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Bad habits

10 Ways To Suck At Programming http://www.finalint.com/2010/05/04/10-ways-to-suck-at-programming/ "I recently inherited a web app from a dirty, nasty, stinking contractor that claimed to be a competent enough programmer ... The contractor disappeared after payment (die reputation DIE!) and I was left to try and get things working properly and performing up to snuff while the client limped along with what they had been given." Donnie - FinalInt : May 2010

Top 10 Reasons Not To Use Coding Conventions / Standards http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/10-reasons-not-to-use-coding-conventions-standards/ "Top 10 reasons not to use coding standards: 1. Coding conventions are hard to remember. Why would you, the superstar programmer, have to remember coding conventions? As a superstar you should be allowed to code-as-you-will and leave it to the minions to clean it up after you." ... and more! Angsuman Chakrabort : June 2006

Good habits

10 Ways To NOT Suck At Programming http://www.finalint.com/2010/05/17/10-ways-to-not-suck-at-programming/ "Obviously, this is not a comprehensive list and most experienced programmers should already be well versed in what’s here, but it's a decent start for newbies and probably a worthwhile reminder to some of the more experienced." Donnie - FinalInt : May 2010

A style guide for PHP developers http://designluv.com/input-output/tutorials/a-style-guide-for-php-developers/ If you're thinking about improving your coding style, try giving the following a go. These are simply some conventional formatting methods that are generally appreciated and supported by PHP developers and will improve the overall readability of your code. Jon Bergan - DesignLuv : September 2010

Standards guides

Code Standards http://molecularvoices.molecular.com/standards/ "This document outlines our de-facto code standards. The primary motivation is two-fold: 1) code consistency and 2) best practices." Practical, realistic, and clear! Guides for writing HTML, CSS, Javascript, web applications. With tools and resources. Isobar No. America : 2010

Google C++ Style Guide http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cppguide.xml "These rules exist to keep the code base manageable while still allowing coders to use C++ language features productively." The standards for writing C++ code are also the standards for other languages. Google : 2010

Google Javascript Style Guide http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javascriptguide.xml "A list of dos and don'ts for JavaScript programs" at Google. Google : Google

Programming Style, at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_style "The issues usually considered as part of programming style include the layout of the source code, including indentation; the use of white space around operators and keywords; the capitalization or otherwise of keywords and variable names; the style and spelling of user-defined identifiers, such as functions ... " Shows examples of the bsics of readable code. Wikipedia : 2010

development environments

Let’s talk about frameworks http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2006/may/30/lets-talk-about-frameworks/ What is a framework? Why do we want to use one? Or not? James Bennet : May 2006

What is the Ultimate Linux Development Environment? http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/30/2323236 vi/emacs/shell? graphical IDEs? SlashDot : august 2006

When frameworks aren't right http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2006/jun/10/lets-talk-about-frameworks-when-frameworks-arent/ When is a framework not suitable for your site. James Bennet : June 2006

programmers speak

Comparing languages http://buytaert.net/why-php-and-not-java Comparing Java and PHP in consideration of writing Drupal Dries Buytaert : 2006

Five Worlds - of software http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FiveWorlds.html there are several different worlds of software development, and different rules apply to different worlds. Five kinds of software: 1. Shrinkwrap 2. Internal 3. Embedded 4. Games 5. Throwaway Joel Spolsky : 25 jul 2005

Hitting the High Notes - quality programming http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/HighNotes.html good programmers make a difference Joel Spolsky : 25 jul 2005

Love at First Byte - Donald Knuth http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2006/mayjun/features/knuth.html "Among the many enduring passions of Donald Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming is only the one with the most pages." kara platoni :

No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/%7Emaratb/readings/NoSilverBullet.html Written in 1987 and still relevant. "There is no single development, in either technology or in management technique, that by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity. In this article, I shall try to show why, by examining both the nature of the software problem and the properties of the bullets proposed." Essential Difficulties; Past Breakthroughs Solved Accidental Difficulties; Hopes for the Silver; Promising Attacks on the Conceptual Essence Frederick Brooks : 1987

Slashdot on "Stiff asks, great programmers answer" http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/10/031226 Excellent comments and additions to Stiff's programmer interview. slashdot : 2006

Stiff asks, great programmers answer http://sztywny.titaniumhosting.com/2006/07/23/stiff-asks-great-programmers-answers/ "10 questions to a bunch of programmers that I consider very interesting people and I respect them for various things they created. ... these are things I would ask about if I could speak with them personally for, let’s say, 10 minutes ..." Linus Torvalds - Linux kernel; Dave Thomas - Author of the "Pragmmatic Programmer", "Programming Ruby" and other great books about programming; David Heinemeier Hansson - Rails Framework; Steve Yegge - least known, but also some of the most interesting answers; Peter Norvig - AI, Research Director at Google; Guido Van Rossum - The Python language creator; Bjarne Stroustrup - C++ creator; James Gosling - The Java language creator; Tim Bray - XML and Atom Stiff : 2006

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