Does your app have more string data than you realize? Are there better ways to handle those strings? Almost certainly. If you deal with strings (and who doesn't) you really need to read this article.

Yes, Clarion has a CAP attribute. But it's not very smart. Here's the code you need to handle capitalization the right way.

Let Keystate() give you administrator access to program features without requiring a special login.

If you're handling credit card numbers, here's a way to check for bad data before you submit the card for processing.

Is your code crap? How would you know? How can you easily test your code and have confidence that it's doing what you expect it to do? How can you automate your tests? This Friday Dave Harms will be the guest presenter at ClarionLive, where he'll answer these questions and others as applies unit testing to the ClarionLive Class Bash code.

The Clarion Magazine office will be closed Friday, December 24th. Here's a look at what's still to come this year.

As developers, we're paid to write code. And not just any code, but the good stuff, quality code that works reliably. How can you know your code is reliable? By testing it, of course. On Friday, Dec 10, in a ClarionLive webinar, Dave Harms will introduce an updated version of the ClarionTest unit testing framework and show how to use ClarionTest to make your code not just reliable but also more maintainable and reusable.

Preparing for his ClarionLive! presentation on .NET puts Dave Harms in a reflective mood. But he struggles with explaining the difference between traditional Clarion Win32 development and full-on .NET development. He reaches for metaphors. He searches for analogies. He comes up with... Ireland?!