Dec 14
After feedback from some friends of mine, and doing a little bit of background research, I am writing this update to my original post last week. As it turns out, by checking all the numbers in the form 6k ± 1 instead of checking each number up to the input value, I have increased the speed …
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2009/12/14/primality-test-v2-0/
Dec 10
While working on some caching settings, I had a need to know if a number is prime. I wrote this little Python script which will tell you if the number defined in the script is indeed a prime.
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2009/12/10/determining-if-a-number-is-prime/
Dec 10
Smart Bear Software recently released a white paper discussing the misconception that peer code review is a hindrance to Agile development methodologies. For anyone who regularly performs peer code reviews, would like to start performing them, or thinks they are an obstacle when it comes to Agile development should read this paper. The paper talks …
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2009/12/10/peer-code-review-an-agile-process/
Dec 09
I just saw on my RSS that GWT 2.0 has been released. Gonna go play now. Bye.
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2009/12/09/gwt-2-0-released/
Dec 06
For anyone looking to upgrade their VS 2005 Web Application project to VS 2008, I found good walkthrough provided by Microsoft here.
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2009/12/06/converting-a-visual-studio-2005-web-application-project-to-a-visual-studio-2008-web-application-project/
Dec 03
I have started working on a new project in .NET and the Problem Domain (PD) was modeled in Visio UML. Fantastic. Now I wanted to forward engineer the UML into C# classes to begin development, but wait, I can’t. I only have Visio 2007 Professional, and the forward engineering features are only available in the …
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2009/12/03/visual-studio-2008-and-visio-for-enterprise-architects/
Nov 25
I installed Google Chrome Frame about a month ago, and I am very impressed with how responsive and quick Internet Explorer is with JavaScript intensive web pages now. If you use a lot of JavaScript intensive websites, e.g., Facebook, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Calendar, etc., you will notice a significant improvement in performance when using …
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2009/11/25/google-chrome-frame/
Oct 21
When Oracle first announced that they were acquiring BEA, the first thought that went through my head wasn’t “I wonder if Oracle AS will be dropped in favor of WebLogic.”; it was “Oh great! Now I won’t be able to find shit on the WebLogic forums too.” It’s been several months since the acquisition, but …
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2009/10/21/cant-find-shit-on-oracles-website/
Oct 13
We have some applications that leave files sitting in a folder location out on some file server. Eventually the disk space gets used up, or Windows starts choking because there are too many files in a directory, etc. To delete the ‘old’ files, a support technician will try to connect to the file share, sort …
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2009/10/13/windows-bulk-file-move-script/
Aug 30
I just realized Windows 7 doesn’t have one of my favorite XP powertoys, Image Resizer. I constantly use this utility to quickly resize images with the convenience of the Windows shell context. Luckily I found that the guys over at CodePlex have updated the utility to run on Windows Vista and Windows 7 and even …
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