The Man Who Set Twitter Free
DZone sits down with Aaron West, the man who set Twitter free of the browser. Aaron is a long time ColdFusion, Flash and Flex developer who created... more »
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(comic) The PHP MVC discussion
Comic about the PHP MVC discussion
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Comic: Computer Programming (Overcompensating)
Understanding programming jokes.
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Improving the world's most visited webpage
This post is about the world's most popular homepage. It's a really simple page but it's done remarkably poorly in terms of frontend web development.... more »
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Say no to multiple return types in Java 7
JavaLobby has a discussion about multiple return types and whether they should be added in Java 7. Personally I think this is a bad idea and will just... more »
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Why interfaces are poor contracts
The idea of an Interface as a contract is very tempting, an interface provides a kind of interaction basis between client and implementor. As long as... more »
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Using Enums as Proxies/Decorators in Java - forget about switch
Every Java developer knows that you have enums in Java since Java 5.0. Enums are cool. Especially the ability of getting the right instance of an... more »
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What If Gmail Had Been Designed by Microsoft?
Today I want to ponder the question: what if Microsoft, not Google, had created Gmail? What would be the differences in that web mail client for users... more »
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Refactoring: Replacing Enums with the Strategy Pattern
Recently I came across some code in a framework that was performing different calculations on data as it was retrieved from data source. The... more »
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Surprising Uses of the Pythagorean Theorem
The Pythagorean Theorem isn't just about triangles; it can generalize to any formula that squares a number. Bubble sorting 50 elements [O(n^2)]... more »
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Object Oriented Javascript widgets
How object oriented features in JavaScript can be used to create cool widgets.
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Effective Eclipse: II. Shortcut keys
You should try to keep your hands on keyboard. The less you touch the mouse, the more code you can write. I am trying to keep the mouse laying still... more »
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jQuery really make you code less !
Since wiki sites gained in popularity I noticed a new trend that grew up; visually identifying external links. And I find pretty neat. The usual... more »
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Ruby, Rails and RSpec burned a day off my lifespan
The big project we’re working on needs to be demo’d to the board next week. It won’t be finished but with only 3 weeks to go before we beta it’s... more »
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Voting up or down is dead
What could go wrong with a simple scoring system, a simple number, and an algorithm that's invisible to the user? What could go wrong? Let's find out.
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Exploits of a Mom (cartoon)
Naming your child... Injection style! :D
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Java vs. C benchmark
The results of four benchmarks of the computer language benchmark game are compared for two C compilers and four JVMs. The result is that there's no... more »
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Visitor Pattern in Java
Describes Nth time Visitor Pattern in Nth Blog Again. :-)
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From zero to Java EE 5 app - in few minutes (on a fast machine :-))
I'm often asked, how to start with Java EE 5 with minimal setup/environment. In the world of Java there in general several options available -... more »
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Flanking Total War’s AI: 11 Tricks to Conquer for Your Game
The Total War series revolutionized strategy games by letting the player control thousands of foot soldiers, archers, and cavalry. This technical... more »
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Ontology is Overrated - Categories, Links, and Tags
Today I want to talk about categorization, and I want to convince you that a lot of what we think we know about categorization is wrong. In... more »
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Tips For Surviving That Boring Meeting (cartoon)
Three top tips on how to survive that boring meeting that seems to drag on for hours...
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A case for iBatis
Found out that when Hibernate lets you down, turn to iBatis.
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Why Your Code Sucks
( September 27, 2004 ) If you are like most, and possibly even all, programmers (this author humblely included) then your code sucks. Maybe not... more »
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