developerWorks http://stephen.evanchik.com/taxonomy/term/8/atom/feed 2006-11-12T20:59:32-08:00 Updates everywhere http://stephen.evanchik.com/blog/2007/10/updates-everywhere.html 2007-10-28T18:38:31-07:00 2007-10-28T18:38:31-07:00 Stephen Evanchik Wow, it has been a long long time since I updated this blog. Eli complained a couple days ago about it not being kept up to date and I realized that it is almost a year since my last post. A lot has changed so read on!

]]> Wow, it has been a long long time since I updated this blog. Eli complained a couple days ago about it not being kept up to date and I realized that it is almost a year since my last post. A lot has changed so read on!

In February word came down that AdTech (the group in IBM that I worked in) was being dissolved and we all had to find new places to work. In late March I moved to Software Group, working in the Massachusetts Design Studio with Louis and Alister the other authors of the now infamous Drupal series on IBM’s developerWorks . By the way, we finished that series: Part 13 , Part 14 and Part 15 .

After about a month or two I decided that the MA Design Studio wasn’t the right place for me so I started looking outside IBM for a new job.

I am happy to report that I am now working for VMware in the Cambridge R&D office and have been since mid-June. I really enjoy my work and the move has been great. It turns out that Kyle was also looking at VMware so I encouraged him to come to Cambridge and talk to some people. I am happy to report (you should have seen his blog post earlier) that Kyle made it to VMware and has just finished his first month.

I was also re-elected President of the GBC/ACM which is great. Hopefully we’ll roll out the new web site soon. The current one is a little sad.

I think that’s it for the updates. I’m sure I forgot some stuff, like moving to a new town and new apartment. It is amazing how a change like that can impact your quality of life.

Anyway, my November 2007 resolution is to post a blog entry at least once a month.

]]> Drupal database abstraction layer on developerWorks http://stephen.evanchik.com/blog/2006/11/drupal-database-abstraction-layer-developerworks.html 2006-11-12T19:01:25-08:00 2006-11-12T20:59:09-08:00 Stephen Evanchik We published Part 9: Understanding the database layer in our on going series about Drupal on developerWorks several weeks ago. The article describes how the Drupal database abstraction layer works using the pager system and our announcement module as discussion points.

We conclude the article with a “gift” to the Drupal community: support for IBM DB2 Express-C. Hopefully someone will take our work and finish it for later versions of Drupal .

]]> We published Part 9: Understanding the database layer in our on going series about Drupal on developerWorks several weeks ago. The article describes how the Drupal database abstraction layer works using the pager system and our announcement module as discussion points.

We conclude the article with a “gift” to the Drupal community: support for IBM DB2 Express-C. Hopefully someone will take our work and finish it for later versions of Drupal .

]]> Drupal developerWorks series part 7 and 8 http://stephen.evanchik.com/blog/2006/10/drupal-developerworks-series-part-7-and-8.html 2006-10-04T09:58:50-07:00 2006-11-12T20:58:54-08:00 Stephen Evanchik The next two articles in our developerWorks series on Drupal were published. Check out Part 7: Structuring content for theming using XHTML to learn about how we developed a consistent, clean content structure with proper semantics that we use in Part 8: Styling content for theming using CSS .

Discuss them on our developerWorks forum or drupal.org !

]]> The next two articles in our developerWorks series on Drupal were published. Check out Part 7: Structuring content for theming using XHTML to learn about how we developed a consistent, clean content structure with proper semantics that we use in Part 8: Styling content for theming using CSS .

Discuss them on our developerWorks forum or drupal.org !

]]> Part 6 and a Nikon D80! http://stephen.evanchik.com/blog/2006/09/part-6-and-nikon-d80.html 2006-09-12T20:51:23-07:00 2006-11-12T20:59:40-08:00 Stephen Evanchik The next article in our developerWorks series on Drupal was published today. Check out Part 6 which details how to build a custom Drupal module.

We are making progress on parts 7, 8 and 9. If all goes well they should be released in October. Writing 1 article is time consuming; writing an entire series is challenging.

I decided to treat myself to a new toy for all my hard work: a Nikon D80 . I got the kit with the 18-135mm lens and I have already put it to good use when we were in Salem. The camera is outstanding and I am looking forward to getting the SB-600 flash and a nice Crumpler backpack for the camera and m

]]> The next article in our developerWorks series on Drupal was published today. Check out Part 6 which details how to build a custom Drupal module.

We are making progress on parts 7, 8 and 9. If all goes well they should be released in October. Writing 1 article is time consuming; writing an entire series is challenging.

I decided to treat myself to a new toy for all my hard work: a Nikon D80 . I got the kit with the 18-135mm lens and I have already put it to good use when we were in Salem. The camera is outstanding and I am looking forward to getting the SB-600 flash and a nice Crumpler backpack for the camera and my laptop.

]]> Part 5 of our developerWorks series about Drupal went live http://stephen.evanchik.com/blog/2006/08/part-5-our-developerworks-series-about-drupal-went-live.html 2006-08-30T20:56:24-07:00 2006-11-12T20:59:32-08:00 Stephen Evanchik Part 5 of our developerWorks series about Drupal went live yasterday. It is titled Getting started with Drupal and presents an overview of the key Drupal concepts. The Drupal community is quite impressed with the quality of the article. I hope we can keep this up; writing high quality articles is agonizing because we want to be as accurate as possible.

]]> Part 5 of our developerWorks series about Drupal went live yasterday. It is titled Getting started with Drupal and presents an overview of the key Drupal concepts. The Drupal community is quite impressed with the quality of the article. I hope we can keep this up; writing high quality articles is agonizing because we want to be as accurate as possible.

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