The Disco Blog

Well, it’s been an unhipply long time since I’ve done the bag– my apologies.

• Andrew Binstock rounds up the Java IDEs- this hip podcast with my friend Andrew sheds some light on Eclipse and IntelliJ that was news to me, baby.
• Jay Zimmerman on Java application development in ‘08- One more copasetic podcast worth a listen to– Jay is uniquely positioned to surmise on what’s to come.
• On the Effectiveness of Test-first Approach to Programming- my friend Jay sent this my way– note this line: the authors “observed that the minimum quality increased linearly with the number of programmer tests, independent of the development strategy employed.” Excellent– someone has actually proved that tests work!
• Can Dynamic Languages Scale?- Chandler dying had nothing to do with Python, man. Or is global warming really a result of the decline of pirates? Regardless, the TSS thread is always a hip read.
• TDD Anti Patterns- Roy’s the man when it comes to anything related to TDD, baby.
• I’m not tired of Java yet- Neither am I, baby– last I checked, my family was well fed.
• Twin Cities Roundtable on Test-Driven Development- Talkin’ TDD is so disco, baby– be there or be square.