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But, there has been another, even longer running constant regarding the web for the last 20 years—working with web technologies is not “programming”, not “real coding”. <div class="is_this">programming?</div>
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Web Design is the same as creating a Windows Forms app in my opinion. There is both programming and non-programming involved.
HTML and CSS = Dragging and dropping a control on a Windows Form in Visual Studio. I don't consider putting a button on the form programming. My 2 year old could do that.
PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET = The stuff behind the HTML and Windows Forms that does the work. That is the programming.
The non-programming part is "designing". I like the word "Developing" better because I think that covers both areas.
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Randy Riegel wrote: I like the word "Developing" better because I think that covers both areas
That's why HR changed my job title from Senior Analyst / Programmer to Senior Developer.. The analysis part is also part of the developing process.
The signature is in building process.. Please wait...
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At last: the laptop buyer's guide we wanted to write three months ago. Do you know who deserves a new laptop? You do.
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The use of CAPTCHA to combat spam bots is also blocking people with disabilities and the feature should be removed from websites, argues a group of disability organisations. Kill it. Kill it with fire.
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I agree with that. When I get my site set up, I WONT use captchas. I will use other means like e-mail.
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ rake in_the_dough
Raking in the dough
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ make lots_of_money
Making lots_of_money
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Yeah, I don't mind those as much. Or the "click here if you're a human". Painless, and still gets the desired effect.
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That's a good idea. The website is only open to people with some "basic" math knowledge, a very good way to select for an intellectually capable audience.
Ehm, by the way, what's the solution? 
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Can architects play a meaningful role in agile projects, or does their tendency to do “big design up front” make them a sideline resource? Nick Malik, an Enterprise Architect with Microsoft, recently explored this topic in a blog post and concluded that architects can absolutely play a key role in software projects that use Scrum. Or are they just angry birds?
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Version control is probably the single most important piece of the development environment after the IDE itself, essential for teams and I’d argue extremely valuable even for a solo developer. So, if you’re about to start a new project it’s a good time to consider what version control solution you’re going to use. That one.
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"Visual Studio also has Git integration... in 2013 it’s out of the box."
An unusual step for Microsoft, but a good one.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: the single most important piece of the development environment
Yes.
Kent Sharkey wrote: after the IDE itself
No; it's more important.
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Well, fortunately, I didn't write that part - it was the bit I pulled from the blog post.
Mind you, I'm more likely to change my dev environment than the version control.
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For me, the VCS of choice is Git. Git is good.
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ rake in_the_dough
Raking in the dough
brisingr_aerowing@Gryphon-PC $ make lots_of_money
Making lots_of_money
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I'll take Subversion for small projects and Perforce for big ones. TFS I don't know and Git I use daily but wish I didn't have to. Even VSS was better than Git.
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Nemanja Trifunovic wrote: Even VSS was better than Git.
It may have been friendlier, but my corrupted source database a few years back tells me it wasn't better.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Sure, VSS was ugly. We had scripts that ran nightly and check/repaired corrupted databases. But no-one ever claimed VSS was good. Git feels almost like a cult without any good reason.
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I don't care about ugliness, but for source control I really do care if it corrupts my source database.
I stopped using it then.
GIT is actually very powerful, but fits firmly in the UNIX philosophy that a good tool must be unnecessarily arcane.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Rob Grainger wrote: but fits firmly in the UNIX philosophy that a good tool must be unnecessarily arcane.
I don't mind that at all. In fact, my programming environment is putty from which I run vim, git and cgdb on my development machine. My problem is that Git is counter-intuitive and takes way too much baby-sitting. In contrast, Subversion (which I also run exclusively from command line) is logical, intuitive and stays out of my way - just the way I like it.
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Many similarities between TFS and Perforce.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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For the top 10 jobs where H-1B visas are requested, only three do not currently have enough qualified American jobseekers to satisfy demand, according to a new study. They were in the seat cushions the whole time
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It seems hackers have attained a new image. Forget scruffy 20-something males carrying backpacks and desperately in need of personal grooming. Think buzz cuts, gray suits, and Brylcreem. "I never broke the law. I AM the Law!"
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Free deal to former MobileMe subscribers ends Sept. 30; users must pay for more space or cull data It's a feature!
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