Monday, April 9, 2012

SSIS Junkie : AdventureWorks2012 now available for all on SQL Azure

Why not host your training platforms in the cloud?  It only makes sense, especially for databases, as every developer doesn’t need the latest Adventureworks database on their laptop, and it’s a big waste to add to a local server.

AdventureWorks2012 now available for all on SQL Azure

SSIS Junkie : AdventureWorks2012 now available for all on SQL Azure

Awaiting the launch of Tailspin toys to the cloud….

Monday, April 2, 2012

The R programming language for programmers coming from other programming languages

Learning R?  An introduction and comparison against other common programming languages.

R is more than a programming language. It is an interactive environment for doing statistics. I find it more helpful to think of R as having a programming language than being a programming language. The R language is the scripting language for the R environment, just as VBA is the scripting language for Microsoft Excel. Some of the more unusual features of the R language begin to make sense when viewed from this perspective.

The R programming language for programmers coming from other programming languages