In a natural language, an idiom is a phrase that conveys more information than the individual words combined. In order to understand an idiom, you must have knowledge of the culture of the person using the idiom, as well as a good grasp of the language. Programming idioms are similar. They involve uses of particular… Read More »
Different paradigms are basically different ways of thinking about or looking at problem solving. Programming paradigms usually also include ways of organizing code or design. The main purpose of any paradigm is to reduce the number of possible solutions to a problem from infinity to a small enough number that you have a chance of… Read More »
In some legends and in fantasy, there is the concept of a True Name. Once you know someone’s true name, you have power over them. To guard against problems with this most people would commonly use a use name that everyone actually uses to refer to them to keep their true name safe. In programming,… Read More »
Here are a few basic rules of troubleshooting and debugging. Divide and conquer (always) 50/50 tests are best Verify can’t happen cases with a test Steady progress is better than random guessing If you guess and fail, go back to #1. Don’t try to keep guessing. I’ve been trying to formulate a good set of… Read More »
I’ve been experimenting for a few months with blogging as a way to store URLs, interesting information, and ideas on my local machine in a way that I might be able to find them again. I’ve finally decided that this approach would help me to do some things on my website that I haven’t quite… Read More »