Re: SQLite déjà vu again
Is it SQLite that is the nightmare, or ADO? It's a combination, but I perhaps blame SQLite a bit more because they lag behind but eventually catch-up with dependent tools and frameworks. You might do better running ODBC. Less layers, more independence.. Hmm, I'm not sure of the implications of that. Being a really strongly-typed kind of guy, I'm also irritated and puzzled by the original design decision to internally store SQLite data as strings and byte[] only. I would also like referential integrity, but you have to compile it yourself with a pragma on, and I'm not gong down that road of woe. GK
Re: SQLite déjà vu again
BrightstarDB - http://brightstardb.com/ may be of interest… Jason Roberts Journeyman Software Developer Twitter: @robertsjason Blog: http://DontCodeTired.com Pluralsight Courses: http://bit.ly/psjasonroberts === I welcome VSRE emails. Learn more at http://vsre.info/ === From: Greg Keogh Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2014 5:46 AM To: ozDotNet Folks, I've used SQLite in managed projects a few times over the previous years and it's always been a nightmare to get it working due to many overlapping issues: choosing versions and downloads or multiple components; interaction with Visual Studio versions and designer support; confusion and clashes of timing with different EF versions; getting config files exactly correct; the dreaded ADO.NET provider not registered and so on. I spent hours last night upgrading some old projects to use EF6 and the latest SQLite ADO provider 1.0.94 and the latest Nuget packages that support EF6. They've changed the format and names of things enough to make you relive all of the problems I mentioned above. For an hour I wondered why there was no designer and it kept add EF5, until I realised I had to move from ADO 1.0.90 to 1.0.94. After that there was SQLite provider in VS2013 and it took random shuffling of the DbProviderFactories section to get it working, then I didn't notice the slight spelling change of a provider and got not registered crashes. Overall it was stinking misery to upgrade due to lots of tiny gotchas. This is part of the reason of I've been casually searching for lightweight in-process really easy-to-use databases for the last year. I'm using ESENT and will look at Kitaro ISAM when I get a break, maybe even mongoDb (although it still depends upon a native C++ library). Greg K
Xamarin Hack Day Sydney 6/12/14
So it's happening again the Xamarin hack day in Sydney 6/12/14. Sign up on the website http://xamarinhackday.com/sydney/. I'm wondering anyone is keen to do a presentation on the hack day? This time I'm having two tracks a 'beginner' or 'advanced' and I need presenters for both. Here some details: http://www.michaelridland.com/xamarin/hack-day-sydney-61214-call-presentations/ I'm happy to hear presentations about anything, even presentations on Agile, Software Craftsmanship, Code Architectures etc. Thanks Michael
Re: Hacked together standing desk
A good friend is a physio and always recommends for best results to alternate every hour or so. Standing for 8 hrs just hurts different parts of your body. Your hip flexors may not get tight/short like sitting but your hips, knees and feet may start hurting. Took me a couple months to get used to it but now feel much better. My previous job had great electric standing/sitting desks from Schiavello ($2800 i think it was). I now have 2 desks at home to do the same thing On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Will be interesting doing a full weeks work next week standing up… Do you have a bad back or similar? Do you have reliable evidence that there is some benefit to working standing up for extended periods? The idea sets off warning bells in my head (oh my poor feet and ankles!) -- *Greg K*
Re: Hacked together standing desk
Sitting on a fit-ball? It works for me for a while, but not all day. I suspect it might, if you worked up to it gradually. On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Bec Carter bec.usern...@gmail.com wrote: A good friend is a physio and always recommends for best results to alternate every hour or so. Standing for 8 hrs just hurts different parts of your body. Your hip flexors may not get tight/short like sitting but your hips, knees and feet may start hurting. Took me a couple months to get used to it but now feel much better. My previous job had great electric standing/sitting desks from Schiavello ($2800 i think it was). I now have 2 desks at home to do the same thing On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Will be interesting doing a full weeks work next week standing up… Do you have a bad back or similar? Do you have reliable evidence that there is some benefit to working standing up for extended periods? The idea sets off warning bells in my head (oh my poor feet and ankles!) -- *Greg K* -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough - Adam Hills
Re: Hacked together standing desk
