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Few of my students were scheduled to take a test yesterday. But, none of them took it! While all had some reasons or other, i personally feel they were a victim of procrastination. All of us procrastinate at different times. Many articles have been...

Introduction to XML Definition: Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a software and hardware independent tool for storing and transporting data.That say’s it all! XML are flat files designed to carry data - with focus on what data is. History: XML...

I was on my usual evening walk today at a nearby lake. The sun was about to set...I got stunned with the view and became speechless. This is surely not the first time i felt like this. It reminded me of what my friend Daljit Singh Rana once said...

In one of my previous article we talked about the accessing a non-progress web service from progress OpenEdge® ABL. Refer to the article Accessing non Progress® Application via WebService for more information. During this webinar, few participant...

Many times organizations and project managers are afraid of implementing good practices in project management fearing they would consume more time. While their fear is unrealistic, it could not be ignored as a factor impacting a successful...

Introduction to Web Services A Web service is a method of communication between two electronic devices over a network (Machine-to-Machine). The W3C defines a Web service generally as: “a software system designed to support interoperable...

“Complete the project in 6 months.” “Complete the project within $ 100 Million.” “The outcome of the project must have following features…” The above statements are examples of project constraints. Traditionally; Time, Cost and Scope are considered...

The message statements used by the developers for debugging Progress® OpenEdge® application are considered by many as “Fools way of debugging!”. When I heard it for the first time, I asked “What are our other alternatives considering most of the...

Acharya Devo Bhava! I thank all my teachers who have been instrumental in my upbringing. Thank you for being a guiding star. While all teachers have played significant role, few teachers have been very special to me. From my memory book, i open few...

I like being spontaneous in my personal life events. And the same thing holds good for my wife as well! Great mind think alike (I hope my wife is reading this)! I feel one of the most daunting tasks every day is getting our children ready for the...

How you look at things around you? In my first year civil engineering subject had a chapter on perspective views. Perspective is what gives a three-dimensional feeling to a flat image such as a drawing or a painting. Example - a perspective view of...

How many questions on an average do you ask per day? Asking or answering questions is an integral part of our communications. In our everyday personal and professional lives we either ask or answer a host of questions. Some interesting statistics...