Programming is the last thing you should do
When you are developing a system, programming might be one of the last tasks in the project plan. I have just finished working on a project to... more »
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6 Ways To Earn More Money Freelancing, Part 1
Whatever your situation, you could probably stand to make some extra cash. Luckily, as a designer, developer, or other Web professional, there are... more »
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Why Agile Development Must Be Driven from the Top: 5 Reasons
Agile development is often initiated by the development team itself. Whilst they may find some good advantages, the most profound benefits of agile... more »
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Grails: It Just Makes Sense
Why do individuals and companies still say things like “We can't use Grails because we are a Java shop”? Do “Java shops” use Spring? Spring beans can... more »
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Clojure: Towards The Essence of Programming
I had a terrific time spreading the word about Clojure tonight, followed by some fun and spirited discussions over dinner. People are intrigued by... more »
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Verbosity is not Java's fault
One of Java's most heard flaws (verbosity) isn't really tied to the language - it is rooted in a more deeply source: it comes from the way we use it.
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HTML5 is not about the death of Flash, but the return of browser innovation
My previous post on the Flash controversy brought up some interesting comments that I thought warranted further discussion. A number of bloggers have... more »
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Why I love everything you hate about Java
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If you’re one of those hipster programmers who loves Clojure, Ruby, Scala, Erlang, or whatever, you probably deeply loathe Java and all of its giant... more »
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Conversational Stories
Here's a common misconception about agile methods. It centers on the way user stories are created and flow through the development activity. The... more »
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Ruby blocks and closures
Check out how elegant blocks and closures and their first-class support in ruby can make our codes.
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Four Common Steps Every New Blogger Would Face When Starting A Blog
In this article I will give you "Four Common Steps Every New Blogger Would Face When Starting A Blog" along with some helpful tips that will save you... more »
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PHP Creator Asks, Is Facebook's HipHop Just a 'Nifty Trick'?
Earlier this week, we pinged PHP creator Rasmus Lerdorf about the implications of HipHop, the new PHP runtime that Facebook just open-sourced.
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15 Fantastic Finds on the Google Code Repository
"Google Code Repository is a section of Google that, just like SourceForge, allows developers to upload their code for others to use under license.... more »
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Starting with the Startup - Start Using Scrum
After Scrum has been selected as process and the team have been educated about agile and Scrum we can start with setting up development environment.... more »
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Java vs C++? Really?
The question that is often posed in one rhetorical flourish or another is this: Which is better (faster, more efficient, blah blah blah...) Java or... more »
Maven and the (anti-) Hype
Today I had a short discussion with one of our architects about why we’re using Gradle in favor of Maven as our build tool. Although I really like... more »
Using the Google Weather API – pros and cons so far
For my latest project, WeatherBar, I had to pick a weather API. Basically, I needed to get the weather conditions for a specific location, as well as... more »
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Deadlines Revealed: The Truth About How We Make It Across The Line
Even though all software developers have the best of intentions, sometime we have to bend the rules a bit in order to make deadlines. In most cases... more »
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Why the Apple iPad has no Java or Flash
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For some absolutely shocking reason some people wonder why the Apple iPad comes without Java and Flash support. Personally I wonder why these people... more »
Top 10 Web Widgets
Widgets are mini web applications that you can insert into your website and/or social networks. They're a popular way to add interesting third party... more »
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How NOT to Code
I've been extremely busy this week, so sorry no coding challenges. I'll be starting up again next week. In the mean time, I would like to take a... more »
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Why I'm moving my projects to GitHub
With the announcement of the closure of kenai.com, I’ve decided to move my open-source projects to GitHub. Here's why I chose it.
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Replacing the Iron Triangle of Project Management?
Last year sometime, I heard Jim Highsmith do a talk on replacing the traditional project management iron triangle with a new 'agile triangle' that is... more »
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10 reasons not to buy the iPad
Debra Shinder from TechRepublic posted an article about 10 reasons why she won’t buy an iPad. As time passes by her thoughts provoke more and more... more »
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