he concept of time travel has been a staple of science fiction since the entertainment genre was invented. Whether it’s H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine,” Doc Brown’s DeLorean in “Back
n Part 2 we looked at associations, which are nothing more than references, but they can be directional and represent multiplicity. If we were restricted to our ability to generate
ave you ever needed to populate a database with realistic, but generated (as opposed to actual) data, in volumes that demand automation? Such a need arises in many circumstances, such
any companies devote a sizeable portion of their IT infrastructure to converting traditional EDI data to and from the data formats their back office systems use. Typically, they handle this
lasses are only the first step to understanding UML. In my last article I discussed classes in UML and how they are coded using C#. In this article I will
nce upon a not-long-ago, Web services were the future killer application that you just had to have a grasp on. While they are a very important part of most architectures
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hy do we need to model software? After all, aren’t the acts of coding and refactoring of that code enough? That depends on what is meant by enough! You could
ince the release of the first version of MSMQ in December of 1997, it has provided the plumbing required by many enterprise applications. Before MSMQ, developers implemented tools with similar