What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when I mention reporting? Crystal? ActiveReports? I have used these and others on numerous projects, but then I learnt about Developer Express XtraReports, lets see if XtraReports can make it into the 100% DX range… For a full run down on all the cool things you … Read more
The debate as to CodeRush or ReSharper has been undertaken by many people of the years, in fact prior to writing this post, I read through a number of older comparisons which put forth good arguments for both camps. For me, it is part of the 100% DX campaign. For years I was an avid … Read more
November 2009, I had just purchased an iMac and decided it was time to write an iPhone utility. Samantha & I were both enrolled in Weight Watchers and one of the cool things before eating anything was to see how many “Points” things were. Using the trusty $50 calculator purchased at a meeting you could … Read more
A new version of Evi has been sent to Apple for review, it will be available as a free update for all existing users. I was amazed at how quickly people jumped on the band wagon, the feedback from our initial release was amazing. So, what’s new ? – added support for landscape viewing on … Read more
A little while ago I partnered with Brian Tracy, Tom Hopkins, Dr Wayne Dyer amongst others to produce a book published by Stephen E & Lee Beard. “Wake up.. Live the life you Love” – Living in the Now. (details on Amazon) It was a great opportunity to become a published author, created an opportunity … Read more
48 hours from start to finish. Evi Estimate Viewer is our new application that allows users of Buildsoft Estimating (Global and Offsider) to view their estimate on the iPad. Support for Paradox databases is sparse so we needed a format that was more iOS friendly. This was achieved by writing a little utility (Evi Estimate … Read more