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Lots of discussion about Design by Contract has been floating around, most of which I agree with. Using “asserts”, etc., in code is defensive programming. Anything which checks that your classes are polite to one another is defensive; tests should … Continue reading →

apostrophe’s are rarely loved they grow on tree’s when their not shoved out of the word’s wots their’s by right its not a very pretty sight it isnt all they’re fault, you know, they aint got nowhere else to go. … Continue reading →

apostrophe’s are rarely loved they grow on tree’s when their not shoved out of the word’s wots their’s by right its not a very pretty sight it isnt all they’re fault, you know, they aint got nowhere else to go. … Continue reading →

http://jbehave.codehaus.org/team.html I guess this means I can officially answer questions etc. now. Most recently, I’ve got JBehave to help me with the design of my Gui functionality. I did this by making a “ComponentFixtureDelegate” class, extending Abbot’s ComponentFixture. I used … Continue reading →

http://jbehave.codehaus.org/team.html I guess this means I can officially answer questions etc. now. Most recently, I’ve got JBehave to help me with the design of my Gui functionality. I did this by making a “ComponentFixtureDelegate” class, extending Abbot’s ComponentFixture. I used … Continue reading →

If you did get an AI which could convert using pattern-matching between two arbitrary formats, given samples of, eg: songs, in each format… does it still count as “reverse engineering” of any proprietary formats that happen to get passed to … Continue reading →

(prompted by Greg’s post about OSDL Conference Key Thoughts) I believe in patenting combinations of software and hardware or human interaction which are genuinely innovative – eg: token ring networking, Lego Mindstorms, the wheelie mouse, that new thing which allows … Continue reading →

Reading Andy’s post on mixed feelings for Firefox, and continuing my attempt to loosen Micro$oft’s hold on me… I’m leaving one bank because its internet banking doesn’t support Firefox. Their response to my request for Firefox support was “use IE6”. … Continue reading →

This weekend, I installed Ubuntu on my home PC. It’s a bit buggy, but I have high hopes for it. Mostly it’s buggy because I don’t know what I’m doing, but I’m encouraged by the amount of help appearing online. … Continue reading →

I’m writing a series of fantasy novels. At the beginning of October, I finally reached the chapter halfway through the second book which I’d been looking forward to writing for a long while. I sat on the train, pen poised … Continue reading →