... which is what "Duct-tape programming" amounts to. Sure some solutions can be over engineered. But as you have a number of projects under your belt and see a number of pitfalls, it pays in the long run to avoid some problems upfront.
That said, I understand and have worked with programmers who have wanted to add clustering to an application with 15 users. The key is knowing your requirements and your goals.
The total cost of ownership is more like 650. Even with the 400 dollar version you still will want to buy a few add ons, such as an XBox Live subscription, a 2nd wireless controller, and Wireless Ethernet adapter.
Just because design cannot fully predict every detail and requirement change doesn't mean that the opposite extreme is better.
I couldn't agree with this more. Civil Engineers design and plan how roads will be built, yet there are still issues that need to be overcome during construction. Yet a solid plan helps avoid many of these costly issues.
As software increasingly expands to utilize more and more powerful hardware, software becomes increasingly complex. Planning and design are more critical now than ever.
To answer the parent, UML is a tool to help plan and understand a system. I use it to determine users interactions with a system (Use Cases). Who is using each part. What do they need? When do they need it? What are the similarities between user interactions? Can I abstract any of their processes?
I use it to determine the key objects of a system (Class Diagrams). I use it to model the most tricky of system interactions (Activity Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams). While I'm doing these I look at my objects, users, and processes and try to abstract similar elements and simply interfaces and code.
Those who debate the usefulness of UML are wearing the same hats of people who debated the usefulness of Object Oriented Design 15-20 years ago. Unfortunately, it's not for the uninitiated.
Java Date is one of the most obtuse constructs the language. And it doesn't seem to die either. Yeah, it's been deprecated, but I still find myself backsliding and putting that abomination in my code every once in a while. It's hard to bring myself to use Calendar.
I wish they would go in and create a date package with a bunch of date objects and tools. i18n of dates needs a look too.
You'll see people start paying for content, when distributers start pricing it correctly. Sometimes I only visit a site once, maybe twice. Do I want to buy a 20-50 dollar a month subscription to get the article I'm interested in? Obviously not.
However, I would be willing to make a 50 or 75 cent investment in a good article or two. Micropayments could be a huge boon to the net. Paypal or Visa or Mastercard ought to get their act(s) together and make it happen already
Slashdot is great about bringing us the articles of all those Luddites out there. This latest proposition states that computers are crippling our childrens fingers, hands and forearms. Parents, who pride themselves in penmanship (of all things) can't read the notes of their children. We can no longer carry on this uniquely American custom.
Phoey(or maybe it's Phewy? or Fooy?)!
As I was reading this, I was waiting for the sentence that goes, "If our children can't write in cursive, then the terrorists have already won!"
The problem here is not email, computers, or keyboards,.. it's education.
Is our educational system/that/ bad that we can't get our kids to effectively print abc's? How can this be? I picked up sign language in college. can this form of communication be that different... maybe we should wait till their older? Say in 10th grade maybe?
Quite frankly I know that we ask our teachers to do too much, and too little at the same time. Teachers are required to instill morality. They have to check for contraband, and make sure the kids do not have drugs. They have to be a juvenile police force. And on top of that they have educate the brightest, and the slowest all in the same classroom.
I suggest if you want to save cursive, hire some more teachers, and allow them to actually teach. Email is not the problem, bandwidth is. Cut the fat from our educational system.
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It may take a week to code what takes an hour to script, but over the life of that script how much maintanence will it require. What you gain in a few extra hours of coding, if done correctly, can create a lifetime of savings.
One of the biggest things the framers of the constitution left out was a check of how far the police can go to enforce the law. Judges don't seem to sufficiently Check the Police power at times. I doubt they intended anyone to monitored 24-7 when they used the phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness".
If he is going to develop inside the.NET framework and he runs into a problem with C# Libraries, he can always plug C++.NET Networking Libraries in. It is the beautiful thing about the Common Runtime Language.
You're question is flawed.
A viewpoint is an opinion on subject. It is inherantly subjective. I like chicken. You dislike chicken. My viewpoint on the taste of chicken is that it is good. Your viewpoint on chicken is that it is bad. Which viewpoint is correct? It's subjective. My viewpoint is right for me, while you're viewpoint is right for you.
