by Jesse Anderson | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, NNSDG Blog, Uncategorized |
A few weeks ago, I had a local cable company’s technician at my house installing my cable. He mentioned that he wanted to switch to a computer technician job. He said that the only way to get a job like that is to know someone in that business. I was intrigued... by Jesse Anderson | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, NNSDG Blog, Uncategorized |
Joel Spolsky created a great tutorial on source control specifically aimed at Mercurial. Most of the concepts are the same across all source control systems. This one is especially good if you are thinking about using distributed version control... by Jesse Anderson | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, NNSDG Blog, Uncategorized |
I recently had some plumbing troubles. While I was trying to find a plumber, I realized it was a good analogy for linked lists and arrays/vectors. This should be understandable even by a layperson. I googled for plumbers in the Reno area. The results would be like an... by Jesse Anderson | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, NNSDG Blog, Uncategorized |
There is a very interesting demo of an IDE that uses “Code Bubbles”. I can see using this for debugging and working with well factored code. It seems very cumbersome for writing a brand new class and large methods. The IDE is based on Eclipse and only... by Jesse Anderson | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, NNSDG Blog, Uncategorized |
I came across a great comic that might show why Johnny Can’t Code. His comic linked to another page extolling the virtues of learning to program in 10 years. At one place I worked, a newly hired software developer showed up with a teach yourself C++ in 24 hours...
