Installing and Managing Third Party Products
Most of my books make recommendations about third party products that you can use to enhance your computing experience. Each of these products is tested during the writing process, but without any of...
View ArticleThe Place of Automation in the User Interface
There was a time that a developer could rely on users to possess a certain level of technical acumen. That’s no longer the case. Most of the people using a device containing a CPU today (I’m including...
View ArticleApplication Development and BYOD
I read an article a while ago in InforWorld entitled, “The unintended consequences of forced BYOD.” The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon will only gain in strength because more people are using...
View ArticleVerifying Your Hand Typed Code
I maintain statistics for each of my books that are based on reviews and reader e-mails (so those e-mails you send really are important). These statistics help me write better books in the future and...
View ArticleChoosing Variable Names
It often surprises me that developers seem to choose completely useless variable names like MyVariable when creating an application. Although MyVariable could be an interesting variable name for an...
View ArticleIn Praise of Dual Monitors
A lot of people have claimed that the desktop system is dead—that people are only interested in using tablets and smartphones for computing. In fact, there is concern that the desktop might become a...
View ArticleUsing the Set Command to Your Advantage
Last week I created a post about the Windows path. A number of people wrote me about that post with questions. Yes, you can use the technique for setting the Path environment variable to set any other...
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Using the Trigonometric Functions in VBA
It’s gratifying to know that people are still buying and using VBA for Dummies to perform useful work. I still get a fair number of reader queries about the book and I’ve tried to provide updates to...
View ArticleVBA’s Long Lasting Viability
Microsoft has taken great pains over the years to try to kill VBA off. I’ve discussed some of the issues surrounding this effort in two previous posts: VBA and Office 2013 and VBA and Office 2013 (Part...
View ArticleCoding Schools and the Learning Process
There are three essential ways to begin a career as a developer. The first is to get a college degree in the subject, which is normally a Bachelor of Computer Science or a Bachelor of Information...
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