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Digression on Smartphones: Why I switched to Windows Phone from iPhone 15 Jun 2012 | 12:15 am
After a stint with the iPhone for the last three months (and better than 2 years with Android before that), I have switched back to the Windows Phone. Why? Because I think it's a better over all exper...
The JavaScript Revolution 22 Mar 2012 | 01:51 pm
The writing is on the wall. If you're not learning more JavaScript, you're going to get left behind. Does that mean that you wont be able to get gigs? Certainly not. It just means that the greatest l...
Three Months with Extreme Programming 16 Mar 2012 | 05:55 pm
With nearly a decade of enterprise development experience under my belt, I have finally had a brush with Extreme Programming. For those that don't know what that is, it is a form of Agile development ...
Seven Deadly Sins of Java Web Application Development 14 Dec 2011 | 07:45 am
I have been involved in enterprise level Java web application development for the better part of a decade at this juncture. I have deployed applications in the law, education, healthcare and business ...
Toxic Perceptions in Development 2 Nov 2011 | 04:21 am
Being a programmer in the corporate world is a somewhat arduous task. There are a lot of assumptions thrown around from within and without. Those outside the world of development tend to see developme...
CoffeeScript is the future of JavaScript 2 Jun 2011 | 10:47 am
What is CoffeeScript? It's an abstraction on top of JavaScript that makes your code more maintainable, readable and beautiful. Your CoffeeScript compiles down to JavaScript that runs as fast (if not f...
Quick and dirty intro to REST within HTTP 20 May 2011 | 05:32 am
RESTful web design in terms of the HTTP protocol breaks down quite simply. It all boils down to how the URI is formed. Many systems handle this in different ways on the server, but it's simply about f...
Scaling Web Applications (Aka: "Does Rails Scale?") 18 May 2011 | 10:52 am
I have spent a lot of time talking about Ruby and Rails with people recently. When you're in that domain, you can't help but have people asking you, "So, is it true? Rails can't scale?" It's a fair q...
Parkinson's Law 7 May 2011 | 12:32 pm
It's pretty rare that I come across a work saying that I feel compelled to share with people, but Parkinson's Law is a very important law to keep in mind in software development. What is it? "Work ex...
Thinking in Code: JavaScript and Java 7 May 2011 | 11:57 am
JavaScript is not Java. Let me repeat that again: JavaScript is to Java what Hamster is to Ham. There is no direct correlation, other than the fact that they both are a form of programming language,...
