Can Subversion and Live Mesh Play Together?
On one side we have Subversion and on the other we have Live Mesh. With the former we have a solid, proven, and somewhat aging version control system.... more »
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Software's Classic Mistakes--2008
In 2007 my colleagues at Construx Software and I updated the list of classic mistakes from my 1996 book Rapid Development. Throughout 2007 we... more »
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Computer Programming: Art, Science, or Both?
If the question is "Is programming an art or science?", then the follow up question is "Are programmers artists or scientists?" Off the top of my... more »
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The 4 Core Principles of Agile Programming
One of the things I really enjoy at the moment is the recognition and adoption of agile programming as a fully fledged powerful way to deliver quality... more »
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Measuring Progress
Fundamentally, there is no more valid measure for progress, than the working software itself. This only leaves open to discussion, the definition of... more »
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Book Review: Agile Project Management with Scrum
For many agile practitioners, particularly the ScrumMasters among us, books by Ken Schwaber are a must-read. I can explain, using a wide range of both... more »
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Save time with Pulse 2.1
Pulse has been of a great help for me personally to manage versions, plugins and to share profiles. It is a great sign of relief to many developers... more »
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Code For Decoding Codes – A Programming Project Discussion
I love to collect fun coding projects. I like short, easy to understand projects that get students to use a number of things (language constructs,... more »
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Choosing an agile process - Summary
The whole choosing an agile process thread ran pretty long. Here’s a summary of all the posts:
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Top Time-wasters for Web Workers (And How to Cure Them)
As web workers, our unproductive time doesn’t go to water cooler gossip or hanging out at the employee lounge. Usually, we’ll lose hours each day on... more »
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Is Formal Project Management Necessary?
Is formal project management necessary to successfully deliver a software project? The short answer to that is no. Many successful software products... more »
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Information Visualization with... Javascript?
Nick Plante points out a fascinating port of the Processing visualization language to Javascript. He wonders if it might change the way we use... more »
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O’reilly ActionScript 3 - A beginners guide ::: Review
Vav! I have got the O’reilly AS3 a beginners guide written by Rich Shupe and Zevan Rosser from Amazon three days ago. Its very nice which I have seen... more »
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Cross Compare of SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL - Postgres OnLine Journal
"The below is by no means an exhaustive comparison of these 3 databases and functionality may not be necessarily ordered in order of importance. These... more »
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BlogEngine.NET - Powerful, open source blog engine written in ASP.NET 2.0
When I decided to run a new blog, I was in a dilemma whether to write engine from scratch or to use some existing solution. Since I wanted to do it... more »
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Accurately Reflecting Agile's Value in Budgets and Schedules
I've been struggling for some time to ensure that our agile projects get a true representation of value delivered to the client when schedules and... more »
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Microsoft Popfly - A nice tool for kids looking to build games
Game software offers many of the skills that developers will need in the long run. Products GameMaker, Microsoft Popfly and even Flash give kids a... more »
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