Whether it’s an internal or external project, for coworkers or clients, the trap of being the boy who cried “wolf”, or in this case, the developer who cried “done,” is an easy one to fall into. The issue here, besides an elongated development time, is that this trap cuts at our credibility as programmers, even—and especially—when the circumstances are out of our hands. If you say it’s done, it’d damn well better be done. So, to avoid such an incredulous rap, try following these steps to make sure that projects actually get completed on time, the first time. (more…)
Archive for July, 2008
The Developer Who Cried “Done!”
Monday, July 7th, 2008PHP Benchmarking: Arrays and Iteration (Part 1)
Sunday, July 6th, 2008Author’s note: This article was originally posted at Frye / Wiles, and has been re-posted here for consolidation.
As a programming department, it is always our goal to code in such a manner that makes use of methods that provide, on average, the fastest execution times. In today’s discussion, we’ll be testing the many different ways to process and interact with arrays in PHP in the first of three main areas: reading, modifying, and reconstructing. (more…)
Now is the palette of my discontent
Friday, July 4th, 2008Author’s note: This article was originally posted at Frye / Wiles, and has been re-posted here for consolidation.
Today, we’re talking about color, its use on the web and how it is (in)effectively rendered cross-browser and cross-platform. (more…)