, 2016

There are a few different ways to host applications online. You can spin up your own VPS or container, but those are not easily scalable. Instead there is a nifty service called Google App Engine that is designed for scalable web applications at a very cheap price. In this episode of The Polyglot Developer Podcast, I have guest speaker Terry Ryan from Google to help spread the word on all the things Google App Engine can accomplish and why you should use it.

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SQL Server According to Bob

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Back in July, I told you about a new installation experience for SQL Server. One of our goals from the outset was to ensure we could iterate and enhance this experience as we obtained feedback from the community. Today, we are proud to announce Version 2 of the new SQL Server Installer. Here is the opening screen from running the installer. If you used our V1 of the installer it looks just about the same on the surface.

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