Jeff Cogswell

eWEEK Labs Walk-through: SQL Anywhere Version 11 eWEEK Labs Walk-through: SQL Anywhere Version 11by Jeff Cogswell No Title When you develop for the Windows Mobile version of SQL Anywhere, you can use Visual Studio and its familiar design tools. This image shows the form as it looks inside the designer, complete with a Windows Mobile […]

In the computing world, the hardware is often a step or two ahead of the software. The simple reason is that once the hardware is released, it takes time before software developers start creating applications for the new hardware. Such is the case with BlackBerry. However, the latest versions of the Blackberry devices-including the Storm-now […]

Developing on Amazon EC2 Using RightScale No Title RightScale has several preconfigured templates that developers can use for their projects. No Title Each template includes a full description, along with startup scripts and other configuration options. No Title Once my server was running, RightScale provided me with DNS (Domain Name System) and other information about […]

Software development is always easier when you have tools to assist you, such as integrated development environments and code libraries. However, now that programming has reached the level of the so-called cloud, the need for tools to help in development has grown even more. Programming for the cloud requires maintaining, not just the software, but […]

In the past couple of years, we’ve been hearing the term “cloud computing” a great deal. However, from my experience working with people across various industries, many are still unsure what exactly the term means.Recently, Amazon entered the space with its own version of cloud computing. In this article, I’ll show exactly what Amazon is […]

Google’s Android is a complete mobile operating system. While the technology is meant to challenge other mobile OSes-including Microsoft’s Windows Mobile and Apple’s iPhone-it also promises to be a key development platform. For developers, that means using Java and Eclipse, and understanding the fundamental mobile architecture of Android. Here is an overview of the architecture. […]

The picture on the emulator Web site certainly looks intriguing. That was my first impression of Android, Google’s new operating system for handheld devices. The image I saw reminded me of Windows Vista, with a clock gadget and some folder icons on it. To give Android a test run, I installed the emulator on my […]

During the past two decades, I’ve worked with some really great programmers and software developers. And, unfortunately, I’ve worked with more than a few who probably should have chosen a different field. But the vast majority of the programmers fell somewhere in the middle. They were good. Not amazing, but definitely not bad either. For […]

When JavaScript was first invented, I don’t think anybody imagined just what we would be doing with it today. In fact, a lot of people today might not realize how much it’s being used behind the scenes of all the modern Web 2.0 applications. Right now, JavaScript is virtually the only language that can be […]

In the pages that follow, I give a rundown of the new Chrome browser from Google from a technical perspective. I’m not giving every detail of the nuts and bolts of Chrome, nor am I giving an overview of the cool new features. Rather, this is an overview of some of the interesting technical aspects […]

Lately there’s been a lot of talk about privacy and safety concerns regarding online health information. This morning I read an article on CNN’s Web site where the author was shocked to find her personal, private health information “on the Internet” (as she phrased it).The problem I have with this phrasing is it’s not exactly […]