Tomorrow is the end of the Development cycle for my (big, fancy, secret) project at work. I ran into some interesting complications and learned a few things in the process:
1. How to write a Windows Service
2. Windows Services don’t like regular winform timers, you have to use a System.Timers.Timer(). Otherwise, it’ll compile and run, but the timer won’t tick and your Service will be totally useless.
3. How to communicate with old DB2 databases from a .NET application
4. How to communicate with an FTP server form a .NET application
5. People make Philly Cheesesteaks with two different types of cheese. Both are apparently considered “Philly-style”. I wonder how they’re made in Philly?

So I guess I’m a better person for it. I just finished what I believe to be the last major hurdle in the process. That just leaves a few things to do tomorrow:
1. A week of Unit Testing
2. Two days of Documentation (Visio flowcharts, class diagrams, fun stuff)
3. Update to Release mode, final compilation, packaging, and delivery to Test

So I guess I’ll be able to sit back and relax, soon. Maybe this weekend.