How to Pad a String With a Specific Set of Characters in Oracle PL/SQL
2008-07-15 21:10This article shows how to use the LPAD/RPAD functions to pad the left-side or right-side of a string with a specific set of characters in the Oracle PL/SQL. ... [阅读全文]
My Guide To Effective Test Driven Development
2008-07-15 21:09When it comes to Test Driven Development (TDD), there are 4 kinds of developers: 1. The kind that doesn’t do it, and doesn’t care about it 2. The kind that doesn’t do it, but is intrigued by it and would like to learn more 3. The kind that does it, but wonders why it’s not as easy as every... [阅读全文]
The Making of a Good Developer
2008-07-15 21:09This entry is in response to Being Smart Does Not a Good Developer Make over on Justin Etheredge’s CodeThinked, one of the many blogs that I follow. One of the things he said that caught my attention was: You can be a successful developer without wanting to learn, but you cannot be a good... [阅读全文]
Tail-Recursive, Linear-Time Fibonacci
2008-07-15 21:02For two consecutive years I have been responsible for teaching the program derivation course in the FLOLAC summer school. It was an exam question last year to derive a linear-time solution computing the Fibonacci function, whose definition we all know very well: ... [阅读全文]
Girl Developer wants the benefit of your experience
2008-07-15 21:02A blogger that wants to know what YOU think? ... [阅读全文]
Books on Programming Version Control
2008-07-15 21:01“I was wondering if anyone could recommend a book (preferably targeting PHP) that teaches the fundamentals of proper documentation, version control, unit testing, and so on. Any ideas?” ... [阅读全文]
Guitar Hero Competing with iTunes?
2008-07-15 20:46“I don’t think there have been a lot of credible alternatives to iTunes, but ‘Guitar Hero’ certainly has that potential,” Kotick said in a interview. Players can already download “note tracks” to use while playing “Guitar Hero,” he said. ... [阅读全文]
10 things we’d change on the iPhone 3G
2008-07-15 20:27There’s plenty that’s great about the new iPhone, says silicon.com’s Natasha Lomas. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few things for Apple to think about for the next time round. ... [阅读全文]
XML makes you stoopid!
2008-07-15 20:23I wrote a recent article the other day on how Google has decided NOT to use XML for a recent project they open sourced. I received a LOT of very opinionated responses to that post. Unfortunately every one was from a complete MORON. ... [阅读全文]
10 Revolutionary Computers Since 1882
2008-07-15 20:00Charles Babbage lost his knack for talking money out of the British government, which wanted a machine that could generate math tables, and so the computer revolution didn’t begin in England in 1822. ... [阅读全文]
Coding Horror: Maybe Normalizing Isn’t Normal
2008-07-15 19:20One of the items we’re struggling with now on Stack Overflow is how to maintain near-instantaneous performance levels in a relational database as the amount of data increases. More specifically, how to scale our tagging system. Traditional database design principles tell you that well-designe... [阅读全文]
Web-Based Tools for Optimizing, Formatting and Checking CSS
2008-07-15 19:16“Stylesheets can get large real quickly, both in terms of length and file size. To ensure that your web pages render correctly and quickly, here’s a compilation of some of the best free, web-based CSS optimizers/compressors, code formatters, and validation services. Check them out and pick th... [阅读全文]
Scaling Scrum: the alcoholic perspective
2008-07-15 19:15Everybody wants to scale Scrum. It seems like one of the first questions asked on many CSM courses. Day one, 11am: Yes, but how can I make this work with 5,000 people across 27 world-wide locations? Well, perhaps you can begin by listening for the next 1.8 days. ... [阅读全文]
Build a Toggling Announcement Slider Using MooTools 1.2
2008-07-15 19:12Looking to get more attention focused on an announcement? Why not use a slider to keep your announcement slick and out of the way? ... [阅读全文]
WordPress 2.6
2008-07-15 19:11I’m happy to announce that version 2.6 of WordPress.org is now available, almost a month ahead schedule. Version 2.6 “Tyner,” named for jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, contains a number of new features that make WordPress a more powerful CMS: you can now track changes to every post and page and easily po... [阅读全文]
Find bottlenecks in Java threads
2008-07-15 18:08Discover Thread and Monitor Dump Analyzer, a tool that analyzes javacore and diagnoses monitor locks and thread activities. Using updated Version 2.8, learn to identify the root cause of hangs, deadlocks, resource contention, and bottlenecks in Java threads. ... [阅读全文]
8 Reasons why XML Sucks
2008-07-15 17:51I was once a believer in XML. Until I started working with it, that is. Now my enthusiasm has faded away - replaced by - well - bitterness or something like that. ... [阅读全文]
When you don’t know what you don’t know…
2008-07-15 17:21I see that Cedric Beust still doesn’t know what he doesn’t know. Here’s a link to his recent presentation on language trends (PDF); reading through it, it’s clear that he still has no idea what he’s talking about with respect to dynamic languages. ... [阅读全文]
gOS Space: OSX like operating system without Apple
2008-07-15 17:00I’ve been a fan of gOS for a while now. I’ve been running their Rocket release for about a year. It’s based on Ubuntu and has the benefit of pre-installed Enlightenment. It’s solid, runs well on lower-end hardware, and…it’s Enlightenment (what more do you want?) O... [阅读全文]
Design a nice pencil and handwritten style Woork like
2008-07-15 15:51Since I started my blog I used this style (pencil + handwritten), to design all images I added to my post. Now, I can say it has been a good choice because it’s a little particular which my readers love and, in some way, gives a little bit of personality to my post. This post explains how you... [阅读全文]
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