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Intro to Python Tutorial
http://sophieclayton.github.io/2015-01-15-uw/novice/python/index.html A very nice tutorial. It's Focused on a specific problem. It covers the solution technology in some depth. I think the focus and depth features are important. It's often tempting to cover the technical features without really solving a problem. In …
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I'm slowly coming to grips with the reality of marketing.
more ...Dev of the Week
http://java.dzone.com/articles/dev-week-steven-lott Yes. Everyone is famous for 15 minutes. And. "On the Web, everyone will be famous to fifteen people."
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Specifically, I can look at some of the Scala and Hadoop titles. I'm working with folks who have Hadoop but …
more ...The Getting Started Problem
How does one get started developing software? What's the first step?
When you come to this craft -- or sullen art -- without a background except as a user, how do you get started writing code?
It's not easy. Indeed, developing software may be one the hardest things there is. Really, really …
more ...Wow. Two-Word Question. Profound Insight.
I'm working on yet another Python book. This one looking at functional programming in Python. It doesn't really go with with Mastering Object-Oriented Python and Python for Secret Agents because the focus isn't on Python's strong suit.
In chapter one, a reviewer had this two-word question: "yield from?"
What? What …
more ...Architectural Principles, Spring Framework, and Jersey JAX-RS
See this: http://www.moschetti.org
Attended a meeting with Buzz. Not stated in his blog (in an obvious
way) was something he said about not being a fan of big frameworks. I
didn't write down his punchline, but it was a pretty pithy summary of
the framework tradeoff.
IIRC …
MongoDB and Schema Validation
One part of the MongoDB value proposition is being freed from the
constraints of a database schema.
There's a "baby and bathwater" issue here. While a schema can become a
low-value constraint, we have to be careful about throwing out the
baby when we throw out the bathwater. A schema …
Declarative Programming
I know that some folks swear by declarative programming. They like the
ideas behind ant (and
make) and
SCons and related examples.
You can google for "ant v. maven v. gradle" where people gripe about
which is more declarative. The point of the whining being that more
declarative == good and …
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