Posts marked with “best practices”

Google's new microblogging tool has lots of security holes…on purpose

by Carl Anderson · May 26, 2010

Google Labs, in cooperation with Google Code University, has released a new microblogging tool called Jarlsberg, and like its namesake cheese, it’s full of holes. Security holes. Google hopes you use Jarlsberg to learn best practices on how to make your own software more secure.

Using a framework? Why you should still learn OO and SQL

by Carl Anderson · April 27, 2010

If you’ve only ever used a framework to do data-driven or object-oriented programming, you might not know as much as you think. Read why it’s important to learn object-oriented programming and SQL…even if your framework does all the heavy lifting for you.

Development principles

by Marco Tabini · March 19, 2010

What are the most important principles in software development? An insight on the basic motifs of the current methodologies.

Why TDD is based on testing first

by Marco Tabini · March 11, 2010

Test-Driven Development is a test-first approach, and it could never be different. The advantages of test-first outweigh the time spent writing tests.

Static methods vs singletons: choose neither

by Ryan Weaver · March 3, 2010

Comparing the performance of a static method with that of a singleton ignores an important issue: that neither is the best answer to the problem they try to solve.

Month of PHP Security 2010

by Marco Tabini · March 1, 2010

The Month of PHP Bugs was a unique event in the PHP landscape that fixed a large number of security issues. Now a call for papers has started for a new, larger initiative.

Professional Programming: DTAP – Part 1: What is DTAP?

by Cal Evans · July 27, 2009

Development, Testing, Acceptance, and Production, (DTAP) these are the for development areas your code should move through. How many of them does your team actually deploy?

Opinion: Estimate != Sales Quote

by Cal Evans · July 2, 2009

Some software development projects fail because the parties involved confuse the Estimate with the Sales Quote. Asking “How long will this take?” is not the same as asking “How much will this cost?”

Arrogance is Limiting Framework Adoption

by Cal Evans · June 15, 2009

Developers are notoriously self-confident in their ability to write code that is better, faster, cleaner and better-smelling than everybody else’s. In today’s environment, however, the focus is on producing immediately useful code—and, given the richness of today’s frameworks, those who eschew them in favour of home-grown solutions are forever running the risk of reinventing the wheel for no good reason. We have enough wheels—start building some cars.