For many developers using Object Oriented programming languages, the Visitor Pattern is one of the first design patterns to provide a major roadblock in terms of understanding.
Google goes back to the future with SQL F1 databaseThe tech world is turning back toward SQL, bringing to a close a possibly misspent half-decade in which startups courted developers with promises of infinite scalability and the finest imitation-Google tools available, and companies found themselves exposed to unstable data and poor guarantees.
Why Windows Threads Are Better Than POSIX ThreadsSkip to main content You are here Home › Library › Blog post › Why Windows Threads Are Better Than POSIX Threads For more complete information about compiler optimizations, see our Optimization Notice.
10x EngineerAny endeavor to track down the origin of “10x engineer” will end up at Exploratory Experimental Studies Comparing Online and Offline Programming Performance by Sackman, Erickson and Grant. It was published in 1968. Computers were expensive and slow.
The Myth of the Rockstar ProgrammerThe Myth of the Rockstar Programmer is just that, a myth. It's an unfortunate myth for a number of reasons. Reality is a normal distribution curve. Lots of good average senior developers, some amazing outliers and some junior folks with potential. (and some folks that suck.)
The 10x developer is NOT a mythI got tons of replies and questions, but Twitter is an awful medium for discussion, so I'm writing this blog post as a follow-up. There have been a bunch of articles that claim that 10x developer doesn't exist.
A Poor Man's CDNHosting large and often-downloaded files can be tricky, especially when you want users to have decent download speeds and 100% availability. This is the story of how Dash’s docsets are hosted. Some docsets are somewhat large, so download speeds need to be decent.
What is the single most influential book every programmer should read? [closed]If you could go back in time and tell yourself to read a specific book at the beginning of your career as a developer, which book would it be? To search: Use the search box in the upper-right corner. To search the answers of the current question, use inquestion:this. For example:
NathanAlden/DOMViewJS · GitHubTired of flat, unstructured jQuery? Effective use of jQuery requires that we cache jQuery objects in variables when possible, like this: (function ($) { $(function () { var $container = $(".container"); var $button = $container.find("input[type='button']"); var $label = $container.
The people behind BrowserSwarmIntroducing BrowserSwarm - A tool that automates your testing of JavaScript across browsers. Spend less time testing and more time innovating. BrowserSwarm is designed to grow. Stay tuned as we add new Tests, Unit Testing Frameworks and automated testing across more browsers and devices.
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.