There are a few reasons that Best Practices get specified in a profession. Provide standards for judging proposed solutions. Provide cover for unforeseen circumstances. Provide a starting point for discussions to improve the state of the art even more. Help more junior people make better decisions before they fully understand the field. Applied to software,… Read More »
One problem with comparing different programming languages is finding a valid comparison. It’s pretty hard to really compare two different languages. On the other hand, it’s pretty easy to compare example code from the two languages. Unfortunately, comparing code examples is likely to run into Sturgeon’s Revelation, or Sturgeon’s Law: 90% of everything is crap.… Read More »
I probably shouldn’t be, but I’m surprised how often I have heard the statement We can’t do X in our environment… where X is one or more of the following: version control automated testing unit tests design testing object oriented programming bug tracking warning-free compiles In almost every case, the person has claimed to understand… Read More »