As a technologist, I’ve always been interested in the behind-the-scenes workings that make our programs do what we want them to. How does Siri know when to listen to us and how to respond? How is Waze able to give us traffic tips on the fly? The answer lays in smart programming, which is often …
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10 Questions for Steve How long have you been at Profit Point and why did you choose to work here? Almost 5 years. There were a lot of reasons that Profit Point appealed to me but not having a 1.5 hour daily commute (if traffic was moving) was a big part of the decision. Where …
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I recently attended a webinar about a new web technology from Microsoft called Blazor. When it comes to web development, there is no shortage of tools, libraries, and frameworks. So what differentiates Blazor from any other technology currently out there? In a nutshell, Blazor allows developers to run native C# code directly in the browser. …
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Recently I attended a webinar for a new web technology from Microsoft called Blazor. In summary, Blazor is a technology that allows developers to create web applications using C#, HTML, and CSS. Furthermore, it allows the C# code to run on any modern browser, including mobile browsers without the need for plugins or any special …
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Over the years as a developer, I’ve written code in many languages and many environments. Currently, my preference (and most of my work) is all in Visual Studios and C#. I like the rich feature set of Visual Studios and find C# concise, easy to read and write and versatile enough to let me control …
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Supply Chain and Development Expert, Steve Cutler There is always some buzz or excitement around Profit Point. Some days, we are developing custom software for a customer or working on a Supply Chain Optimization solution. On other days, we are testing an unusual solution to an existing problem. Here’s one day that I’ll never forget! 7:00 …
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Earlier this year I embarked on a project to do some major work on one of the applications that I inherited. I had been working with the code for several months and had a good grasp of how it worked, its layout, and all its main functionality. However, the overall architecture of the code and …
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In December of 2014 Microsoft officially discontinued their popular mapping and routing software Microsoft MapPoint. With a number of internally developed products that make use of MapPoint it quickly became obvious that the time had come to modernize these applications to make use of more modern cloud-based technologies. After assessing the different options available to us …
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