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In Praise of Top Down Programming |
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Written by Mike James
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Friday, 31 March 2023 |
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These days, top-down modular programming is pushed aside by object-oriented programming when it comes to teaching how to program. But there is a place for both methodologies to co-exist and top-down programming solves the ever-present problem of how to begin.
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Last Updated on Friday, 31 March 2023 |
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Hackathons Considered Harmful |
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Written by Harry Fairhead
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Friday, 09 September 2022 |
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Is Harry Fairhead being serious when he says that Hackathons are dangerous? Does he really want to see the zen put back into code? What exactly is the objection to being cool?
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Last Updated on Friday, 09 September 2022 |
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Written by Mike James
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Thursday, 13 January 2022 |
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Literally we make nothing. Give me a pound of program, a foot, a kilogram or a meter of your latest program, no not the paper you printed it on, your program, the real thing. You can't - because you make nothing...
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Last Updated on Thursday, 13 January 2022 |
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Written by Mike James
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Thursday, 30 September 2021 |
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Many programmers, including some of the brightest and best, are dyslexic - how does that work!?
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Last Updated on Thursday, 30 September 2021 |
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Programming Is Hard - No Exceptions Ever! |
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Written by Mike James
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Thursday, 29 July 2021 |
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Don’t raise an exception – EVER! Exceptions are, in practice the lazy programmer's way out of a hole. It would be better not to dig the hole in the first place, but if you do find yourself in such a hole then the advice is to stop digging and climb out - not drop someone else into the hole by throwing an exception..
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Last Updated on Thursday, 29 July 2021 |
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