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I've been programming for over 30 years from machines that seem puny today (Z80 and 6502 based) to the latest kit using languages that range from BASIC, assembly language, C, C++ through Tcl, Perl, Lisp, ML, occam to arc, Ruby, Go and more. The following is a list of things I've learnt. A zero-based list, naturally.
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If you’re a front-end developer mostly focused on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, then you’re probably always on the look out for ways to be more productive. In this post we’ll share some tools and other resources for front-end developers that you might find useful to include in your workflow. 16 ways to make coding the web easier.
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Who needs JavaScript? The expanding capabilities of HTML and CSS make it easier than ever to create rich user experiences for the Web. Mark Pilgrim captures this in Dive into HTML5 when he advises, "Scripting is here to stay, but should be avoided where more convenient declarative markup can be used." Today, declarative markup can be used to accomplish more than ever. Show the Mozilla crew what you can do with no JavaScript.
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It is as if, back in 2009 and early 2010, the memo went out: use Silverlight for everything. Then, later in 2010, the memo went out: use HTML for everything; but too late for the current generation of server admin products. Welcome to the framework of the month club.
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At first you were frustrated a lot, and far less productive. Your browser history was essentially a full index to the online Vim documentation; your Nano and Pico-using friends thought you were insane; your Emacs using friends begged you to change your mind; you paid actual money for a laminated copy of a Vim cheat sheet for easy reference. Even after weeks of training, you still kept reaching for your mouse out of habit, then stopped with the realization that you'll have to hit the web yet again to learn the proper way to perform some mundane task that you never even had to think about before.... Editing source code alone now seemed an insufficient usage of Vim...
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When you submit your app into the Store, there will no doubt be other apps in your category that will compete for people’s attention. Being able to crisply showcase the differentiation points in your offerings and staying focused on delivering the core scenarios that you are best at are crucial to a successful Metro style app that will stand out from the crowd. You gotta have a gimmick!
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good one 
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Yes, laptops are doomed – tablets will replace them over the next few years – of that I have little doubt. Desktops aren’t entirely doomed – at least for gamers, CAD users, people doing graphics work, and other scenarios where cost-effective high-end hardware is required. But even today few people have only a desktop. Most people have a desktop and laptop – and in the near future I expect they’ll have a desktop and tablet instead. ...until the neural implants.
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Oh please. These morons who think they can predict the future based on a recent fad of people buying tablets.
I remember when I would eagerly wait for new posts in The Insider, back when the posts were about actual technology not about what a bunch of people on the internet are predicting for the future. I'm just not going to bother with this part of CP anymore.
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Thanks for the input, Lloyd.
Director of Content Development, The Code Project
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