Title provided by cuningjames from programming.reddit.com comments on Martin Fowler’s GroovyOrJRuby article
Eh. Sun’s chosen JRuby, funds its development, and publishes relevant development tools; JRuby is much faster than Groovy and stands to become more so; JRuby has rails; JRuby is roughly equivalent to a rather popular language designed by someone not hamstrung by […]
It seems that I can’t enjoy the Google Maps Mobile 2.0 my location feature. Bummer.
** Update 2008-01-31: [Google Maps My Location supported on Samsung Blackjack SGH-i607](
Solution attempt #1
Try to switch from 3G to Edge while running google maps This didn’t work for me, does it work for you? If so, what version of […]
2008 will probably be the year of JRuby. JRuby solves the two biggest pain points I hear from developers about Ruby.
People think Ruby is slow, so I can’t try it out. I don’t know how we would deploy it, what is all this Apache/Mongrel/Rewrite stuff? Can’t I just deploy on our app server?
Headius by […]
We’re close to a day when we’ll have the Minority Report interface for managing our branches and merging.
We’ve gone from the wonderful 2D and whiteboard drawings/DOT graphs to some interesting 3D visualizations coupled with alternative interfaces:
Not that I think most people need 3D to get meaningful work accomplished, but I think […]
People keep asking me how to start writing Selenium tests. I’m going to give all my secrets away in this easy 3 step plan.
Begin by recording your high level test with Selenium IDE, convert the result into the language of your choice and put the code in a unit test. Walk through the generated code […]
I went to the local Barnes and Noble to check out JRuby on Rails and was amused when the clerk started an author search for “Jay Ruby” when I asked if it was in stock.
Tens of millions of people do have immediate needs for books and they’re called students. Or the parents of students. From high school on up, students are frequently asked to read or access scholarly or important books not available at Barnes and Noble or even the campus book store or even school libraries. […]
SOUTHWORTH, Wash. - A man trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut blasted the wheel with a 12-gauge shotgun, injuring himself badly in both legs, Kitsap County sheriff’s deputies said. Seattle PI: Kitsap County man uses shotgun to loosen lug nut, is hospitalized
The Seattle Metro Blog has a good overheard quote today:
At the Hollywood Video on Broadway: Clerk: Would you like to buy candy for our children’s charity? Customer: Candy? For a children’s charity? That’s not a charity for children […]
Remember: You are a developer… unless you are paying yourself to develop software.
It’s good to know the business domain, but don’t fool yourself into believing that you’re the domain expert instead of the business. Jeremy Miller