If somehow all programmers were to read this article, and follow its advice by aspiring to the gold standard of cover letters (for their company at least), it would be good for all of them, but it would surely create a DOS attack of sorts for the hiring managers!
(via Signal vs. Noise)
Tag: Programming
Chicago Code Camp 2009
Here is the link for Chicago Code Camp 2009. It looks fun.
The Psychology of Computer Programming
Edward mentioned what looks like an interesting book about how to be happy in your career as a computer programmer here.
One Man's View on Programmer Competency
Here is one man’s view on how to measure a programmer’s worth.
Emulating the CRT for Video Games That Need It
Here is a good article about an effort that was made to make Stella, an Atari 2600 emulator, render the screen according the behavior of a CRT rather than an LCD. The differences are clear, and perhaps more interesting to folks who grew up playing games on such consoles :).
Whatever this case, this must have been an interesting programming problem.
A Maven Dashboard Report Plugin
The basic purpose of “Maven Dashboard Report Plugin” is to centralize and share all quality informations generated by other Maven report plugins
like CheckStyle, PMD, and SureFire.
A Maven Build Number Plugin
This mojo is designed to get a unique build number for each time you build your project.
Of course, you can specify your own format; at least according to the docs.
A Maven build number plugin
Here is a plugin to:
get a unique build number for each time you build your project. So while your version may remain constant at 1.0-SNAPSHOT for many iterations until release, you will have a build number that can uniquely identify each build during that time. The build number is obtained from scm, and in particular, at this time, from svn. You can then place that build number in metadata, which can be accessed from your app, if desired.
The mojo also has a couple of extra functions to ensure you get the proper build number. First, your local repository is checked to make sure it is up to date. Second, your local repository is automatically updated, so that you get the latest build number. Both these functions can be suppressed, if desired.
Optionally, you can configure this mojo to produce a revision based on a timestamp, or on a sequence, without requiring any interaction with an SCM system. Note that currently, the only supported SCM is subversion.
(via Maven)
A Maven token replacement plugin
Ease at Work
“Ease at Work” is a presentation given by Kent Beck about helping programmers to find ease at work.
My friend Roger vouched for this. I look forward to watching it.