The notion of function options (or arguments, settings, configuration values) has been around for a while. At a high level, a function option is a closure over some value that needs to be set on some other entity. By using some helper method, you can set a defined, yet flexible, set of values on an […]
Golang has become a language of the web. It’s simple usage for servers and web applications make it an ideal candidate for new projects. Here at PMG, we started our first Golang application mid-2017 and have enjoyed working with it. The application is running well and development is straightforward. However, when the project first started, […]
There are a few misconceptions about what developers should know before going into a new development role, but the biggest misconception is that the developer should know a wide range of programming languages and be an expert in all of them. But, since the fundamental concepts of programming are shared amongst all the languages like […]
With all of the craze in web development around React and Redux currently, we at PMG started using it about a year ago and have adopted it in most of our tools that run in the browser. It has made working with Javascript and the presentation layer much more enjoyable than what has been done […]
This past week, I had the amazing opportunity to attend the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. For those that don’t know, it is the premier conference for cloud computing and deals with the entire AWS ecosystem. Keynotes are presented by the CEO, Andy Jassy, and CTO, Werner Vogels. These speakers obviously have invaluable knowledge […]
Reasons for the Add-In One of PMG’s larger software applications is a Datawarehouse web app that allows our account services teams to load in tabular data from a multitude of datasources on a scheduled basis. This allows for the teams to see historical data and report on this data however they choose – the most […]
Exactly five weeks ago today, I started at PMG. I had been a student all my life with some internships along the way, so I kind of knew what to expect as a software developer. But what PMG offers is completely above and beyond what I thought possible in the business world.