An article on Java World, Hiring the phantom Java architect, sparked an interesting debate at the server side regarding what it means to be a developer versus an architect. I very much dislike the term architect and like to think of this instead in terms of programming skill level.
Cognitive science research on problem solving [...]
Expert and Novice Programmers
May 10th, 2005The value of MVC
November 28th, 2004John Lim has a recent rant asking Is MVC over-designed crap?
I used to think so, but now having refactored some existing applications to use MVC, i see the value.
In my unscientific comparison of PHP and Java Job Markets six of ten java jobs ask for some Struts knowledge. While I am willing to believe [...]
programming has warped my mind
November 16th, 2004i love this: How programming languages have warped my writing.
I have a tendency to in appropriate capitalization in my human writing. If a Concept looks like it would make a good class, i tend to capitalize the Word, even in the middle of a sentence. These errors are sometimes hard for me to [...]
PDO Design Evolution
October 23rd, 2004Alan Knowles has an interesting post on PDO.
I really don’t know much about PDO, i haven’t used it yet. Most of what I know comes from:
Wez Furlong’s first steps with PDO examples
Wez’s Oracle PDO Article
John Lim’s discussion of adodb and PDO
A sitepoint thread on PDO
I haven’t seen any API type docs yet. I [...]
PHP Coding Standards
September 24th, 2004I have to disagree with Paul Jones on coding standards:
The thing about defining a coding style standard is that there is no objective means by which to judge one style as “better†or “more-right†than another.
I can think of several objective criteria for judging coding standards practices off the top of my head:
Does the practice [...]
Manual Memory Management is Dead
June 17th, 2004Joel Spolsky’s How Microsoft Lost the API War is a good read. I think he is spot on about managed-memory languages. Thats a job that computers are better at than people and our computers are fast enough to handle it.
GUI development in the early 90s/late 80s was a nightmare. [...]
Exceptional PHP
May 24th, 2004With PHP 5 adding exceptions, I imagine that the PHP community will have to undergo a bit of a paradigm change regarding PHP error handling. This transition probably won’t be without controversy and heartache, especially for those integrating third party libraries. I suspect that some of these issues won’t get worked out until [...]
API Design
May 5th, 2004I ran across a couple older items on API design: Words of Wisdom on Designing Usable APIs and Think of Objects as Machines.
good API designs happens when designers think of … client programmers as users.
I wish more developers took this to heart. I’ll add my own law of API design:
Good API design makes common [...]
Modularity
April 26th, 2004I enjoy reading manageability which today brought some good news on the subject of software commoditization in Modularity and conservation of profits. Could it be that the software sky is not falling? Carlos Perez links together three interesting items to suggest that it is not: The Natural History of Software Platforms, 640KB ought [...]
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