Shimachi is the city where I was born. After graduating from college, I stayed in a big city on the southern coast and only went home for Chinese New Year every year, and this time is no exception.
Across the street from the station was a banner reading “Welcome home” in four white characters on a red background. Beneath the banner is a rice noodle shop. The tables and chairs outside the shop are filled with young people eating, their various suitcases standing beside them. The owner of the rice noodle shop called out to the guests. He boiled the noodles with one hand and mixed the ingredients for the soup with the other hand, skilfully and accurately. He was a very young man and looked just like the diners outside.
As I walked out of the station, my cell phone started bouncing in my pocket. It was Big Sue.
“I’m here to pick you up, where?”
“Just out of the station, across the street from the station, there is a rice noodle shop.”
“Aye, coming soon.”
Big Sue was my best friend in high school, and now I have become a peer. We are both programmers who struggle on the keyboard all day. After graduating from high school, students are scattered across the country. Many go abroad to study, but few stay in their hometown. The exception was Ohsu, who did not head north to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, New York, Tokyo, like the others. Instead, he returned to the small town of Shocho after completing his studies.
A few minutes later, a white BMW appeared in front of me. Through the lowered window, I saw Big Su in the driver’s seat, grinning. Get up here, buddy! We can’t stop here long! He said. I quickly pulled open the door and got into the passenger seat. I threw my purse into the back seat and said, “Long time no see.”
The car rolled out of the old neighborhood toward my home. Big Su looked very excited. We hadn’t seen each other for a long time. He said he would have a good drink tonight. He told me to go home and rest and pick me up tonight. I said, yes, please. He chuckled and said, I’m not used to your being so polite.
At seven o ‘clock in the evening, Big Su showed up downstairs on a shared bike. I put on a dark suit and went downstairs. When he saw me, he greeted me and said, it’s ok to have dinner and wear black. He smiled with all his teeth and a mean look on his face. I said, black is dirty. I always wear black to dinner. Big Su nodded and said, “Yeah. I asked him why he didn’t drive here, and he said drink, drive, drive, don’t drink. I said, yeah.
We rode our bikes through city traffic, Big Sue leading the way and me following. He didn’t say where he was going and I didn’t ask. Twenty minutes later, he stopped in front of the city square and said, ‘Two years ago, a Sichuan restaurant was opened here. It’s cooked by famous chefs. It tastes very good.
After entering the shop, the rich hemp fragrance blows on your face, and the smell alone has made your index finger move greatly. The huge restaurant was full of men and women, young and old, laughing and Shouting, pushing cups for cups, bustling. It’s very busy here. It’s very lively. By the way, do we still have a table? I asked him. Big Sue didn’t answer, just called the waitress sister, whispered a few words in her ear, and led us to a small, elegantly decorated room in the back of the restaurant.
When we sat down, Big Su waved his hand and said, “Serve all the food and drinks!” The waiter was told to leave. I have a little meng, speechless, big Su saw and poured a cup of Tartary buckwheat tea to me, said, this shop is very hot, half a month in advance of the appointment is not necessarily a table, but I and the boss know, this morning on the greeting, are arranged, we come just eat! Big Sue said with pride. I gave him my thumb and said, there’s a card.
Over the dinner, after a few drinks of 1573, we talked about our jobs. Since we were both programmers, we had a lot to talk about. Two hours later, after three rounds of wine and five delicious dishes, Big Su drank the glass and asked, “Is the development tool I recommended to you still working?” By this time I was a little drunk and did not answer immediately, thinking back to six months ago.
Although I am a professional programmer, I do not work in software companies or Internet enterprises, and the business of the group has nothing to do with the computer field. At that time, everyone was developing online office, but our company’s online office system could only be used on PC. Therefore, after careful consideration, the senior management decided to abandon the old system and independently develop new software with online office capability.
Naturally, this task fell to the smallest department in the company, our IT department.
As a matter of fact, we are understaffed and inexperienced for such a big project, and every colleague is worried about finishing the task. I understand and expect that they have such concerns. As everyone in the industry knows, it is necessary to develop a large-scale software, including artists, architects, programmers, database administrators, all kinds of professionals proficient in language, database and all kinds of development technology. But with our current strength, it is far from what is needed.
The immediate task then was to find a foolproof solution. It is clear that, as things stand, the traditional approach to development is no longer appropriate, and we need a new approach that breaks the mold. However, there was no clue in the department and I was at a loss when I found Dasu. After a careful understanding of the situation, he recommended lishuang Agile development framework for us.
It is a visual code generation tool that helps developers build software quickly. The platform adopts the wizard development mode, combined with the visual operation mode, can be directly developed through the mouse operation, what you see is what you get, while designing can also generate functions. Follow the guide step by step, with little handwritten code.
In the process of using it, I found that it has already built a framework for us, and preset all kinds of basic modules can be used directly. In addition, it has established several sets of customized templates according to the characteristics of various systems, so that we can quickly make various business systems directly according to the development wizard.
Especially rare, when in the foreground visual operation, software background will automatically generate source code convenient for me to compile and modify. In the writing of complex business logic, it can also be used to complete the basic code development, and then write the business logic. The framework also integrates various common operation libraries at the bottom. The technology adopted by the platform is currently relatively mainstream, and it is very standardized and reasonable, so that we can rest assured to use it without worrying about malignant bugs.
It is friendly to inexperienced development teams, and even those who dabble in programming can develop software with their eyes closed without worrying about making mistakes.
Thanks to the favorable characteristics of the Lisoft Agile development framework, we successfully launched the new system and put it into use with high expectations. Since it is independently developed, the new system completely meets the needs of the company, and colleagues in various departments and departments can use it easily without any problems.
By the time we got home, it was late. We called cars separately, and Big Su leaned against a street lamp post smoking, looking at the rows of shimmering red lanterns, mumbling something. I went to listen, he was silent again for a long time, big Su suddenly said, time flies, a flash of high school graduation has been seven or eight years!
He said this, let me inexplicably a little sentimental, also want to express feelings, but just can’t come out. Big Su continued, many students have not seen each other since graduation, I want to lead a bureau, call the students back to have a card party.
I said it was fine, just as Big Sue’s car came up to us and mine was almost there. Big Sue asked me before she got in the car if I had plans for tomorrow night, and I said no.
All right, we’ll take you somewhere nice tomorrow, he said. What good place? I asked. Big Su did not answer, head into the back seat of the car, I closed the door for him, the car slowly drove forward, disappeared into the midnight city traffic……