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I started computer programming that of someone who was a programmer telling a computer what to do. I started programmin in 1980 on an Apple II and Atari Commodore 64 computers. Saving data in those days was to a cassette tape. Today things are much different being more web-based interfaces. It's pretty easy to build a website, download a free development tool, and call yourself a programmer. There's a world of difference between someone who just picked up "The Idiot's Guide to Computer Programming" and a professional,and that is sort of the purpose of this page. I want to give you the knowledge to be able to tell the two apart.
Louisiana Customers
Some information I know about Louisiana is I believe the state was admitted or ratified to the United States around or about 'April 30, 1812'. Louisiana is located around latitude '30.39183' and longitude of '-92.329102' and has a population of roughly '4,657,757 million'. If I remember correctly the capital is 'Baton Rouge' and the largest city is 'New Orleans'.
What exactly is "computer programming", anyway? Of course, it is the process of writing computer code (i.e. programming, coding), with the result being a functioning (hopefully) software application. But if you are going to do it correctly, you need to do a lot more than coding.
Word of Mouth
Take a moment to read related case studies and testimonials below around my experience with Computer Programming.
Case Study
ScanOnline hired me to manage manufacturing and government software development for small clients to large clients like the FBI and Executive Offices of the Whitehouse. NTI Solutions was a subsidiary of ScanOnline selling QuarterMaster software at the time for asset management. Many federal agencies used Quartermaster to manage checkout of assets whereas the Whitehouse utilized it to manage furniture for events.
"Eddie had respect and faith in his developers to perform their jobs with the best of their abilities. Eddie was always willing to offer his assistance and had an excellent rapport with the companys customer base. He was always available to answer any questions or help with any issues that would arise. His management style was unique in that he let developers have a sense of control."
October, 2015
Anthony Downs | USA
Developer
NTI Solutions
"I worked directly with Eddie and his team of developers to review, fix, enhance, create and deploy products. He has a very positive attitude, acknowledges teammates input and has an excellent rapport and ability to communicate well with clients, making him a valuable member of the team. I was also impressed with his forward thinking and ideas."
October, 2015
Lynn Stone | USA
Product Manager
ScanOnline
"I am a fan of the dashboards you create our customers are going to love them."
January, 2015
Brian Graves | USA
VP of Sales
ScanOnline
"We are confident that Eddie is the right person to help ScanOnline meet strategic and growth objectives in the coming years."
November, 2014
Lee Pickler | USA
President
ScanOnline
Case Study
When the GTA (Greensboro Transit Authority) which also operates Access GSO, a door-to-door and curb-to-curb paratransit service for passengers with disabilities needed a questionnaire system for their patrons they asked me if I could help since I had previously assisted the Parks and Recreation department. The resulting SCAT (Specialized Community Area Transportation) questionnaire system gave them a way to record questionnaires into a system for reporting and analysis.
"Eddie, the SCAT questionnaire system you created has really helped our department. Thank you!"
8/12/1998
GTA Department | USA
Paratransit Service
Greensboro Transit Authority
Case Study
The Housing and Community Development of City of Greensboro came to me for a survey system for the city buses.
"You and Mark have shown that hiring outside consultants is definitely the way to go."
7/10/1998
Mitchell Johnson | USA
MIS Director
City of Greensboro
Case Study
USAir needed to ensure Y2K was not impacting their Dividend Miles program. I reviewed Visual Basic code for any Y2K issues as well as ensured communications to the PBX system still would work after Y2k.
"Great work on the PBX Rexx system. Sorry the system, Is so convoluted. You have made the best of it."
6/15/1999
Mark Burmaster | USA
Lead Developer
Sabre (Intellimark)
"Thank you so much Eddie for the Visual Basic library you donated to the Y2K migration project for USAir. You are a great resource for us and are glad to have you on the team."
5/10/1998
Connie Wallier | USA
Manager
Sabre (Intellimark)
Case Study
Gilbarco needed a way to interface IBM Mainframe database information and pre-build green screens to a Windows layout. I screen scraped every mainframe screen utilizing a HLLAPI and Visual Basic 5.0 which dynamically created desktop Windows screens. Therefore, one mainframe codebase with a new Windows front end.
"Just wanted you to know that EC Tools you wrote was a BIG help in completing a recent PCR request. It is an excellent tool. It saved time and effort in completing my task."
10/20/1997
Mike Ardisson | USA
Sales
Gilbarco
Case Study
My start in the food industry started when we wrote software for Nabisco to manage from a marketing perspective how they stacked up to the competition. Critical to this was the ability to monitor competition. I was given the daunting task of writing a system to monitor at the product and geographical level what competitors were doing with existing product and new product.
I delivered CATS (Competitive Activity Tracking System) which allowed Nabisco and Planters & Life Savers divisions to keep abreast of competitor changes in the market place. This competitive advantage was unheard of in the industry. I cannot disclose how competitive information is gathered in the field but the final system, included actual pre-release product images from actual competitor bagged product, competitor price sheets and more.
I also assisted in implementation of IRI Customer Sales syndicated data for in-house processing (savings in excess of $2 million) which the company was utilizing for competitor information as well by loading the IRI data for easy distribution to the entire organization. This data combined with CATS made for a competitive arsenal still unmatched since 1991.
"Great work Eddie! Clearly the whole company is benefiting from your VB expertise and your continuous sharing of routines you have developed through Townhall."
