Perhaps SQL isn't interesting? But it sure is ! | The Coffeehouse

footballism
Another Paradigm Shift!

In reply to JoshRoss

#Jun 13th @ 4:51 PM

-> Is SQL interesting to learn?

Probably not, since I favour the object or model driven approach:

http://odetocode.com/Blogs/scott/archive/2008/07/14/12185.aspx

BTW, I am a networking (WCF), GUI (WPF) guy, I hate Database and Silverlight:)

Zhou Yong

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In reply to footballism

#Jun 19th @ 1:45 AM

"-> Is SQL interesting to learn?

Probably not, since I favour the object or model driven approach:

http://odetocode.com/Blogs/scott/archive/2008/07/14/12185.aspx

BTW, I am a networking (WCF), GUI (WPF) guy, I hate Database and Silverlight:)

Zhou Yong"

Heh, funny I am crappy at UI and stuggling to get with WPF but I am in SQL all the time... I think I do some kind of Database related code every day...

Yin / Yang Smiley

emalamisura

In reply to JoshRoss

#Jun 13th @ 4:51 PM

Exciting? Maybe to a DBM or something, to me SQL is just this annoying thing I have to deal with that spits data into the interesting area of the application. In fact I am miserable whenever I write SQL, not to say its hard, writing SQL is one of the easiest things I do during a typical development day. CSS is what really pisses me off and drives me up that damn wall!!

Sabot
My name is Dave Oliver. I'm a Technical Architect.

I used to really enjoy doing UI's at the start if my carreer ... but I got bored because they aren't very challenging and wasn't making me an alround good coder.

littleguru
<3 Seattle

In reply to Sabot

#Jun 20th @ 2:42 AM

Well... it depends. I mean if you only drag and drop in buttons you probably don't much code when doing UI. But once you start to do these user controls on your own, like drawing them, making sure they are performant etc. you might also learn stuff. Probably not that much as if you only hang around deeper in the code but still...

SQL, btw., is also getting boring after a while...

Sabot
My name is Dave Oliver. I'm a Technical Architect.

In reply to littleguru

#Jun 20th @ 3:25 AM

Fare comment.

SQL Server isn't just about SQL btw and it's the rest of it I find most interesting such as ...

Integration Services (SSIS) - http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/integration.aspx - well thats ETL story sorted

Data Mining and Business Inteligence (BI) - http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/data-mining.aspx - more than just reporting!

Performance and Scaling - http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/performance-scale.aspx - Can you imagine trying to code half of this stuff ... and you don't have to!

Not to mention a very cool feature inside SQL Server 2008 called the Services Broker which is about scaling-out data services which as you can imagine is kind of handy for anyone building large websites and enterprise wide systems. Here is a link to the Programming guide.

These features aren't all available just in the Enterprise version ... you can start to get to know them all in the Developer Edition which you can pick up for between £40- £50 and is available on MSDN & Technet.

Most of these tools are aimed farely and squarely at Developers and not DBA's so go and explore ... it will saving writting lots of code!

TommyCarlier
I want my scalps!

In reply to Sabot

#Jun 20th @ 2:42 AM

I think UI development can be challenging and creative, finding the right layout, making sure everything looks and feels right, making sure everything scales nicely on different DPIs, keeping the UI responsive even while performing heavy-duty tasks (or while waiting for data coming from a server), ...

littleguru
<3 Seattle

In reply to Sabot

#Jun 20th @ 4:59 AM

I could bet with you that for certain people that gets also boring after a while... Smiley