http://www.mattmthomas.com/blog Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:10:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Installing MySQL We installed the MySQL Server 5.0 for Windows. We selected the Community version and downloaded the “Windows Essentials” msi file. To have the luxury of working the MySQL Query Browser, we downloaded the GUI Tools package. Once we ran the msi file, we navigated ... http://www.mattmthomas.com/blog/?p=52 Blogging has never been a strong point for me, but since this class I kind of started to enjoy it. This entry is an overview of what was taught and learned in the class throughout the semester. I will describe my thoughts on the topics and the assignments. I did ... http://www.mattmthomas.com/blog/?p=49 “Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is a great way to manage complexity, achieve high levels of re-use and significantly reduce the development effort required on software development projects. With support for MDA built in, Enterprise Architect helps bridge the gap between the analysis and implementation.” Enterprise Architect by Sparx Systems ... http://www.mattmthomas.com/blog/?p=47 Once again the value of using MDA in any organization is cost savings. There is tremendous savings in hours spent writing code to debugging it. With MDA, as long as your models are correct, you will have perfect code that does not have bugs. Now we all know that this ... http://www.mattmthomas.com/blog/?p=46 Overview MDA is the idea of creating Unified Modeling Language (UML) models, which are written in a way which makes them technology-independent. This is adding a layer of abstraction to the already many layers that exist. By creating more and more levels of abstraction it makes it easier for applications to ... http://www.mattmthomas.com/blog/?p=44 log4j is a logging utility that was developed by Ceki Gülcü and is part of the Apache Logging Services project under the umbrella of the Apache Software Foundation. This project was designed to help minimize the number of println statements that one would write throughout their code. We ... http://www.mattmthomas.com/blog/?p=43 On Friday the 23rd we left Provo to go down to Island in The Sky in the Canyonlands National Park. It was raining as we traveled down there, but that did not deter us at all. By the time we got into the park it wasn't raining but things were ... http://www.mattmthomas.com/blog/?p=36 As I look forward to graduation I find myself wanting to start buying things in anticipation of my increased salary. This summer I plan on doing a lot of outdoor activities such as biking, hiking, and camping. There are several places I want to go including The Wave, King’s Peak, ... http://www.mattmthomas.com/blog/?p=34 They say laughter is the best medicine, I couldn’t agree more! On Saturday night as I dropped Megan off at her apartment we started working on her birthday prank. In an effort to be original I decided that I would use Post-It Notes and cover her car with them. We ... http://www.mattmthomas.com/blog/?p=30 Today Kevin Rollins, former CEO of Dell, came and spoke to the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization on campus at BYU. We were all stuffed into a small auditurium style room in the law building. He spoke about the entrepreneur spirit. He said that the door has not been closed on entrepreneurial ... http://www.mattmthomas.com/blog/?p=28