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Programming Tips #8 “Non Coding”
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Next up on my programming tips series we have another guest post. This one is written by Dordea Cosmin.
There are a lot of things that can make you a better programmer, but unless you are a freelancer , coding [...]
Programming Tips #7 “XHTML Analytics”
Next up on my programming tips series we have another guest post. This one is written by Jonathan Holland.
XHTML Analytics
Most analytics packages include a snippet of javascript that you have to add to your page. Nearly all of them rely on using document.write to embed a dynamically generated remote call to their javascript files.
However, using [...]
Programming Tips #6 “Make it Simple”
Next up on my programming tips series we have another guest post. This one is written by Georgi Momchilov.
“Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler” ( quote from Einstein ).
Think of your application as a living organism - it is made of many small components each of which has a specific task to [...]
Power of Zend Framework
I have just put up a new post on the fav.or.it blog about our new mashup editor. I thought I would just post the video again on here to show what we are doing using the Zend Framework. The interface is all done using Ajax and using the Framework meant we developed the whole editor [...]
5Dec2007 | Nick Halstead | 3 comments | Continued
Programming Tips #5 “Readable Code”
Next up on my programming tips series we have another guest post. This one is written by JB.
Make your code readable!
It’s easier to debug, and later to maintain. Make it readable by using descriptive identifiers, properly tabbing the code, and breaking down the application into functional and reuseable pieces. If you write an app like [...]
Programming Tips #4 “Aggregation over Inheritance”
Next up on my programming tips series we have another guest post. This one is written by James Gordan.
My favourite rule is to favour aggregation over inheritance.
I can’t count how many times I’ve seen inheritance over-used, even by experienced programmers, the net result being a bunch of subclasses that become very brittle over time, [...]
Good article, largely true (and made me smile) although I have now got 2 agencies who on the whole don't ...
im the best coder alive 
Oye, Altaf hussain kisi kutay ka puter hay. Us ki ma ki ankh. 
well you do have a point! :) so which part are you from then? no specifics required just the city ...
I can understand what you are saying....quite a few are awful, most are reasonably good, a few are exceptional.... 