See Programming Languages I've Learned (more-or-less in order) [Update].
This came up on Twitter and Fosstodon.
See https://fosstodon.org/@vpavlyshyn/109908255464181943 and https://fosstodon.org/@slott56/109908527412493172.
I omitted a few things from the list because -- well -- there are a LOT of languages.
For example, in the 90's I …
more ...I'm undecided if this goes into the next book. Maybe this is a teaser... And yes, this is a Python to the Rescue story.
I live on a boat. See Red Ranger Blog for details. What's essential is this little complication.
The South Gulf Cove Boat Lock.
The lock keeps …
more ...Behave fixtures totally rock for testing complex applications.
I had been doing them wrong. Doing them right is simpler.
I'm a fan of the Gherkin language for specifying the behavior of software.
Scenario: Works for Me Given a configuration When a request is made Then the response can …
I've received a steady flow of email on Building Skills in Python and Building Skills in OO Design .
Readers have located a number of mistakes. It's been easy to correct and republish these books on-line.
At some point, I'll have to start the Python 2.6/3.0 revisions.
more ...Check out Carol Johnson's book The Language of Work: Technical Communication at Lukens Steel, 1810 to 1925 . It puts technical writing in a bigger perspective.
The cool thing is dragging meaning out of a corpus of documents.
more ...See Did you ever switch from one programming language to another? A ridiculous question -- the answer is always "yes" unless you're a hobbyist.
See Programming Languages I've Learned In Order . See Programming Languages I've Learned (In Rough Order) Meme .
Here's my list.
High Scool - Early 70's
I can't find the exact question -- it was something along the lines of "Why did you start with Python?" or "How did you choose Python?" It was probably one tagged with programming-languages .
For several days, I couldn't recall why or how I started looking at Python.
At first, all I …
more ...I'm trying to make sense of the "Voice of the Customer" as the 6σ folks term it.
I get email once in a while on my books (Programming , Python and OO Design ). The volume of mail indicates that I have a few hundred readers. I'm honored to have readers who …
more ...Here's how it shakes out from my point of view. You could say that my bias is showing. I think, however, I have solid evidence for my opinions.
C++. Fine if you like memory management. Don't get me wrong, some people love the nitty-gritty details. Some people would prefer to …
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