http://www.grok-programming.com common sense software development Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:54:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en eWeek has an interesting article on Groovy's rise in the ranks of programming languages. "Groovy now ranks 31 on the list of top programming languages, according to Davis and data from the TIOBE Software BV. Groovy had cracked the top 100 six months ago, moving from 103 to 52, and jumped ... http://www.grok-programming.com/2008/02/26/see-groovy-run/ One of the questions one of my friends asked in a comment on another posting was, “So, if you could recommend only 1 technical book I get through this year, which one would it be?” I read way too many books. In fact, my doctor says if ... http://www.grok-programming.com/2008/02/26/if-i-could-only-have-one-book/ On the project that I'm working on we reached a point where we needed to integration test the major component that we are building. We already have unit tests with good code coverage for each of the individual pieces. Call me crazy but I wanted to ensure the whole ... http://www.grok-programming.com/2008/02/18/why-fit-isnt/ One of my pet peeves lately is software developers who believe that simply reading a book makes them an expert at some aspect of delivering working applications. You know the type of person that has just finished Agile Web Development with Rails is now selling themselves as a "Rails ... http://www.grok-programming.com/2008/01/14/no-reading-a-book-doesnt-mean-you-know-anything/ I've been an Eclipse user since somewhere around 2002 and one of the things that has really annoyed me over all of that time is how hands on managing the IDE's environment has been. I dreaded having to switch out computers or start all over with Eclipse when I ... http://www.grok-programming.com/2007/12/13/how-to-manage-your-eclipse-add-ons-painlessly/ Martin Fowler on his bliki (part blog, part wiki) has a new entry about the ongoing debate about using Groovy or JRuby on the Java VM. I really don't have a problem with anything he wrote there. I agree that both languages are interesting and worth developers getting ... http://www.grok-programming.com/2007/12/07/mr-fowler-back-up-this-train/ ThoughtWorks has put out its first podcast covering Domain Specific Languages. The presentation and audio quality is bit rough but the content is interesting and well worth the listen. http://www.grok-programming.com/2007/12/06/domain-specific-languages-podcast/ Neal Ford, the guy directly responsible for my career (yes, all legal claims need to go his direction), has on his Meme Agora blog, numerous conference keynotes, and various podcasts has pushed forth the idea of Polyglot Programming. The basic idea behind Polyglot Programming is that various aspects of ... http://www.grok-programming.com/2007/11/25/polyglot-programming-is-it-just-too-much-to-ask/