Category Archives: programming

Select a Single Item in a List View Control

Posted on July 31, 2009 by proj

This simple operation took me longer to figure out than I would like, the answer wasn’t obvious on msdn or in any of the searches I did so I figure I should just put it up here for anyone else … Continue reading →

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Tracking down Circular Dependencies in Static Libraries

Posted on June 26, 2009 by proj

The GNU linker has some trouble when you present it with multiple library archives that depend upon each other. Libraries with symbols resolved in other libraries must be presented earlier on the command line. You can work around this with … Continue reading →

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Tell, Don’t Ask

Posted on April 24, 2008 by proj

The post over at pragmatic programmer is timely for me because Tell, Don’t Ask is a concept that I have outlined in a programming style presentation for my new team. The quote at the beginning of the article is perfect: … Continue reading →

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Impromtu has my head spinning

Posted on April 19, 2008 by proj

This is very much what I have been dreaming of having rubycube accomplish. A very slick presentation.

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Read this Paper if you use Make

Posted on April 18, 2008 by proj

I investigated make, cmake, cook, jam, bjam, ftjam, scons, cons, rake, ant. What I come to find is this wonderful little paper that turns my out-moded ideas about make completely on it’s head. I wrote a wonderful beginnings of a … Continue reading →

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The Best Way to Learn – Use the Source

Posted on December 6, 2007 by proj

Once again I have found the best way to learn is to go to the source. If you really want to learn something you have to find dig into the implementation, read the classics and seek out the originators. In … Continue reading →

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Implementing a Finite State Machine with a Ruby Domain Specific Language

Posted on August 14, 2007 by proj

DSL-FSM.. that kinda sounds like some wierd internet sub-culture. It stands for domain specific language – finite state machine. I proposed both topics as presentation material for the austin-ruby group that I meet with once a month. Steven Harms the … Continue reading →

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Codified Thinking

Posted on August 7, 2007 by proj

There are many choices that must be made during the coding process and how we arrive at those choices is important and can influence our thinking and code quality a great deal. I try to make a concentrated effort to … Continue reading →

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Tips for Getting in the Zone

Posted on July 27, 2007 by proj

Came across this post on programming.reddit.com today (the programming reddit has been one my guilty pleasures lately). The author has some good tips on staying in the zone. I have some tips of my own as I enjoy the feeling … Continue reading →

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A Simple Continuous Test Script in Python

Posted on July 12, 2007 by proj

I was working on an in-memory database prototype in python and decided I didn’t want to keep manually running the unit tests so I whipped up a little auto test script that I can run in another terminal. autotest.py It’s … Continue reading →

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