This website is a virtual proof that I'm awesome https://stuartwheaton.com/ You’ve heard of Test Driven Development and Feature Driven Development, maybe even Behavior Driven Development. But have you heard of Configuration Driven Development? Perhaps not, read on! Introduction While working on some recent code projects (both personal and professional), I realized there was going to be many instances of similar... Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0400 https://stuartwheaton.com/blog/2021-10-13-config-driven-development/ https://stuartwheaton.com/blog/2021-10-13-config-driven-development/ And Its Application in Database Directory Splicing - Introduction A while back at my job, we needed a solution for splicing together multiple databases seamlessly, with the database user being blissfully unaware this is happening. The discussion of how and why we were doing this are out of scope for this post. Rather, I’ll discuss one subproblem which... Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0400 https://stuartwheaton.com/blog/2020-08-10-directory-search/ https://stuartwheaton.com/blog/2020-08-10-directory-search/ A Practical Guide for the Everyday Programmer - Edited 11/07/2020 for updated advice and to belatedly address discussions in this reddit post The C++ language is one of the most widely used programming languages in the world. In 1998, the first standard ISO C++ version was published, known as C++98. No significant updates were made for 13 years,... Sun, 14 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0400 https://stuartwheaton.com/blog/2020-06-14-c++11-guide/ https://stuartwheaton.com/blog/2020-06-14-c++11-guide/ SWon Software Until now, I had a stand-in for a blog name following the ever-funny joke template: Bloggy McBlogface. Now I’m unveiling my new blog name: SWon Software, or Swon Soft for short. As in, Stuart Wheaton on Software. It’s pronounced like “swan”, hence the logo. Logo Design I did... Sun, 07 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0400 https://stuartwheaton.com/blog/2020-06-07-swon-software/ https://stuartwheaton.com/blog/2020-06-07-swon-software/ A Mortgage Net Present Value Calculator - Mortgage Decision Woes I bought my house almost 2 years ago now, and one of the big lessons I learned is that there’s always another lesson to be learned. Totally :corn:, but it’s true. I first smacked into this once we finally chose a house and had our offer accepted.... Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400 https://stuartwheaton.com/blog/2020-05-25-mortgage-npv/ https://stuartwheaton.com/blog/2020-05-25-mortgage-npv/ New Digs Well, I finally got around to creating a website and blog! I am using Github Pages and Jekyll, which were very easy to set up. Also I got beautification help from beautiful-jekyll. As a non-GUI developer, this is definitely a Good Thing ™; there’s a non-zero chance a... Sun, 09 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500 https://stuartwheaton.com/blog/2020-02-09-aloha-earth/ https://stuartwheaton.com/blog/2020-02-09-aloha-earth/