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iSolutions Hackathon 2019

08/01/2019 by Alberto Dallagiacoma·0 Comments

Reading Time: 3 minutes Hackathon: Hacking + Marathon. Event in which computer programmers and others involved in software development, including graphic designers, interface designers, project managers, and others, collaborate intensively on software projects. The goal is to create usable and functioning software or hardware products by the end of the event. from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackathon In the first half of July, here in iSolutions we organized our first […]

Writing evolving C# code (post 02) – Using injection and inheritance

05/15/2019 by Roberto Freato·0 Comments

Reading Time: 6 minutes Starting from the existing code of the previous article, we experimented the caching feature by adding an outsider behavior into the existing data access layer. This strategy is very fast and it helps us to determine if the problem is addressed correctly and the technologies used are appropriate. Now, we should refactor it to fit […]

Writing evolving C# code (post 01) – Writing a Proof-of-concept/Pilot

04/09/2019 by Roberto Freato·0 Comments

Reading Time: 8 minutes Prototyping is one of the activities a developer should do and probably the most time consuming one for the software architect profile. We believe prototypes are extremely useful to complete the analysis and fit the problem in the developer’s mind. Think about building a wall: assuming we have the basic knowledge with materials and physics […]

Writing evolving C# code – introduction (post series)

04/02/2019 by Roberto Freato·0 Comments

Reading Time: 1 minute The more a developer gains experience, more mature his/her big picture of software architectures will be. Anyway, each single person has different attitudes and preferences and, at least, even his/her own specific problem setting mind model. This is the most important value we can give to this beautiful job of software development, and it is […]

Powershell and Linux

02/12/2019 by Simone Marinari·0 Comments

Reading Time: 2 minutes In our R&D work in iSolutions, happens very frequently to implement “exotic” patterns to try some new features and create interesting PoC. You always have to think in such different ways to jump over technical issues or simply to achieve your goals with less headache. Recently I had to install e configure Ansible AWX (the […]

API Days 2018 in Paris

02/01/2019 by Alberto Dallagiacoma·0 Comments

Reading Time: 3 minutes APIDays is the leading industry tech and business series of conferences in APIs and the programmable economy. apidays.io APIs are a very important component for any kind of software that has to be “modern”; if you need an integration system for your partners, if you want your platform to scale, or if you need to design your […]

Temp Tables vs Table Variables deep dive

12/10/2018 by Mauro Munzi·Comments Off

Reading Time: 4 minutes … when You can’t use InMemory We read more and more on temporary tables and table variables, and the pro/cons of one over the other, and also some myths have been explained ( …both are on the tempdb ) ; to make it short there are a couple of pro in favor of temp tables: […]

How’s this blog made

12/06/2018 by Roberto Freato·Comments Off

Reading Time: 2 minutes During my delicious experience in iSolutions in the last few years, I met many professionals with unique skills and a very high degree of knowledge compared to the current players in their market. I can flatter them and say “their” since I’m just a contractor with the goal of bringing from outside knowledge and innovation […]