Please see the “condensed time line” section (the next one) for a time line of how the Xerox saga unfolded. It for example depicts that I did not push the thing to the public right away, but gave Xerox a lot of time before I did so. Personally, I think this is important.
Tech Writing HandbookChapter 5 Audience
Component programming with rangesComponent-style programming can be used to implement complex algorithms in a way that's straightforward to write, easy to read, and amenable to code reuse. One of the more influential courses I took in college was on Jackson Structured Programming.
The byte order fallacyWhenever I see code that asks what the native byte order is, it's almost certain the code is either wrong or misguided. And if the native byte order really does matter to the execution of the program, it's almost certain to be dealing with some external software that is either wrong or misguided.
5 Steps Towards an Accessible Web FormForms are the single most important element for user interaction in a web application. Without forms, a user can neither enter a search term on Google nor post comments on Facebook.
Testing on the Toilet: Test Behavior, Not ImplementationThis article was adapted from a Google Testing on the Toilet (TotT) episode. You can download a printer-friendly version of this TotT episode and post it in your office.
The myth of America's missing software engineersFor the top 10 jobs where H-1B visas are requested, only three do not currently have enough qualified American jobseekers to satisfy demand, according to a new study. FORTUNE – The U.S. has an engineering shortage, right? Well, not exactly, no.
HTTPS Hackable In 30 Seconds: DHS AlertDepartment of Homeland Security urges all website operators to review whether they're vulnerable to new crypto attack. No easy fix exists.
Liskov Substitution Principle vs. immutabilityToday I had a very interesting discussion about Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP) - what it really means and how to avoid breaking it, of course using an overused example of squares and rectangles.
[Recording] NuGet for the Enterprise + Q&ALast week, Alex Papadimoulis joined Gael Fraiteur on the PostSharp Live Webinar to talk about NuGet, the popular open-source library package manager for .NET, and show how it helps developers escape from "dependency hell" while discovering new third-party libraries.
This Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.
This list is compiled from my Pocket list.