Archive for April, 2006

Driving Lessons

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

I’ve just came across this advertising for driving lessons:

Join the revolutionary driving course!
A unique learning method will teach you to drive a car in no time. Our driving course was developed by the best experts in the field. It includes numerous hands-on exercises starting from day one.
Day 1: Hello CarYou will learn about the car’s ignition […]

Are Your Code Reviews Effective?

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

For many people in the software industry the term Code Reviews is automatically interpreted as an activity done internally within a development team. Some see it as an activity done by peers – reviewing each other’s code. Others see it as the job of the development team leader to review his team members’ code.
Is […]

Which Is Better?

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

I often come across “Which is better?” questions in newsgroups and forums :

Which is better: C# or Java?
Which is better: Windows 2003 Server or Linux?
Which is better: using an interface or an abstract base class?

Now I have a question. Which is better: a bicycle or a car?
Well, that depends. What are you looking […]

IDE

Saturday, April 1st, 2006

Integrated Development Environment.
A software development tool with capabilities such as visual designer, code generators, code formatting, auto-completion, etc. Many IDEs also support the addition of plug-ins to enable more functionality to be added by third parties.Many people in the software industry still consider IDEs to be less productive tools for writing software, which should never […]