A Process is defined as a collection of work activities, actions, and tasks. We previously talked about this a Process Framework and Umbrella Activities. What we’ve not looked at so far is the process flow. That is how we move from one section to another under the framework. In a Linear Process Flow you move…
Web Server Hardware Depending upon your website and the resources it will need, you may need a single low performance box as a web server, multiple clusters of physical devices, or something in between the two extremes. Companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc. have multiple server farms spread out all over the world to make…
Everyone has their myths that they believe when it comes to software development. Here we look at some of these myths and determine what are some of the best/worst of them. (And yes, I’ve actually heard people say most of these, and then some.) Management Myths These are myths that managers believe and tell people:…
While the Quicksort is relatively fast, O(nlog(n)) in terms of speed on average, a lot of programmers fear it because they don’t like, understand, or maybe even know about recursion. Recursion is the process of a function calling itself. There is usually a slight penalty for recursion as each function call is slower than if…
The bubble sort is one of the simplest sorts you can write, from a developer’s perspective. Unfortunately, it is one of the slowest to run from the computer’s perspective. A Bubble Sort works on the following idea. Given a list of values, start at the top value, and look at the next value. If the…
C++ gives you a lot of ways to do math, built into the language directly. Unfortunately, it can get complex – so we’re going to focus on the simple stuff. The order of operation in C++ is the same as in algebra, so that is easy to remember. + is addition – is subtraction *…
Identifiers An identifier is a name of a variable or function in C++. The same basic rules you had in Python exist in C++. Can’t be a reserved word/keyword Case sensitive (name, Name, and NAME are all different things) Can only be used in one context Must start with a letter May have letters, numbers,…
Understanding the Problem It’s easy to assume you understand the problem/what is needed, but that is a false belief in many cases. To get a better idea, look at answering the following questions: Planning a Solution To Build the solution, you need to Plan the Solution: Building from the Plan Building from the plan is…
