Engineering in the white spaces
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This is a set of fairly random links that I've noticed over the past few months. They don't really have anything in common with each other, except perhaps as catalysts to get me thinking about the whole software development process. Read more
30-Nov-2004 23:45
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Although the concept of random testing might conjure up images of a late-night debugging session where you do a passable imitation of an angry gorilla by haphazardly pressing as many keys as possible on your keyboard in order to upset your program, there are better ways of doing it. Read more
26-Nov-2004 01:30
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Coding curiosity 4: Double trouble
If you're not used to working with floating-point numbers, then you might find some surprises. Read more
25-Nov-2004 21:30
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Website look-and-feel changed somewhat. Read more
25-Nov-2004 01:39
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Coding curiosity 3: When is a number not a number?
The following code snippet shows two ways of accepting an amount and returning the same amount plus sales tax (think VAT if you're in Europe). On first examination, both methods do exactly the same thing, and you might be hard-pressed to find a good reason for selecting one way over the other. Read more
21-Nov-2004 21:14
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Coding curiosity 2: The meaning of truth
VB.Classic was always prone to taking a contrary view of the world, usually in order to make life simpler for its users. For instance, while most languages considered true to equate to 1, VB.Classic stated that true was actually -1. Read more
15-Nov-2004 23:14
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Coding curiosity 1: Optimisation can be bad for you
Over the years, I've made a habit of collecting curious, weird, cool, or just downright perverted snippets of code. So I thought I should put some of them online as part of an occasional series for your viewing pleasure. Read more
13-Nov-2004 18:03
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Apart from internal corporate presentations, all of my speaking has been done at local user groups. My first developer conference gig was the recent WinDev conference in Boston, where I did two presentations at the kind invitation of the Windows Forms track chairman Ian Griffiths. Read more
05-Nov-2004 23:45
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Here are the slide decks and demo code for my recent WinDev presentations. Read more
05-Nov-2004 01:15
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Well, I was finally provoked into starting a blog. I met Peter Provost and Robert Hurlbut at the recent WinDev conference in Boston, and over a very convivial dinner, they both told me to get off my lazy ass and start posting! Read more
05-Nov-2004 01:00
