I recently had a conversation with a software developer who was looking for a payment processing solution for his software and asked my opinion. It was not the first time I had been asked such a question and I...
Simple Storage Service, or S3 for short, from AWS, provides industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance. We can use S3 to store, retrieve and manage any amount of data, such as...
After successfully integrating into Payguardian Cloud, I decided to continue integrating into Payguradian SDK to deploy ID Tech devices. I chose ID-Tech Augusta for MSR and Chip processing. ID Tech Augusta...
If you have ever built software for touchscreen devices, you know that having an onscreen keyboard is an essential component. Windows comes with an Onscreen keyboard as one of its built-in Ease of Access tools...
Peter Huber SG If a record declaration creates a cyclical reference, the compiler generated ToString() causes a stack overflow.When a record declaration has a property referencing itself, a reference cycle is...
Over the years, I have participated in many development projects where we could use a DLL (Dynamic Link Library) or use an API. This article will explain the differences between DLL and API, the pros and cons...
Introduction For end-users, it is much easier if they could enter the digits from a numeric keypad, and the currency format automatically applies, instead of entering a decimal point and numbers! Background In many PoS...
Background PHP, as it’s known today, is the successor to a product named PHP/FI. Created in 1994 by Rasmus Lerdorf, the very first incarnation of PHP was a simple set of Common Gateway Interface (CGI) binaries...
Introduction In current times, there are multiple project management frameworks available, such as Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban, etc. So, when a new project has been started, we need to take hundreds of decisions...
If you need to load a webpage in your C# WinForm app, you have to use a WebBrowser control, which comes with Visual Studio.WebBrowser is, in fact, a wrapper for IE, and it’s stuck in IE.You will notice that when...
Introduction Semi-integrated techniques have provided many opportunities for software developers to directly, and without using any third-party middleware or gateway, integrate their software to credit card processing...
A comprehensive introduction to what NuGet is and does An essential tool for any modern development platform is a mechanism through which developers can create, share, and consume useful code. Often such code is bundled...
When Microsoft employees need to work remotely, they are empowered to stay productive and connected by using Microsoft Teams. “For a variety of reasons, we have seen an increase in the numbers of employees working...
With the actual COVID-19 worldwide outbreak many programmers are already forced to work remote, and we can expect that most of us will soon be home. In the IT and especially in the development industry we are lucky...
Introduction EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) is a set of standards for the use of payment chip cards (those with an embedded microprocessor). The microprocessor within a payment chip card provides strong security...
I have worked with MySql for several years now, and there have been cases where I needed to copy (or duplicate) in a table where an auto-increment key exists.The following function for VB.NET is a solution that has been...
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