Monthly Archives: October 2019

Eliminate Useless Comments

Posted on October 18, 2019 by keith swenson

Be careful what you ask for.   I was reviewing some code that had absolutely no comments. I asked the developer to add some comment.   So, indeed they did, however the comments added no value to the code at all.   There … Continue reading →

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Let Me Save Incomplete Files

Posted on October 9, 2019 by keith swenson

This is a usability problem that I have run into a number of times.   A programmer writes a UI screen to receive a long list of inputs in order to create an object in system.  Save is enabled only when … Continue reading →

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The Magic of MemFile

Posted on October 2, 2019 by keith swenson

In the Purple Utilities Library is a class called MemFile which you can efficiently stream into and out of. Learn to use it properly can increase the efficiency of your programs when reading and writing data.

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