Over the last 20+ years, I have attended several training sessions and conferences. Some have been good, and some have been fairly poor. In conversations with a few other EG folks, we were trying to boil it all down to determine what makes for a good training or conference. Why do we put forth the effort? What are we trying to accomplish? When a company commits to the level of investment in its people that continuing education requires, it should… [continue]
Swift Essentials: Generics
Software developers have long understood the many benefits of code reuse. These benefits include an increase in productivity and code quality, and a decrease in testing and maintenance costs. The idea of reducing redundancy in a codebase was popularized by the DRY principle, which was introduced in the 1999 book titled “The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master“. The acronym DRY stands for Don’t Repeat Yourself, and the principle suggests that “Every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous,… [continue]
The Mamba Mentality
On January 26th, America was reminded that nobody is immune from the fragility of life. A routine flight, which Kobe has taken thousands of times ended in tragedy. While I followed Kobe’s career, admired his game, recognized his talent, and participated in shouting “Kobe” whenever I threw something away, it wasn’t until the days following his passing that I learned and understood Kobe’s work ethic. For many this could be common knowledge – this “Mamba Mentality.” For me, I was… [continue]
LEGO Day
This quote just about sums it up: There was so much fellowship and family fun to be had. It IS my favorite day of the year here at Eg! A HUGE thank you to those who helped me make this day run smoothly… Also thanks to those who volunteered… you ran the trading like champs!! Thanks to all who came, we hope you had a blast, and know that we do this because we love you and your children and… [continue]
Goals and that 2020 Vision
“2020 Vision?” Really? I know. It’s overused, a bad dad joke, the puniest of puns, and as cliché as they come. But, now that we got that out of the way: With last year and last decade behind us, what are you wanting to accomplish next year/decade? Just about everyone wants to eat better, lose weight, or get in shape (or all of the above). Those are good goals, and keep those on the list. But… aren’t there even more… [continue]
Iceland
In tech we have many buzz words such as microservices, the cloud, frameworks, and artificial intelligence. Travel also has buzz words, and as of late, Iceland has been one of the biggest. Being a UX/UI Designer, I spend most of my days behind a computer. With two-thirds of the country being uninhabitable, a trip to Iceland is bound to be rustic, rural, and isolated, so the promise of spending most of my vacation outdoors was enticing! After stepping off the… [continue]
E-g Values People
E-g Focus on Values series As we pass our 19th anniversary and head into our 20th year as a business, we felt compelled to bring a little of the intimacy of our quaint company out into the open. Or as Don put it, “letting the internal leak outside a bit.” And so, we launch our “E-g Focus on Values” blog series! There are no “big personalities” here, and so we’re not strutting around presuming we’re the authority on any of… [continue]
Swift Essentials: Protocols
A protocol is an interface that defines a set of properties and methods which are necessary for a particular piece of functionality. The protocol can then be adopted by a class or structure to provide the actual implementation of that functionality. In this way, a protocol is a form of encapsulation, which allows you to interact with the interface without concern for the particular implementation type, which may be injected at runtime. This makes protocols ideal for delegation, which is a design pattern wherein… [continue]
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