The Johnson Blog

Tag: Development

  • iPhone Objective-C for the C# Developer

    If you’re a C# developer making your first foray into the land of iPhone and Objective-C programming, you probably have a question or two.  I recently started working in earnest on an iPhone app, so I figured I would write down some of the tips I’ve picked up thus far. Here they are in no particular order. …

  • Chef 1.3.20

    I just released the latest version, 1.3.20, tonight.  A few new things include: recipe rating; cooking times; preparation times; better search capability; ingredient preparations; bug fixes; and more bug fixes. If you’re a user, go upgrade!  If you aren’t a user, give it a try! www.ejichef.com And now it’s midnight, time for bed.

  • Some Chef Updates

    Just a few Chef notes… A couple weeks ago I reported that I had gotten rid of SWREG in favor of E-Junkie with PayPal and Google Checkout.  Since then I’ve processed a couple of orders successfully so it’s good to know I didn’t break anything.    That’s always a concern of mine when I make changes…

  • Unit Testing

    I would love some input on this from you fellow developers out there, as this is something I continue to try and improve on… WARNING, CODE BELOW THE BREAK!

  • Visual Studio 2008

    Earlier this week I received a free copy of Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2008 by being an Action Pack subscriber and completing a short little web tutorial and quiz. I installed it last night and decided to get the Chef code/projects converted so I could start using it. The usual project conversion wizard popped up as…

  • Recipe Slideshows

    Chef has a feature called Recipe Slideshows which allow you to view a recipe fullscreen in a PowerPoint-like format that’s much easier to read while you’re cooking than the small text of a cookbook, or the regular view of a recipe in Chef for that matter. I’ve had that feature around for a while, but…

  • Requirements by Eavesdropping

    I’m coining it. Defined as a process by which software requirements are gathered not by formal meetings and documents, but rather by hearsay. They sure don’t teach you that at school.  Nor should they. I can use it in a sentence, but I’d rather not.

  • Chef 1.2 Available for Download

    Version 1.2 is now available; get the upgrade if you’re already a user, or give it a try for the first time! This release contains a few bug fixes and enhancements as requested by users.  The best new feature is Recipe Scaling, check it out. Also along with this release is a modified installation procedure. …

  • Note to self: Another Software Idea

    In the same vain as another post, I or someone needs to write a Visual Studio 2005 add-in for managing the Break on Exception feature.  Specifically, be able to create profiles that can easily be switched between during debugging sessions that would enable/disable breaking into the deubber on certain types of exceptions but not other.…

  • Chef and Vista

    As I mentioned last night, I made the 1.0.0 build of Chef and started doing some installation testing on Vista. It’s official – Vista’s UAC is kicking my ass.   It’s during the database setup that I’m having the problem.  Sql Server gets installed OK, it’s for some reason the database restore that times out. Kinda…