Amortization function

Amortization is the means of paying out a predetermined sum, plus interest over a fixed period of time - so that the principal is completely eliminated by the end of the term.

I have found this to be very accurate (maybe a couple of pennies off on the final balloon payment). However, some financial companies may vary the way they calculate everything - so your millage may vary.
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Database Normalization

Database normalization is the practice of designing table structures for relational databases that prevent duplicate data and structual problems. A general rule of thumb is - whenever there are going to be multiple copies of data, they should be stored as Ids that point to a single copy of that bit of data. Read the story »

Web Development Project Life cycle

I was going to start this off as ‘The Ideal Web Development Environment’, but I soon realized that I was instead describing how a projects life cycle should go. So, I decided to stick to that. I will be explaining what I feel is the ideal project life cycle for a typical web development project. Some of these things aren’t necessary for smaller environments and other elements are missing for larger ones. Read the story »