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I like http://java-source.net/open-source/content-managme nt-systems for open source java solutions. It is a nice one-stop-shopping web site.
I have personally used Jahia. It's very powerful.
The total cost of ownership is more like 650. Even with the 400 dollar version you still will want to buy a few add ons, such as an XBox Live subscription, a 2nd wireless controller, and Wireless Ethernet adapter.
The 300 low end box is just a marketing ploy.
Duped again ! damn you slashdot! ;)
Just because design cannot fully predict every detail and requirement change doesn't mean that the opposite extreme is better.
I couldn't agree with this more. Civil Engineers design and plan how roads will be built, yet there are still issues that need to be overcome during construction. Yet a solid plan helps avoid many of these costly issues.
As software increasingly expands to utilize more and more powerful hardware, software becomes increasingly complex. Planning and design are more critical now than ever.
To answer the parent, UML is a tool to help plan and understand a system. I use it to determine users interactions with a system (Use Cases). Who is using each part. What do they need? When do they need it? What are the similarities between user interactions? Can I abstract any of their processes?
I use it to determine the key objects of a system (Class Diagrams). I use it to model the most tricky of system interactions (Activity Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams). While I'm doing these I look at my objects, users, and processes and try to abstract similar elements and simply interfaces and code.
Those who debate the usefulness of UML are wearing the same hats of people who debated the usefulness of Object Oriented Design 15-20 years ago. Unfortunately, it's not for the uninitiated.
XOM is even easier.
..when she told me not to sit to close to the TV
Java Date is one of the most obtuse constructs the language. And it doesn't seem to die either. Yeah, it's been deprecated, but I still find myself backsliding and putting that abomination in my code every once in a while. It's hard to bring myself to use Calendar. I wish they would go in and create a date package with a bunch of date objects and tools. i18n of dates needs a look too.
pipe dream
You'll see people start paying for content, when distributers start pricing it correctly. Sometimes I only visit a site once, maybe twice. Do I want to buy a 20-50 dollar a month subscription to get the article I'm interested in? Obviously not.
However, I would be willing to make a 50 or 75 cent investment in a good article or two. Micropayments could be a huge boon to the net. Paypal or Visa or Mastercard ought to get their act(s) together and make it happen already
Slashdot is great about bringing us the articles of all those Luddites out there. This latest proposition states that computers are crippling our childrens fingers, hands and forearms. Parents, who pride themselves in penmanship (of all things) can't read the notes of their children. We can no longer carry on this uniquely American custom.
.. it's education.
/that/ bad that we can't get our kids to effectively print abc's? How can this be? I picked up sign language in college. can this form of communication be that different... maybe we should wait till their older? Say in 10th grade maybe?
Phoey(or maybe it's Phewy? or Fooy?)!
As I was reading this, I was waiting for the sentence that goes, "If our children can't write in cursive, then the terrorists have already won!" The problem here is not email, computers, or keyboards,
Is our educational system
Quite frankly I know that we ask our teachers to do too much, and too little at the same time. Teachers are required to instill morality. They have to check for contraband, and make sure the kids do not have drugs. They have to be a juvenile police force. And on top of that they have educate the brightest, and the slowest all in the same classroom.
I suggest if you want to save cursive, hire some more teachers, and allow them to actually teach. Email is not the problem, bandwidth is. Cut the fat from our educational system.
</flame>
It may take a week to code what takes an hour to script, but over the life of that script how much maintanence will it require. What you gain in a few extra hours of coding, if done correctly, can create a lifetime of savings.
One of the biggest things the framers of the constitution left out was a check of how far the police can go to enforce the law. Judges don't seem to sufficiently Check the Police power at times. I doubt they intended anyone to monitored 24-7 when they used the phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness".
If he is going to develop inside the .NET framework and he runs into a problem with C# Libraries, he can always plug C++.NET Networking Libraries in. It is the beautiful thing about the Common Runtime Language.
Corporation do pay postage. It's called bandwidth. It costs hundreds of dollars a day
You're question is flawed. A viewpoint is an opinion on subject. It is inherantly subjective. I like chicken. You dislike chicken. My viewpoint on the taste of chicken is that it is good. Your viewpoint on chicken is that it is bad. Which viewpoint is correct? It's subjective. My viewpoint is right for me, while you're viewpoint is right for you.