Cool, thanks Bec I’m building up slowly, yesterday I did a total of 2 hours standing (not all in one go) Jason Roberts Journeyman Software Developer Twitter: @robertsjason Blog: http://DontCodeTired.com Pluralsight Courses: http://bit.ly/psjasonroberts === I welcome VSRE emails. Learn more at http://vsre.info/ === From: Bec Carter Sent: Friday, 31 October 2014 8:02 AM To: ozDotNet A good friend is a physio and always recommends for best results to alternate every hour or so. Standing for 8 hrs just hurts different parts of your body. Your hip flexors may not get tight/short like sitting but your hips, knees and feet may start hurting. Took me a couple months to get used to it but now feel much better. My previous job had great electric standing/sitting desks from Schiavello ($2800 i think it was). I now have 2 desks at home to do the same thing On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Will be interesting doing a full weeks work next week standing up… Do you have a bad back or similar? Do you have reliable evidence that there is some benefit to working standing up for extended periods? The idea sets off warning bells in my head (oh my poor feet and ankles!) -- Greg K
Re: Hacked together standing desk
For sure- Im very active and used to run before work and hit a class at the gym at lunch times and still had problems. After a few months doing the stan/sit combo my hip and back issues went away. Stretches are good too like Stephen said. Corrective stretches that is, not any old stretch that can actually do more damage than good. Wish they taught us better about our bodies at school :( On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 2:33 PM, osjasonrobe...@gmail.com wrote: Haha - interesting technique … Apparantly even if you’re active (gym, running, etc ) after work - this doesn’t negate the damage that sitting down for long periods of time does… I’m assuming more research will take place in this area… Jason Roberts Journeyman Software Developer Twitter: @robertsjason Blog: http://DontCodeTired.com Pluralsight Courses: http://bit.ly/psjasonroberts === I welcome VSRE emails. Learn more at http://vsre.info/ === *From:* Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.com *Sent:* Friday, 31 October 2014 11:03 AM *To:* ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Personally, I think it's great that people are looking after themselves. I don't really find it practical to have a stand up station mainly due to a shortage of space (plus multi monitor setup). My way of looking after myself (I had a bad desk/chair set up some years ago and ended up with wrist problems) is to do stretching, some wrist exercises/stretches (which physio showed me when I had treatment for wrist strain) and most importantly regular breaks. I drink lots of water, which is also a good thing (keep hydrated!) which promotes regular trips to the toilet. :) This enforces regular breaks. You should not be hammering away at your keyboard for hours and hours without a break. The thing I saw on breaks should be five minutes in every hour. You can get software that interrupts your session but I don't like the idea of that, you know interruptions disrupt your coding. What works for me is the forced loo breaks. Without going too deep (i'll spare you) get a warning (ie its not sudden) and you definitely can't ignore it! It's funny but it really works. It does take a while to learn how much you need to drink for it to work. You could time when you drink water (and how much) so that you can get the number of breaks you want/need. There would be other variables such as weather/temperature and how dehydrated you are. Funny but true story. :) Even if it is Friday. On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 9:13 AM, osjasonrobe...@gmail.com wrote: Cool, thanks Bec I’m building up slowly, yesterday I did a total of 2 hours standing (not all in one go) Jason Roberts Journeyman Software Developer Twitter: @robertsjason Blog: http://DontCodeTired.com Pluralsight Courses: http://bit.ly/psjasonroberts === I welcome VSRE emails. Learn more at http://vsre.info/ === *From:* Bec Carter bec.usern...@gmail.com *Sent:* Friday, 31 October 2014 8:02 AM *To:* ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com A good friend is a physio and always recommends for best results to alternate every hour or so. Standing for 8 hrs just hurts different parts of your body. Your hip flexors may not get tight/short like sitting but your hips, knees and feet may start hurting. Took me a couple months to get used to it but now feel much better. My previous job had great electric standing/sitting desks from Schiavello ($2800 i think it was). I now have 2 desks at home to do the same thing On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Will be interesting doing a full weeks work next week standing up… Do you have a bad back or similar? Do you have reliable evidence that there is some benefit to working standing up for extended periods? The idea sets off warning bells in my head (oh my poor feet and ankles!) -- *Greg K*
