why do i blog?
.. and I could not think of any reason why I would want to give free information to the anonymous general public. I asked a colleague if he had a public blog and this quote was from his answer. (used...
View Articleword = unit test, sentence = integration test
I was trying to explain to a manager the difference between unit testing and integration testing. I used a few different styles for explaining, but one jumped out at me as “have to blog about that...
View Articlea sql quiz + is a lower hourly rate cheaper?
Suppose you have a task to write some JDBC code and you need to do so in the cheapest way possible. Having your people grow should not be considered here, just the rate. Person A Charges 3X per hour...
View Articleis two people pairing better in a training class?
This girl and her coworker are pairing together in this class. She said to the instructor pairing is pointless. Her partner in crime said its distracting and silly. Someone e-mailed me this story...
View Article18 minutes from alarm to door. A business process engineering exercise
Someone was showing me how to categorize waste in business process engineering (BPE) and mentioned an example about listing every little thing you do getting ready for work in the morning. I think the...
View Articlethe trust cycle vs the hype cycle
Most of have seen the Gartner hype cycle graph – shown here from wikipedia. This got me thinking about what would happen if we tried to do the same thing – except with trusting our teammates to see...
View Articleinterviewing – knowledge vs experience vs skill
When trying to explain the difference between knowledge and experience, I heard someone jokingly mention a formula between the two. While there isn’t really a formula (at least as far as I know), his...
View Articletrying out toodledo
I have too many things going on my free time that I’m outgrowing my current “task management system” (a whiteboard and pieces of paper.) A few years ago, I started using a portable calendar to keep...
View Articledistributed retrospectives with a twist
In the traditional agile retrospective, everyone gets in a room and puts post it notes on a board. The group then sorts the post its by topic. Then there is discussion about the points brought up....
View Articletrying architexa – an eclipse diagramming plugin
Architexa recently announced free licensing for individuals or teams of up to three. I figured I’d run it against CodeRanch JForum to see what happens. Requirements/Install The software is an Eclipse...
View Articlemaker faire and rain plans
Last year, I blogged about co-organizing a booth at World Maker Faire and that we won a blue ribbon. This year we won a red educators choice ribbon. Which was also very cool. Plus this year, my...
View Articlesmlunit – using without a python dependency
I’m currently taking the Coursera Programming Languages course which starts with ML. Or more specifically SML/NJ. Why I was looking at unit testing in SML The instructor gave a test file with...
View Articlecertified scrum master
Passed the CSM (Certified Scrum Master) exam today with 34/35 correct which is 97.1%, The Certified Scrum Master certification requires: taking a two day class _ I like that the instructor made it...
View Articlewhy test driven development is “harder”
While I still don’t always do test driven development when coding at work, I do a lot of it. I don’t always do TDD If I know the exact shape of the code before I start, it’s easier to create that shape...
View Articlethe art of being matrix managed (as a developer)
I was talking to someone about my experiences about being on multiple teams today and thought it would make for a good blog post. Note I said BEING on multiple teams. I did a bit of searching before...
View Articlewhy we can’t be replaced by 16 year olds
I mentor the programmers on a high school robotics team. There’s a range of skill levels. Some of them are completely new to programming. Some of them are really good at coding. So does that mean if...
View Articlefinding out when Oracle changes the certification objectives
As Scott and I noted in the introduction of our book, Oracle tends to fiddle with the duration, number of questions and passing score of their certification exams. They also fiddle with the exam...
View Articleplaying with scratch
Scratch is an intro programming language for kids. (Like Logo was, but way better). When I saw edx was offering an Intro to Scratch course, I decided to take that opportunity to learn it. It’s cute and...
View Articlewhy the paperless office doesn’t work for everyone
For years, we’ve been hearing about how the paperless office is the future. Now that we have tablets, the future has clearly arrived. Quick. Throw out the paper. Actually, hold on for a second....
View Articlesonar plugins and why i had to fork the sonar web plugin to add a rule
Last weekend, a few of the CodeRanch moderators were discussing a Trac item that we’d like to get rid of the I18N messages from our HTML. It’s there at all because open source JForum had it. We haven’t...
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