Wimos [Internet News and Bussines]

Have you ever faced the situation, that the content of a variable is a Smarty template like string, and you want to fetch or display it? I worked on project where we decided that our language file entries will be Smarty templates, because we need the flexibility of the template engine (sprintf was not enough). The problem is, that by default Smarty’s fetch/display method accepts a template file name. Of course we could write the text to a temporary file, but it would be bigger hack than PHPNuke. Fortunately Smarty has the mechanism to solve this problem via defining custom resource types. (more…)

Commentary–Was anybody else not surprised by the recent Foote Partners finding that the ongoing demand for workers skilled in SAP technologies grew dramatically stronger in recent months? In an economy governed by the principles of supply and demand, we can expect to see heightened interest and opportunities in what is viewed as more traditional application knowledge such as SAP, Oracle and PowerBuilder along with–dare I predict it–COBOL. (more…)

Wuihh memory sekarang ngeri, harganya tambah murah aja. Sekarang bukan aneh lagi komputer desktop memorinya 2 GB, bahkan processor pun sudah mencapai 8 core, yang 4 core pun sudah banyak di pasaran.

Tapi ada satu kendala bagi aplikasi yang menjadikan database sebagai tempat penyimpanan data mereka. Jika datanya sedikit mungkin belum terasa, tapi kalau datanya banyak.. baru terasa.

Apa yang terasa ?? Terasa lambat maksudnya. Kenapa ?? Karena data tersebut disimpan di harddisk. Dan sudah kita ketahui bahwa Hardisk adalah media penyimpanan yang berbentuk mekanik. Maka wajar bila terjadi “leher botol” disini. (Hehehe.. bahasa Indonesia bangeet).

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Juni 30th, 2008 in PHP |

PowerBuilder: 16 Years and Still a ‘Ferrari’ that Accelerates Development

“My work involves dealing with the Australian electricity market, and it requires up-to-date, reliable information 24×7. I have been able to provide this over a period of years thanks to PowerBuilder. I owe my career to this product. Thank you.”

Since PowerBuilder 11, the latest release of our 4GL ( fourth-generation programming language closer to human language) rapid application development (RAD) tool, has become available, the Australian fan is likely to email another positive response to the new version, which is all about keeping her and her information technology developer colleagues up-to-speed with the latest technologies for developing applications.

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Juni 5th, 2008 in PowerBuilder |