by Jonathan Halder | Jun 14, 2024 | Blogging
Defnition of Fixed Price billing (Cost plus margin) This I believe is the next favorite behind hourly billing. Typically a consultant will try to determine the features the customer is asking for, then determine a fixed cost based on their costs plus a margin of some...
by Jonathan Halder | Jun 13, 2024 | MS Access, MS Access VBA Coding
According to the RubberDuck refactoriings page, the definition of the Introduce Parameter refactoring is: Introduce Parameter Select a local variable to promote to a parameter. Call sites for the containing procedure will be updated with a TODO argument, which must...
by Jonathan Halder | Jun 12, 2024 | MS Access, MS Access VBA Coding
I have discovered another source of documentation from the RubberDuck git repository which contains some descriptions of the refactoring options. Here is the link: Refactorings · rubberduck-vba/Rubberduck Wiki · GitHub According to this page, the Encapsulate Field...
by Jonathan Halder | Jun 11, 2024 | MS Access, MS Access VBA Coding
Here is another entry on the VBA RubberDuck Refactoring menu: What exactly does this mean? Initially, I was thinking the scope was a function in a module, and it would move a function closer to a function call made. I was just DEAD WRONG! It’s actually something...
by Jonathan Halder | Jun 10, 2024 | Blogging
I’ll be honest, I don’t particularly like hourly billing. This list will likely show you why. Description: Hourly billing (Rate * Hours): This seems to be the favorite of the industry. It is based on an hourly rate and the concept that time is money. It...