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Netscape is Dead, Long Live Netscape!

11-Jan-08

Well, it is official.  The once-popular browser, from Mosaic through Netscape Navigator and all of its Mozilla variants, fought in the Browser Wars from 1994 through 2008, and is now throwing in the towel.  My once-favorite browser has finally fallen under the weight of Internet Explorer (and Firefox, too, I suppose).  AOL announced on December [...]

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The Lost Art of Debugging – Part 3 – Things To Do

30-Dec-07

As I have said before, debugging is a complex and time consuming process. I have outlined 10 resources for debugging, and provided a primer for things not to do when debugging. Now, we get to the meat and potatoes of debugging. This is a guide of things to do when debugging. I have broken this [...]

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The Lost Art of Debugging – Part 2 – Things Not To Do

28-Dec-07

Debugging is a complex and time consuming process.  In my last post I listed 10 Resources for Debugging, both web sites and books, that every software developer should read to keep their debugging skills sharp.  Knowing what not to do is just as important as knowing what you should do.  Here is a list of [...]

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The Lost Art of Debugging – 10 Resources

29-Nov-07

Debugging is as much of an art as it is a science. There are lots of great tools to help developers debug their code. I believe developers, including myself, have learned to depend too much on these tools instead of thinking through the problem. There is a common thread across all programming languages and development [...]

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7 Sources to Help You Conduct a Peer Code Review

15-Nov-07

The end of the year is swiftly approaching, and as the budget cycle is coming to a close, the work piles up quickly.  I have had a staff of three from January through August, and with the piling work, we have had to triple in size.  A staff of nine is very different to manage [...]

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