Author: Ben Taylor

Editorials

Compensating for Bad Schema

Compensating for Bad Schema Most of the items from the bad things to do in a database survey were pretty straight forward. I find it interesting that the item receiving the most votes for bad things to do was also one of the items I received the most questions regarding it’s meaning, “Compensating for Bad Schema.” There are a number […]

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MOCK your GUI

MOCK Your GUI I love this caption. I’m sitting here picturing a developer looking at a screen someone designed and saying something like, "My 2 year old son could design something better than that with crayons." But that’s not where I’m going with this. In my experience, the most difficult piece of software to test is the User Interface. Graphical […]

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MOCK your GUI

MOCK Your GUI I love this caption. I’m sitting here picturing a developer looking at a screen someone designed and saying something like, "My 2 year old son could design something better than that with crayons." But that’s not where I’m going with this. In my experience, the most difficult piece of software to test is the User Interface. Graphical […]

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What is a business rule really?

SelecTViews WIth Stephen Wynkoop All the news of the day that counts is provided here.. also, find out about normalization, what types of skills might be good for specialization and upcoming learning events…We keep you informed and up to speed on tips tricks and more. [Watch the Show] What is a business rule really? Now we’re really getting down to […]

Editorials

What is a business rule really?

SelecTViews WIth Stephen Wynkoop All the news of the day that counts is provided here.. also, find out about normalization, what types of skills might be good for specialization and upcoming learning events…We keep you informed and up to speed on tips tricks and more. [Watch the Show] What is a business rule really? Now we’re really getting down to […]

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Business Rules and ETL

Business Rules and ETL As has been mentioned by others, a growing architecture is to put more business rules in a Business Layer, rather than simply relying on the database alone. A number of system requirements are driving this technique: The growth of NoSQL The growth of distributed SQL The growth of not always connected applications performing data synchronization Support […]

Editorials

Business Rules and ETL

Business Rules and ETL As has been mentioned by others, a growing architecture is to put more business rules in a Business Layer, rather than simply relying on the database alone. A number of system requirements are driving this technique: The growth of NoSQL The growth of distributed SQL The growth of not always connected applications performing data synchronization Support […]

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Where Do We Put Business Rules?

Where Do We Put Business Rules? I received a number of replies regarding this question. Frankly, I’m surprised with the consistency of the responses. The overwhelming response to this point has been, “Put your business logic in the database.” Primarily, the recommendations are to put the logic into Referential Integrity, metadata enforced by stored procedures, or logic in the stored […]