Will this be an all-nighter?
I'm making a big push to finish the Struts Chapter tonight. Moreover - to finish the sample application. Things are going well so far. I hope it's not an all nighter, but as soon as I'm satisfied with the application, I'll have to deal with proof-reading the chapter, which could be a real headache. On the last chapter, the proof-reading took me an entire day. Ugh.
I just wanna get this darn thing done so I can spend some time with my family again, so I don't have to work weekends, and I can quit (pretty much) working for free. I think the time spent on the sample app will pay off in the long run, as it's already making it easier to develop the application at my new job. I was able to install, compile, deploy and start authenticating/pulling information from Oracle in a matter of hours. That's taken weeks in previous gigs. Of course, if you count the slow machine I had, the meetings and the installation of new software (trying to get the machine setup), then it probably took a week.
I took my home-built machine into work this morning - and all was peachy until I asked the help desk to add my computer to the domain. Politics came into play and I was told that the technicians have to build the machines, not some dev-head. No biggie, just get me a faster machine I said. I argued with the guy for a bit as I tried to explain that a 700 Mhz, 128 MB RAM machine was too slow for Java Development. When he said that was one of the fastest machines they had, I almost choked. Luckily, they found a 2 Ghz machine that I get to start using tomorrow - this'll be the 3rd machine I've built since I started last week. Damn. Sure is nice working from home when you have everything setup already. Do you think that tele-commuting will be the wave of the future? The clients that've paid me to work from home are getting a heckuva better deal than the ones that require an on-site consultant.