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In a world that’s literally had to define a new normal, standards and rules around safety and quality have been scrutinized more than ever before. And that new reality is affecting standard operations for some industries. While the importance of compliance has not changed, the complexity of it may have. Considering how quickly we continue advancing, this increasing complexity may also be part of our new normal. If you’ve not updated your compliance management lately, now may be a good time.

In the previous article, we walked through an example of how to query and retrieve data from a MySQL database using the native MySQL C API and then compared that to the clean simplicity of using the SourcePro DB API. In this article, we are going to take that a step further and look at input parameter binding. Building off the system we discussed previously that manages the accounts for a credit card system, we are now going to implement a simple application that can add transactions to an account.

A lot of teams are starting to look for version control for binary files. As more teams adopt game engine technology, they produce more art assets, builds, and other files that they need to store and track. A lot of version control tools simply don’t do a good job with versioning or storing large binary files, like game engine files. Managing these files efficiently becomes a serious issue the more a team and their projects grow. You need the right version control for large binary files.

Game development and virtual production studios use game engines to create the unbelievable. But with game engines— like Unreal Engine or Unity — project assets are stored as large binaries. To efficiently collaborate on and manage these assets, version control systems need to treat them differently than other file types. Most version control companies cannot manage these binary files.

Causal Clustering is the next generation multi-site replication technology. It supports a distributed system clustering model for data centers. With Casual Clustering, you can experience better performance for remote team members and more robust replication, ensuring your teams are always up and running.

Using CSS style sheets, UI designers and developers have the power to easily brand and style their applications. Views Style Sheets, available as part of the Visualization C++ software, follow the HTML Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) standard. They provide an easy to use mechanism for customizing the appearance of the Views Gadgets, enabling you to style your C++ application the way you want it to look. This blog looks at two common applications.

DigitalOcean is a cloud hosting provider that offers cloud computing services and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Known for pricing and scalability, teams can deploy on DigitalOcean in seconds with plans start at just $5 a month. This structure can help anyone get up and running quickly in the cloud.