3/24/1995
Dave Pettigrew | USA
Sales & Marketing
Nabisco / Planters & Life Savers
"Thank you for all the functions and subs that you put into the libraries. I've only used a handful so far, but they have saved me a lot of time. They are all easy to use and understand"
3/23/1995
Jonathan Shema | USA
Developer
Nabisco / Planters & Life Savers
"The implementation of the IRI Consumer Sales databases on the MVS machine in Wilkes Barre was a success! All systems GO! Thanks to a tremendous show of effort from our Information Processing Services group, IRI and our dedicated Marketing Systems Team the project has been completed on-time and without any loss of service to users as full access has been maintained through the project. Project savings in excess of $2 million."
7/14/1994
Joe Farrelly | USA
Sr. VP & CIO
Nabisco / Planters & Life Savers
"I think Eddie has done a good job on reviewing the present market for this type of software; I wish more developers would put this level of effort into it. Eddie's assertion, confirmed by Ahmed, that native DB-LIB is the fastest access path to SQL Server is absolutely correct."
4/25/1994
Greg DiGiovanni | USA
Development Manager
Nabisco / Planters & Life Savers
"Bruce: My main man (Eddie Drye) has been a great help to me down here.... He has some things published in Townhall y'all might be interested in. Yesterday we the entire process up as a PIF and this is the result. I'm putting this one to bed."
9/22/1994
Larry Leonard | USA
AS/400 Senior Developer
Nabisco / Planters & Life Savers
"Thank you for your hard work and cooperation on our first validation process. I really appreciate your attitude and initiative in following up through the various stages of this process. I am looking forward to many successful validations to come!"
6/15/1994
Robert Bowden | USA
Sales
Nabisco / Planters & Life Savers
"Just wanted to add my appreciation concerning the fine work Eddie and Dave did for the first Account Review database update. As you know, support of the Account Review system, Is a top priority of the LifeSavers management team. Your group has done an excellent job assuming these key responsibilities. Thank you!"
6/15/1994
Earl Godwin | USA
Sales
Nabisco / Planters & Life Savers
Case Study
High Point Radiological Services PA needed their existing patient billing system running on a Data General AOS/VS MV2000 (Bulldog) system to undergo heavy interface and data storage modification. After my changes billing and revenue became stable and highly accurate.
"Eddie, you have done such a great job on implementing the new Medicare, Medicaid, BCBS changes."
4/5/1990
Phyllis Kirby | USA
Patient Services
High Point Radiological Services, PA
"Great job on the changes to the Patient Billing System. You've really picked up Business Basic fast."
10/3/1989
Jim Meredith | USA
Lead Programmer
Carolina Cipher
"You have picked up making these modifications yourself and High Point Radiological really doesn't need Carolina Cipher anymore."
8/25/1988
Zaefer Balkin | USA
Programmer
Carolina Cipher
If at any point you decide to reach to me just know the area codes I am familiar with for Louisiana are '225, 318, 337, 504, 985'. For Computer Programming assistance you will find my rates very reasonable for Louisiana. Now just keep in mind my time zone is 'Eastern Standard Time (EST)' and I know the time zones in Louisiana are 'Central Standard Time (CST)' in case you wish to call me. Anyway let me continue.
Let's take a look at the steps I take to be considered a professional computer programming company:
The Development Environment
The way a programmer structures his or her development environment says a lot about them. Often times, new developers will keep one (and only one) copy of the source code on their local computer. There are serious problems with this approach. For starters they are a system crash away from disaster. But there are other issues, too. If you don't use a repository, you can't really do team programming properly. You can't unit test your applications effectively either.
Comments/Documentation
I can usually tell a lot about a programmer by looking at their source code. It doesn't matter what language being used, or if I even understand the code. A professional programmer will write comments throughout the source code, explaining its purpose, clarifying tricky sections, and logging changes. Without comments the source code is almost impossible to maintain.
Test-Driven Development
In the olden days (1980's and early 1990's) we used to write some code, compile it, and then run it, spot-checking for problems. Trust me, programmers make the worst testers. They know how the system works (they created it) so they know what buttons to press, and what buttons not to press. It was the tester's job to find the problems. Now the programmer has to go back and revisit the code. They may have forgotten exactly why they coded it a certain way, and now they spend two, three, even four times longer fixing the problem. The bug could have been fixed in minutes - even seconds, had they caught the problem immediately.
That's why test-driven development makes sense. The sooner you identify the problem, the faster and less expensive it is to resolve. You also avoid needless effort, such as when QA has to log bug reports, documenting everything to the letter. It's wasted effort I should avoid.
You know, I don't make it out to Louisiana much but I would like to see the 'Eastern Brown Pelican' state bird. I am a little familiar with the Louisiana 'Magnolia' state flower as well. However, I do not know much about Louisiana's state tree the 'Baldcypress'. Fishing is fun to me perhaps I would like reeling in the Louisiana 'White perch' state fish. Anyway, sorry I went off topic. Let me continue.
My Legacy Programming Expertise
Now that I have severely dated myself you can see I have the legacy tools background which I can still assist in. My legacy main areas are:
- Microsoft Classic ASP (web)
- Microsoft Visual Basic 1.0 - 6.0
- Microsoft QuickBasic (ever version)
- Microsoft Professional Development System Basic (PD7)
- Data General Basic (MV2000 and up)
- Microsoft Access (every version)
- ActiveX Custom Development (components)
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