Posted by acts_as_flinn
Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:55:00 GMT
Tomorrow I am going to PhillyOnRails and I am psyched. I have been meaning to get down there for a meeting. The driving is just under two hours which I am not looking forward to but I guess I can listen to Selling Your Services. The subject is Code Re-use and there will be a hands on session which should be interesting. I should stop at the Apple Store at King of Prussia because I need an Extra Battery because iBook G4s have crappy batter life. I’ll update after the meeting.
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Posted by acts_as_flinn
Fri, 30 Jun 2006 05:31:00 GMT
TRAQInventory is an inventory management program that is designed to reduce losses and surplus inventory that will increase your bottom line.
So you want specifics?
- Save on surplus costs by tracking inventory and assets between facilities. Instead of buying additional inventory, search and request spare parts from another facility within your organization – extremely helpful when your parts or equipment are worth hundreds or thousands of dollars.
- Email and RSS notifications when sensitive inventory reorder points are hit. Automatically notify management or suppliers to take action before you need to overnight a short item.
- NO IT DEPARTMENT NEEDED – Since TRAQInventory is a web application running on our managed servers, your company doesn’t need an IT department or overpriced specialists to install and maintain it.
- Service based means free updates, not like Windows, Office, Peachtree, Quickbooks, or any other software that comes out with a new expensive upgrade every year. As a service TraqInventory delivers free updates, that are on time when you need them.
- Share your data with applications like Excel, Peachtree or Quickbooks. Automatically share information with suppliers or clients. Or share inventory data with other web applications like Salesforce.com, SugarCRM, Blinksale, FreshBooks, osCommerce, x-cart and tons of other applications for doing business online.
- Did I mention that TRAQInventory is service based? Yes, but did I mention that with very low cost you can start using the service quickly and save money now. You can spread costs over the life of your usage instead of forking out tons of cash right now for something like MAS90, or MySAP.
- But can I use it on a PDA? Absolutely. TraqInventory also has a mini interface for your PDA. Your sales people can check inventory levels in real time with a smart phone. Or use an industrial PDA with a built-in barcode scanner for easy inventory movement at your facilities.
- Track any type of inventory or assets like industrial machinery, manufacturing parts, data center equipment, computers, or sale items you warranty.
I could go on about the features and reasons to use TRAQInventory but I think you get the picture. It is a really useful inventory application that will increase profits the right way.
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Posted by acts_as_flinn
Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:13:00 GMT
I have been hacking away on TraqInventory for quite some time now, though this is not the first application I have developed using Rails I am reminded daily why Ruby on Rails is by far the best thing since sliced bread.
I recently had the pleasure of lunch with a good friend of mine who is a cobol programmer. He was telling me about his experiences having to pick up the slack from a programmer who recently left the company he works for. In a little over 5 days he’s written 2000 lines of new code. That in itself is a feat within the time frame, but I couldn’t help but think to myself about my own experiences with other languages like PHP, ASP or Cold Fusion. While all of those languages have come a long way, none come close to rails.
I then proceeded to share with my friend the experiences I’ve had with rails, and I tried to break down the concept for him. I explained ActiveRecord and how effective the design pattern is in Ruby, code generation, associations, etc.
In the end it comes down to the simple things, take for instance this snip of code:
for letter in 'A'..'Z'
It does exactly what it looks like it does, iterate through the upper case alphabet giving me letter to work with. I used this recently for a filter I created. You can do similar magic with number, and while this seems relatively simple it is. The fact is the simple things that have been thought about in the design of Ruby make the harder things much easier when you get to them.
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