How do classes relate to each other? Associated Classes [Link]
How do classes relate to each other? Associated Classes ... or ... define: Associated classes, parent classes, superclasses, subclasses, base classes, abstract classes, interfaces and mixins. Associated classes are the odd ones out here. They're classes that are used within...
2012-02-12
Design Patterns - what are they? Why use them? [Link]
Object orientation provides a wonderful bag of components, but they need to be linked together to provide a full set of facilities for data handling. And very often that linking together is in a way which can be standardised -...
2012-02-12
Designing your application - using UML techniques [Link]
When you're planning to write an application, you shouldn't just start writing code - you should think about what you're going to do and plan ahead. But how do you plan ahead? How do you ensure that you've thought of...
2012-02-11
Gypsy and Billy enjoy the snow [Link]
I know my feet would get cold - so we careful about taking the dogs out for too long in the snow. Yet on our brief walk this morning, they really let off steam. The field that backs onto the...
2012-02-10
Snow comes to Melksham, Wiltshire - pictures [Link]
Last night, I travelled home from Uni (City University, Islington) late in the evening ... Even in London, some snow was settling Chippenham Station at Mindinght-10 ... a delayed 22:15 from Paddington drops off passengers on a slippery platform The...
2012-02-10
Melksham Campus - a blog you can read, and a place you can comment [Link]
I'm a member of the SCOB - the Shadow Campus Operations Board - and last night I attended a meeting to learn about the uses that are being made of current facilities, from their users, about their current concerns, and...
2012-02-08
Re: Plymouth MP slams city's rail link with the capital [Link]
Most at an astronomical price unless you can get an advanced.
Is Melksham Off Peak or evening peak?
2012-02-12
Re: Reading Station improvements [Link]
I've recently read on Twitter that NRE are aware of the issue regarding the online map of Reading and the incorrect platform numbers. Brought to their attention by an FGW staffer who is also a member of this forum. Well done Ollie!
National Rail Enquir...
2012-02-12
Re: Disruption to SVB & SAR services Fri 10th to Sunday 12 Feb inclusive. [Link]
All rather academic. Didn't get to the SVB line today.
2012-02-12
Re: Cardiff to London train delayed while driver was 'psychologically evaluated' [Link]
What headline would the Daily Mail have come out with if the announcement had have been: "Driver has to be interviewed as he took us all past a red danger signal, not knowing whether or not we were about to crash into a train ahead at anything up to 1...
2012-02-12
Re: Reading Station improvements [Link]
If you try and find a map of Reading Station on the FGW website you are directed to national rail (not a problem) . However this map has not been updated and still has the old platform numbers on it.
[Note The Paddington map will also need changing no...
2012-02-12