Programmers! How many of you are writing automated tests for your code? A couple? Great! Take a bow, you deserve a hearty round of applause. You can move on to the next "best practices" session. How many of you know it's the right thing to do and want to do it, but just haven't? A bunch ...  read more

Из своего небольшого опыта я сделал некоторые выводы, по поводу того как и где надо использовать ловушки для исключений. Обычно неправильное использование ловушек происходит из за чрезмерно быстрого написания кода, а иногда просто из за лени. Как не надо пользоваться...  read more

Было интересно.Ребята молодые еще, в проектах реальных не участвовали, не понимают почему Python лучше чем C++, почему такой плохой Php так распрастранен, почему производительность не на первом месте, почему оптимизировать код нельзя. Молодые еще, как и я вообщето.  read more

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Financialaid.com was very much a dotcom when I started. Lead by Mike O'Brien, it was a small-to-medium-sized company, providing student loan solutions through online methods. Things were pretty loosey goosey culture-wise, and the IT team worked very hard to keep pace and provide the systems for M...  read more

I was excited to begin at marchFIRST. I was joining the Rich Media group in the Brand Building Studio--one of the many sub-groups in the corporate structure. If you remember marchFIRST, you'll probably remember them as one of the quintessential examples of dotcom excess and demise. Of course,...  read more

I began working at AldenEm shortly after arriving in San Diego. I was brought in to lead the interactive arm (the "Em" part of "AldenEm"). They had a lot of online corporate brochures and an e-commerce site or 2 in their portfolio when I started. My duties included all aspec...  read more

I saved up my coins and bought myself an Apple IIc. It looked a whole lot like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/condour/25552919/ . I don't think I ever really accomplished anything on it--just some BASIC and some hours playing Castle Wolfenstein--but it was cool to have.

Armed with my brand-new understanding of HTML I started my coding career as Web Developer at Magnitude Network in Chicago, IL. Magnitude Network provided streaming and Web development solutions for terrestrial radio stations so they could stream their broadcast online. We were a start-up that...  read more

With some guidance from my friend Chris (and the help of Sams Teach Yourself HTML in 24 Hours) I coded my first HTML site. Chock full of table tags and "spacer.gif"s, to be sure.