by Jesse Anderson | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, NNSDG Blog, Uncategorized |
I recently had some plumbing troubles. While I was trying to find a plumber, I realized it was a good analogy for linked lists and arrays/vectors. This should be understandable even by a layperson. I googled for plumbers in the Reno area. The results would be like an... by Jesse Anderson | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, NNSDG Blog, Uncategorized |
There is a very interesting demo of an IDE that uses “Code Bubbles”. I can see using this for debugging and working with well factored code. It seems very cumbersome for writing a brand new class and large methods. The IDE is based on Eclipse and only... by Jesse Anderson | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, NNSDG Blog, Uncategorized |
I came across a great comic that might show why Johnny Can’t Code. His comic linked to another page extolling the virtues of learning to program in 10 years. At one place I worked, a newly hired software developer showed up with a teach yourself C++ in 24 hours... by Jesse Anderson | Nov 12, 2010 | NNSDG Blog, Uncategorized |
During my MVC presentation Adam asked me a question that I hadn’t ever checked into. What alternatives to Model View Controller (MVC) are there? I spent some time looking around and found a great blog post about the majority of the alternatives to MVC. After... by Jesse Anderson | Nov 12, 2010 | NNSDG Blog, Uncategorized |
Maybe the title should be “Why Can’t Johnny Code?”. I had a conversation a while back with my wife about hiring for a software engineering position and how difficult it is to find a decent programmer. She was surprised how many posers there are in... by Jesse Anderson | Nov 12, 2010 | NNSDG Blog, Uncategorized |
There was a very interesting Ask Slashdot question today. Someone asked the question “What Knowledge Gaps Do Self-Taught Programmers Generally Have?” and it rings true for me as a self-taught programmer. Fortunately for me, another programmer introduced me...
