Development

Do you like to use Code Generators? Below are the results for the poll: …with the majority of the respondents indicating they like using code generators as a starting point (35%). Then comes the developers who rather (completely) write their software vs. using (or not like using) an automation tool (25%). The rest of the … Read more

Development tools are getting very sophisticated, helping developers generate UI, base code structure, and more. But do you like using code generators? Or do you prefer to crank out all your code manually? I've put together a poll to see if developers are using code generators. You can find the poll by going to my … Read more

I spent the last 2 days attending the No Fluff Just Stuff Symposium here in Austin. I had a great time. Yesterday I spent the whole day listening to Dave Thomas, author of various Ruby and Rails books. Good content and presentation by Dave. While I had read about Ruby and Rails in the past, … Read more

Download NetBeans 5.0 For many, IDEs are a religious topic. For me it is about ROI – the best bang for the buck. I've tried many Java IDEs – today I use NetBeans. I've seen NetBeans grow to what it is today – in 2001 while I was at AGEA, we created a plug-in to … Read more

Back in the early and mid 1990s, when I was a young developer, Steve McConnell published some great books: Rapid Development, and Code Complete, both excellent references on writing good, solid code and best practices — these were and still are books that all developers should read… Today I learned about Steve's new book, Code … Read more