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Learning for fun instead of “for the job”

September 17, 2017 by Rob Horton

Most days I leave all the programming stuff at work, where (for me), work belongs. I make it a point to not focus on work at home. Since I work for an employer, that effort I perform for them is to build someone else’s dreams. So I leave work at work, striving, never to let … Read more Learning for fun instead of “for the job”

JavaScript Format Phone Number – Dead Simple

June 9, 2017June 9, 2017 by Rob Horton

Recently I needed to roll my own phone number formatting for a problem at work. The basic requirement was as follows: All the user to only enter numbers, no other characters were allowed The user could only enter 10 numbers After all the numbers were entered, the value would auto-format to (xxx)-xxx-xxxx The user could … Read more JavaScript Format Phone Number – Dead Simple

Who do you code for?

October 22, 2018August 14, 2016 by Rob Horton

You are a writer. You read me correctly. A writer. Check it out. See? Told ya. As developers, we write code (text) for others to enjoy, either through the usage of the output it creates or … wait there is another thing to consider here? … yeah .. or for others to read and learn … Read more Who do you code for?

Simple AngularJS Directive Copyright Year

March 15, 2017March 11, 2015 by Rob Horton

Last week, one of my favorite bloggers wrote this little diddy in jQuery. And though I list “Angular Ninja” on my LinkedIn profile that is more jest than reality. Therefore I thought it a good exercise to take what was written here at Maff Rigby’s website and do me some learnin’ about AngularJS Directives. I like … Read more Simple AngularJS Directive Copyright Year

Azure SQL Connection Error: No entity framework provider found for ‘system.data.sqlclient’

March 15, 2017March 4, 2015 by Rob Horton

I’ve been doing some work for a website which would be deployed to Azure for both the website and the database. Here is a quick run-down on how the deploy situation went, an error that gave me fits and the final-fix. First off, let me say I had this website entirely working on my local … Read more Azure SQL Connection Error: No entity framework provider found for ‘system.data.sqlclient’

Developer Deadline Haiku

March 15, 2017April 10, 2013 by Rob Horton

“No matter the plan Unexpected work happens Deadline still exists” – Concode-us (Confucius’ nerd brother)

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March 15, 2017November 30, 2012 by Rob Horton

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To log or not to log …

March 15, 2017August 14, 2012 by Rob Horton

To Log or Not to Log Honestly, really? Let’s hope we’re not still asking ourselves that question in 2012 kids. Say in ain’t so! So let’s say its safe to assume we’re all logging things somewhere. The question is not “to log or not to log” but rather where should yon logs go? (yon logs … Read more To log or not to log …

The Simpleton Pattern

March 15, 2017December 5, 2011 by Rob Horton

No, you read that correctly. Simpleton, not Singleton is the subject of choice today. Recently a fellow developer was looking over some code that I had written.

He commented on it by saying, “Rob I just love looking at your code. It’s simple, easy to read, well-commented, and just makes sense”.

I replied, “Well that’s likely because I’m a simpleton”.

So jokes ensued with my friend asking, “Is that the design pattern you follow?”. I thought, well yeah actually I guess it is and thus was born the idea for this blog post.