13 Apr 2004 nymia   » (Master)

Interview

Had a talk with the owner of a small scale (but growing) one-man consulting firm. Asked a couple of questions on where most of the code runs on, how his customers deal with applications and lastly, how he manages to stay afloat.

Also asked him about his experience on consulting and software development.

Novus Ordo

Currently coding the property model. I realized the error of tying the UI widgets directly to the class which made the app feel stiffer. The solution was to break the relation by setting up an interface between them. This would allow the widget to change from a pull-down to a list depending on what was selected in the property model. This method of indirection will apply to other widgets as well. Allowing the user to view the object in several ways.

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