Every developer should listen to Hanselminutes #396 Bugs Considered Harmful with Douglas Crockford Especially new software developers. I, too, have observed the trend Crockford mentions: The ignorance of what has come before and the whys of our industry. The obsession with Cool New Shiny and Faster-faster-faster! The latter is especially in my mind recently as …
This blog post was written specifically for my co-workers at Washington State community and technical colleges, but I suspect will be useful to anyone getting started with Github, so I am posting it here. This post is Copyright (c) 2013, Bellevue College and the State of Washington. First, some definitions Git A software tool for …
For the last year or so, I’ve been slowly building up a personal Knowledge Base using Evernote (a direct link is to the right). This is a place where I save tidbits of information related to software development – stuff that I think I’ll probably want to look up later, because I’ve forgotten the precise …
Working as a member of a software development team (as opposed to being the only programmer on a project) can have some subtle, but very important differences. I’d like to share with you some of the tips and advice I’ve come up with over the years to reduce headaches and frustration – both for me …