Lessons From The Weight Room

Robert Rice Articles, Programming 1 Comment

Attention: The following article was published over 13 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. Please keep that in mind as you read the post.A friend of my wife’s (an artist and librarian) has recently started “learning programming” through a free online course that rations its information out via short lessons on Monday of every week. …

Test-Driven Development

Josh McKinzie Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, Project Management, Testing 3 Comments

Attention: The following article was published over 14 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. Please keep that in mind as you read the post.We all will agree that having good tests to exercise and validate a developer’s code is a good thing. Unfortunately, so often, writing unit tests is the last thing developers have time …

Software for Schools: We Can Do Better

John Boardman Articles, Opinion, Programming 21 Comments

Attention: The following article was published over 14 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. Please keep that in mind as you read the post.Introduction: This blog is about a subject that seems to be very much ignored. As my children progress through their schools I have noticed over and over the frustration of trying to …

Spring Batch Unit Testing and Mockito

Jonny Hackett Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, Java, Spring, Spring Batch, Testing 10 Comments

Attention: The following article was published over 14 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. Please keep that in mind as you read the post.I have a huge fascination with reality TV shows in which something is created.  My favorite of this genre is the Chip Foose-led “Overhaulin” series that aired on TLC for several seasons. …