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• Smalltalk: "Been here, done that"

  The .NET world is eagerly anticipating the release of version 3.5 of the .NET Framework and Visual Studio 2008 later this month . Naturally there is a build-up of technical discussions, events and online material about the features the new release is... Posted Nov 07 2007, 02:58 PM by cruizer with | with 19 comment(s) Filed under: General, OOP, development tools, Smalltalk

• Cyclomatic complexity and its effect on my code

  Have you heard of the term cyclomatic complexity ? I had my first encounter with it in the current project we're doing at work. One of the senior guys in our project set up our build server, with CruiseControl.NET invoking a tool called SourceMonitor... Posted Sep 20 2007, 06:41 PM by cruizer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: TDD, C#, code, agile practices, OOP, development tools

• Does your programming language enable you, or hinder you?

  Computer programming languages have evolved through the years to enable programmers to do tasks, and do them faster. Otherwise, we would all be stuck programming in native machine language. While some of you may find that fun, I don't. Lately I've... Posted Aug 08 2007, 02:23 PM by cruizer with | with 15 comment(s) Filed under: OOP, dynamic languages

• Languages make design patterns necessary

  In light of observations made here and there , it is becoming clear to me that language limitations play a big part in making design patterns necessary. Or unnecessary . In other words, language deficiencies make it necessary to introduce complexity into... Posted Aug 07 2007, 04:18 PM by cruizer with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: General, OOP