07Dec 2015 by richard@baronsoftware.com

PHP 7.0 is being released and what the package provides.

Software development Concepts, Software Events
[powr-twitter-feed label="PHP 7.0 Released"] The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.0.0. This release marks the start of the new major PHP 7 series. PHP 7 also comes with a new version of the Zend Engine, as well as several other improvements like: • Improved performance: PHP 7 is up to twice as fast as PHP 5.6 • Significantly reduced memory usage • Abstract Syntax Tree • Consistent 64-bit support • Improved Exception hierarchy • Many fatal errors converted to Exceptions • Secure random number generator • Removed old and unsupported SAPIs and extensions • The null coalescing operator (??) • Return and Scalar Type Declarations • Anonymous Classes • Zero cost asserts The release being introduced is an outcome of the almost two years of development.…
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30Sep 2015 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Apple OS X El Capitan is being released today.

SQL Tips
Starting on September 30th, everybody will be able to install Apple's latest OS X update, El Capitan, on their Macs. It'll be free, and given that Apple claims its predecessor had "the fastest adoption ever" of any PC OS, it'll be popular too. El Capitan is the small one in Apple's big-then-small OS update cadence, which means that we have just a few core changes, a bunch of app updates, and a healthy pile of bug fixes. Major updates: Start-up will be faster. Split View which automatically will fill the screen with another application. Mission control has been vastly improved.  Windows will be in a single layer, no stacking and set up relative to each other. Spotlight is improved to quickly gather weather, stocks, sports faster. File searching is smoother…
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24Sep 2015 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Embacadero releases DB PowerStudio® 2016

SQL Tips
Embarcadero has released DB PowerStudio 2016 during the DataU Webinar 2 day conference.   Product installation is simple and quick.  The new features that provide DBAs the ability of checking SQL Server performance by using the add-on Performance IQ. Only Rapid SQL and DBArtisan 2016 have been released, not sure what the status is on DB Change Manager and DB Optimizer since they were not part of this release.    The packages are getting more robust but the add-on cost is big for smaller firms.   Key Enhancements for DBArtisan and Rapid SQL 2016 Deep performance integrations into DBArtisan & Rapid SQL Significant SQL IDE enhancements to detect poor SQL performance Cardinality problems Data skew issues Substandard SQL syntax Inefficient index usage & index suggestions Full alerting package (+blackouts &…
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18Aug 2015 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Android SQLite Essentials Book Review

Book Reviews
  I recently had the pleasure of reading Android SQLite Essentials by Vikash Kumar Karn / Sunny Kumar Aditya. The book details about using SQLite with your android and some tips about accessing the database from multiple applets on your android device. The book is rather small about a little over 90 pages which I do not understand how Amazon comes up with 127 pages unless they are counting certain sections twice.  The chapters are simple concepts that anyone can understand and within an hour you can have a pretty good idea on what to expect as well as how to use SQLite. The chapters are listed below, you can complete the book within an hour and get developing.   The source code is available from their web site and…
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30Jul 2015 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Baron Software announces Document Manager for Windows.

Software Releases
  Baron Software wishes to present the latest application to assist the Law Offices, the application is called Document Manager. Baron Software's Document Manager Software allows you to manage your documents more efficiently, increase productivity, and meet compliance requirements. Documents Centralization are stored on your server or any location you wish, the system produces PDFs of each document and provides the company the ability of emailing them to a client in seconds, ensure only accurate and up-to-date versions are used, be prepared for audits and reduce man hours and administrative costs. System Requirements Windows 7 or above Microsoft Word or Office Acrobat Reader Near future enhancement will be for Wordperfect Office as well. Call or email for pricing!
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