We've added another article to the Rethinking Agility in Databases series:

Part VI: Structure and Information Revisited

Hi Everyone,

This... uh... month's technical article is actually a series of articles: Rethinking Agility in Databases.  Right now, there's just an introduction.  In the next day or so, there should be an article with some real meat to it.  Keep an eye out here, or subscribe to the Rethinking Agility in Databases RSS feed (or one of the superset feeds) to keep current on this new series of articles.

Thank you,
Max Guernsey, III
Managing Member, Hexagon Software LLC

Hello,

Hexagon Software has published another technical article:

The Basics of Test Driven Database Design

Thank you,
Max Guernsey, III
Managing Member, Hexagon Software LLC

DataConstructor 1.5.0 has been released.

It has a new feature: Legacy Database Support.

Thank you,
Max Guernsey, III
http://www.hexsw.com

I have just written and published to our site the article "Immutable, Self-Referential Graphs: Why & How."  It can be found here.

This is the first in a new line of content, for Hexagon Software: Technical Articles.  These articles are intended to delve more deeply into the problems we are trying to solve.  They do contain references to our products but only in the context of how they either address the problem at hand or were instrumental in discovering the solution.

You are also invited to visit our Technical Articles blog, which has an associated RSS stream.

Thank you,

Max Guernsey, III

Managing Member,

Hexagon Software LLC

Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
HexagonSoftwareUsers group:

What do you think of Common Components SDK's Design Patterns support features?

(e.g.: ObjectProcessor, ChainObjectProcessor, and SequenceObjectProcessor)

   o I haven't looked at it, yet.
   o I don't understand what it's for.
   o I understand what it's for but I think that it's too complex.
   o I like it.
   o (Abstain)


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Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
HexagonSoftwareUsers group:

What do you think of Common Components SDK's
(http://www.hexsw.com/Products/Components/Common/Default.aspx) immutable
graph-building technology?

(e.g.: GraphStagingArea, GraphNodeStagingPoint, GraphBuilder, et cetera)

   o I haven't looked at it.
   o I don't understand why I would use it.
   o I understand why I would use it but think it's too complex.
   o I like it.
   o (Abstain)


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Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
HexagonSoftwareUsers group:

Based on your experience so far, how likely would you be to recommend
DataConstructor to a colleague?

   o 1 - No way!
   o 2
   o 3
   o 4
   o 5
   o 6
   o 7
   o 8
   o 9
   o 10 - Definitely!


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Hexagon Software is pleased to announce the following releases:

• DataConstructor™ - Version 1.4.0 - Press Release
• License Enforcement - Version 1.4.0 - Press Release
• Common Components - Version 1.4.0 - Press Release

These releases represent a significant improvement in DataConstructor and Common Components.  DataConstructor is now twice as powerful: it allows you to apply the same idiom used for databases to XML data stores.  Common Components is also significantly more powerful; with increased Design Pattern support.

Thanks,
Max Guernsey, III
Managing Member,
Hexagon Software LLC