Taco Soup
Friday, March 5, 2010
I am not sure where this comes from as I only have it on a piece of paper, but the comment about points leads me to believe this is a Weight Watchers recipe. None the less it is super easy to make and one of my personal favorites so I thought I would share it with others.
- 1 lb Lean Ground Beef
- 2 cans Pinto Beans, Undrained
- 1 can Whole Kernel Corn, Undrained
- 2 cans Stewed Tomatoes, Undrained
- 1 pkg. Taco Seasoning
- 1 pkt. Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing
- 1 and 1/2 cups Water
All you do is brown the ground meat in a large soup pot and drain. Then you add everything else and simmer until heated through. It says it makes approximately 11 cups, but I like to eat it in bigger bowls.
That’s all there is to it. I hope that you enjoy it. I tried to find one like this on Recipezaar and there were a lot of similar ones, but none that were an exact match.
ORM Relationship Types
Monday, March 1, 2010
Object Relational Mapping (ORM) tools allow developers to interact with databases through objects. The basic object in the typical solution is the model. The model is essentially an object representation of a single table in the database. In fact, implementations that subscribe to the activerecord design pattern will often view the model as an object representation of a single row of a specific table. Since the target data store in most cases is an RDBMS (excluding the recent surge in distributed Document based DB’s) the typical ORM needs some way to represent foreign key relationships in an object oriented way. To facilitate this the field has evolved a set of conventions or names for foreign key (FK) relationships in the DB based on the object’s (table’s) role in the given index. Here is a brief but hopefully useful explanation of four relationship types.
Password Ideas
Friday, February 26, 2010
In a recent article on the web magazine A List Apart author Lyle Mullican published an interesting discussion of password form fields on the web. The article entitled The Problem with Passwords discusses how passwords might evolve on the web to provide better usability while maintaining user confidence in the system. If you are interested in the evolution of token based computer security then this article is worth a read. It’s focus is on the user experience, but the questions it considers give you a peek into the mind set required to meld strong security with usability.
Jelly ORM
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
jonathangeiger of the Kohana PHP Framework community has been working hard lately on a new ORM that shows promise. The github repository can be found here if you would like to check the code out. I decided to point my PHP Code Explorer at it to figure out the Jelly object model. Below is a screen capture of what I found. You can click the image to see a larger view.
I hope this view is helpful to you. I know it helped me to get a better perspective of Jelly and how it was designed.
Update: The official Jelly web site can be found at http://jelly.jonathan-geiger.com/.
Choosing An ORM Solution
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Object Relational Mapping (ORM) tools are software products designed to allow developers to work with relational database management systems (RDBMS) in an object oriented and database agnostic way. Their primary goal is to make the developer’s work easier and free them to focus on higher value aspects of their solutions. As a hobbyist programmer I have a limited amount of time to give to my projects. In the last year this realization has pushed me to look at development tools that can increase my productivity in the limited time available. Leveraging an ORM solution seemed like a natural step in that progression.