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)
SK Web Construction (1996 - present)
Quote Automation System
Designed and implemented an automated quote system for a client. The system responded to quote requests generated by web site visitors. The package looked up item SKUs in the corporate database, calculated shipping based on item categorization (using an expert-system style ruleset derived from a manual process), and e-mailed a quote. (The database was kept on a PC using a desktop database system, and had to be imported into PostgreSQL in order to be available on the hosting service's BSD-based system.)
Significantly, this software was planned for a beta test in late October before being rolled out for the client's busy Christmas season. By that time, they were already so overwhelmed by manually responding to quote requests that they asked us to turn the system on without the full testing period. The system ran flawlessly from the beginning despite transaction volumes being an order of magnitude above the client's best volume estimates, and has continued to run for years with no significant bugs or downtime. (The only changes I ever made to it were in the rules for shipping calculations.) The system was retired when the client no longer distributed those products.
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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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