Category Archives: Software Development

A Java Cheat Sheet

Posted on November 24, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice cheat sheet for Java. http://introcs.cs.princeton.edu/java/11cheatsheet/

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The highest paying programming jobs

Posted on November 24, 2014 by robertwilkie

Interesting to see that C++ and C are still pretty high in the stack.  I was surpised by Ruby being the top spot. http://lifehacker.com/these-are-the-highest-paying-programming-skills-to-have-1661389920

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.NET going to Linux and Opensource

Posted on November 13, 2014 by robertwilkie

Server based only.  But its interesting to see the powerhouse of Microsoft open up all its development code to opensource and to Linux.  I wonder what the real reasoning behind the  release is.  Perhaps MS is feeling the heat of … Continue reading →

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Nice python cheat sheet

Posted on November 10, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice cheat sheet if you are starting out in python.  Sofar I like python as a language.  Much better than Ruby. http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/vip/~3/u85UsbP84mY/keep-this-python-cheat-sheet-on-hand-when-learning-to-c-1655521825

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How to make money as an opensource developer

Posted on October 31, 2014 by robertwilkie

Interesting article, covered the usually stuff (consulting, support, add ons), but the ending had an interesting bit about some sites that offer bounty’s to improve or build an opensource project.  My 2 cents, unless you have a hot project, you … Continue reading →

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Running Go on Intel Edison

Posted on October 1, 2014 by robertwilkie

Go, or Go Lang, is a compiled language that is kind of like Java.  I started to tinker with Go this summer.  I have to say coming from the embedded systems world, I like Go.  The article talks about using … Continue reading →

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Agifall, Waterfall + Agile

Posted on September 24, 2014 by robertwilkie

Been thinking alot about software processes myself lately, so I googled waterfall with agile, scrum, etc etc and found some interesting articles.  The presentation below was the most entertaining to go thru. http://www.slideshare.net/markfromson/agifall-presentation http://scaledagileframework.com/mixing-agile-and-waterfall-development-in-the-scaled-agile-framework/

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automatic vent shutoffs with arduino (ish)

Posted on September 8, 2014 by robertwilkie

A father/daughter team basically built a system that is like NEST but for your heat vents.  So it will shut off/open vents as needed, thus saving the costs of heating/cooling your entire house.  Its using some arduino like clone for … Continue reading →

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Need to test a UI, maybe you need a Cucumber

Posted on June 24, 2014 by robertwilkie

If I understand Cucumber correctly, you can write your behavior of how the software should work in doc like format, and it will convert it to a UI like test.  Or an API test.  Its all written in Ruby.  I … Continue reading →

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List of opensource static code checkers

Posted on June 18, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice list from the SWAMP initiative of static code analysis tools that are open to folks to use.  I had heard of findbugs for Java, cppcheck and clang are new ones for me.  GCC…really, it does a basic job but … Continue reading →

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