If you think the software methodologies of Olden Times did not consider the role of people in the software development process you are mistaken. They might seem archaic (and even wrong) when we look at them today, but…
"There was almost no thought around how software should be developed." Really, Joel? So all the various software methodologies of the seventies and eighties, all the CASE tools of the nineties, Extreme Programming etc…
It's fairly sad that the "script for the future" is (partly) being written by people who consider a mere 665 words a "wall of text" that is OK to comment on, but apparently too long to read.
I really, really like the F# language, but the tooling is so bad (compared to C#) that it's a real struggle to continue to justify using it. I admire the effort put in to F# Power Tools development (I've been using it…
Out-of-the-box VS 2013 (and C# development) is so far ahead of Eclipse (and Java development) that it isn't even the same sport. The myth that Eclipse users try to perpetuate that "you must buy Resharper just to be able…
PowerShell is awesome. A shell with proper intellisense, a real object pipeline, string interpolation and cool meta-programming facilities - to mention just a few areas where it runs rings around bash.
If you think the software methodologies of Olden Times did not consider the role of people in the software development process you are mistaken. They might seem archaic (and even wrong) when we look at them today, but…
"There was almost no thought around how software should be developed." Really, Joel? So all the various software methodologies of the seventies and eighties, all the CASE tools of the nineties, Extreme Programming etc…
It's fairly sad that the "script for the future" is (partly) being written by people who consider a mere 665 words a "wall of text" that is OK to comment on, but apparently too long to read.
I really, really like the F# language, but the tooling is so bad (compared to C#) that it's a real struggle to continue to justify using it. I admire the effort put in to F# Power Tools development (I've been using it…
Out-of-the-box VS 2013 (and C# development) is so far ahead of Eclipse (and Java development) that it isn't even the same sport. The myth that Eclipse users try to perpetuate that "you must buy Resharper just to be able…
PowerShell is awesome. A shell with proper intellisense, a real object pipeline, string interpolation and cool meta-programming facilities - to mention just a few areas where it runs rings around bash.