Remo Jansen: The most important thing about Javascript is accessibility. I think does make it easier for people to get started with the language. One thing that makes it more difficult to me is that Javascript tends to be only one part of designing or developing a web application (necessary but not sufficient ).
Links for January 31, 2018
IEEE Computer: A PDF of “Software Defect Reduction Top 10 List” by Barry Boehm and Victor Basili. Published in January 2001, it still reflects good wisdom on what to watch out for and how reviews can catch many problems before they get too big….
Links for January 30, 2018
The MathWorks: A series of 11 videos demonstrating MathWorks tools in a DO-178C process, starting with the requirements process and ending with the verification of the software. This video series covers DO-331 Model-Based Development and Verification, as well as DO-333 Formal Methods.
Links for January 27, 2018
Internet Archive: Selected papers of Ted Nelson (1965-77) – good reading! A nice followup to my January 25 post with video of Ted Nelson.
Links for January 26, 2018
Github: Open Guides to Amazon Web Services – An impressive collection of resources for using the many different tools within AWS
Links for January 25, 2018
IEEE Spectrum: Ted Nelson talks about the birth of personal computing, the web, and how to think beyond the currently possible.
Links for January 24, 2018
Liron Shapira: How to write your weekly report – gives good tips on improving the effectiveness of a weekly report, providing context on partial completion, and other good ideas.
Links for January, 22, 2018
Pruned: Crypto-water computers – wow, I would never have believed this….
Built in 1936, this machine was “the world’s first computer for solving [partial] differential equations,” which “for half a century has been the only means of calculations of a wide range of problems in mathematical physics.” Absolutely its most amazing aspect is that solving such complex equations meant playing around with a series of interconnected, water-filled glass tubes. You “calculated” with plumbing.
Tips on professional blogging
Andrew Chen recently posted his experiences on ten years of professional blogging. One of his points that I am trying to implement is writing frequency (maintain a regular schedule). I am working to post something everyday to build up the habit of posting. Right now, that mostly consists of links that are interesting to me. Andrew also linked to an older post with 10 tips for starting a professional blog, again there are a number of good points there.
Links for January 19, 2018
Codeplease.io: Thoughts from a new software engineering manager. I am not a manager, but as a lead engineer, I can identify with the problem of not being able to focus on making code changes due to interruptions.