Comments on: A Couple of Podcasts About PL/SQL and Oracle Security

By: Eddie Awad

Eddie Awad — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:32:16 +0000

I'm afraid I do not know of any other place serving these podcasts. I'm getting a 55KB/sec. Better than 20 but still not fast enough.

There is a neat feature in Google Reader and Bloglines that lets you listen to podcasts inline. I have found this feature to be invaluable as it lets you listen to podcasts immediately without waiting for the whole mp3 to download.

By: Noons

Noons — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:53:55 +0000

Are these podcasts available from somewhere else? 12MB at 20KB/s is w-a-a-a-y too slow but seems to be the tops searchoracle can do…

By: Rob V

Rob V — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:22:17 +0000

Haha – it sounds like Steven wrote his own questions!

Or, at least someone who is intricately familiar with exactly what Steven is promoting.

In any event, that doesn’t negate the fact that he’s a PL/SQL genius.

By: Eddie Awad

Eddie Awad — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 06:26:37 +0000

Yes, you're right vidya. Even though I have yet to implement it in my daily programming routine, I do find the "test before you code" programming methodology very appealing. In fact, it is one of the Extreme Programming rules: Code the Unit Test First.

It's very hard to change the habit of how you have been doing things for years. I guess that's one of the things that differentiates a good programmer from a great programmer, the ability to adopt and adapt to new and better development methodologies.

Of course, this requires defining the standards and the methodology and having the discipline to follow them, not to mention the support from the boss.

By: vidya

vidya — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:23:48 +0000

Steven’s take on design your test strategy before you code is certainly good – how much of it can I get my developers here to do is what I am not sure about – it is really getting them to change the way they do things.