Scott McMahan
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Scott McMahan is a software developer who specializes in web and database programming, system design and architecture, and developing software tools. He works with Linux, UNIX, and IBM mainframes; and programs in a variety of languages including C, Perl, Java, and PHP. He has been involved with computers since 1984, and been a software developer since 1993. Scott can be contacted by e-mail and also at LinkedIn or Facebook. | |||
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SoftBase Systems
- Overview
- IBM Stack Setup
- Web-Based VTOC Report
- Java-based Test Framework
- 64-bit Software Development
- Websphere MQ
- .NET Research Project
- Hibernate Persistence Research
- Web Interface For Mainframe App
- XMI Backup Solution
- WORKOUT Test Suite
- Precompiler Re-launch
- Web Product Delivery
- Secure Web Site
- Automated Product Bundling
- Company Backup System
- Mainframe Systems Programming
- Flex-ES Systems Programming
- Mainframe Development/Testing
- Data Masking Tool
- Internet Presence/Administration
- Checkpoint-Restart Web Monitor
- Real-time Data Management Tool
- Java Checkpoint-Restart Tool
- Cross-Platform Checkpoint-Restart API
- Web-Enabled Customer Management
- In-house Phone Report Tool
- In-house License Tool
- Overview
- Channel Intelligence and Miva 5
- Quote Automation System
- Online Used Car Search
- User Validation Module
- Automating Windows With Perl
- Unix Administration
- Improvement
- RPM Planning With Software
- Languages
- Databases
- OS Environments
- Development Tools
- Web Related
- Low-level Programming
- The B.D. McKay Papers
- LaTeX Typesetting
- Media Upload Client
- Web Services For Media
- Open Source Contributions
- History of Computing
- Subversion (SVN)
SoftBase Systems, Inc (1994 - present)
In-house License Tool
Original DOS-based license key program was re-written for Windows workstations in a networked LAN environment, to allow technical support to easily give out license keys without running mainframe jobs. Involved creating multiple DLLs for algorithms (including a C implementation of an algorithm reverse-engineered from mainframe assembler, a mainframe COBOL module recompiled on the PC, and others) and building a graphical control panel (using Delphi) to generate keys with the algorithms. Logging was added for the LAN, as well as the ability to import the log into an Excel spreadsheet.
This program is still in use, with incremental modifications, almost a decade later, and even runs well under WINE on Linux.
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| Scott McMahan is a software developer who specializes in web and database programming, system design and architecture, and developing software tools. He works with Linux, UNIX, and IBM mainframes; and programs in a variety of languages including C, Perl, Java, and PHP. He has been involved with computers since 1984, and been a software developer since 1993. Scott can be contacted by e-mail. | |||
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