DataEase International, Incorporated
Trumbull, Connecticut
(1991 - 1996)

Developing Windows Software as Senior Systems Programmer at DataEase

Products Built: ( Click the product logo for more information and screen capture images... )		DataEase Express Idea PreView Prism Database Engine DataEase For Windows

My Experience Programming at DataEase

When I left Maymod, I saw that DataEase was advertising a programming opening, I realized that they had been impressed by my work on "CrossView", so I applied for it. They were trying to convert their successful DOS database management and application builder product "DataEase" to a new Windows application, but their programming team had failed at that challanging massive task, and a new team of "C" programmers were needed. To prepare for my interview, I decided to quickly learn the required "C" programming language and create an example program to match the look and feel of the new Windows operating system applications that were becoming popular at that time. So I decided to make a few common playing card solitaire games that would look like Windows applications: "Spider", "Spideret", "Fortress", "Scorpion", and "Pyramid". I domonstrated my game programs at the job interview, and was hired. They liked playing my games, so I gave them copies to enjoy, including Windows installation packages I prepared for them.         I wanted to work on the user interface portions of products, and enjoyed doing that with three Windows products: "DataEase Express", "Idea PreView", and "DataEase for Windows", but I also did some programming work on the "Prism" internal database engine that was hidden from the user.      ( Click on the three product names for my        experiences programming them. )       [ Here is a link to the current DataEase website,            now headquartered in England. ]