The number of 7-bullet-per-slide PowerPoint presentations seems to be declining, but "Steal This Presentation" is a useful source of advice. On the other hand, if you're presenting to developers, please don't hesitate to have the occasionally semantically-precise slide.
more ...The worst thing about developing for the Mac or iOS is Objective C. Obj-C was a heck of a good experiment 20 years ago, but it's just not a good fit for today's mainstream programming mindset. In the wake of Apple's relenting on the use of 3rd party language tools …
more ...Saikuro : A Cyclomatic Complexity Analyzer.
Function complexity does not seem to be a great problem in the Ruby world, but tracking cyclomatic complexity is one of those things that can help pinpoint troubled modules.
more ...Big news in the Apple development arena this morning: Apple has relented on the ill-advised license restriction on developing for iPhone / iPad with tools created by 3rd parties. The restrictions were introduced in the Spring, just in time to quash Adobe's launch of a Flash-to-iOS cross-compiler, but caught in the …
more ...The Open Source Analysis of Competing Hypotheses Project
This looks like one of those "one thing well" type of applications: a matrix of hypotheses vs. evidence and the ability to rate the intersection as "Consistent/Inconsistent ...etc..."
Could be useful for keeping a complex collaborative discussion on-track and focused.
more ...8 Reasons I love Ruby - Ignu's House of Software.
Nice post that doesn't dwell on the language, but on the ecosystem.
more ...Ruby Best Practices - Sexp for Rubyists.
Interesting:
Let me show you an example. First, gem install ruby_parser. Then:
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require 'ruby_parser'
require 'pp'
pp RubyParser.new.parse(\<\<-EOF)
def plus_five(n)
n + 5
end
EOF
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require 'ruby_parser'
require 'pp'
pp RubyParser.new.parse(<<-EOF)
def plus …I like Mind Mapping -- basically visual outlining with as many interconnections as you like. I don't love Mind Mapping, but I like it well enough to try out software.
Here are two tools for collaborative Mind Mapping that I'm considering using in upcoming talks:
XMind - Mind Mapping and Storming.
more ...I discuss Microsoft's new LightSwitch development tool in my latest column for SD Times.
more ...The Reactive Extensions for .NET are probably still in the realm of "maybe yes, maybe no," in terms of their overall impact (personally, I like the idea quite a bit), but a number of good tutorials are popping up around the Web. I like this series …
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