I'm a software developer who has been programming professionally since 1981.
My background goes all the way back to the stone age of computer programming
- Started as a COBOL programmer on a mainframe computer
- Entered the new age with 4th generation languages (ADABAS/NATURAL) which was supposed to save the world
- Got into PC programming in Pascal, C++, Paradox and dBASE
- Further along to client/server programming using Paradox and PowerBuilder against Oracle and Sybase
- Took the deep dive into Embedded ANSI C programming
- Back up to the by many developers dreaded (but powerful) SharePoint development which I've followed through similar amazing changes
- Site templates
- "Handcrafted" Full Trust Solutions
- Full Trust Solutions with help from VS
- Sandboxed Solutions
- SharePoint Apps/Add-ins
- "Handcrafted" SharePoint Framework like solutions using TypeScript, Custom Actions and CEWP
- SharePoint Framework
- Switching to working with core Web technologies and accessibility using
- C# and TypeScript services running in Kubernetes
- Oracle
- AWS
- Then working with foundational systems for the same company
- And now back to working with SharePoint/Office 365 and related technologies