There shouldn’t be so much of a debate. I thought that ruby had better string handling until I found out that in python 3 the unicode issue is fixed. The languages are strikingly similar in some aspects, as they are different in others. There are lessons from each of these languages. In python I’ve seen beautiful and readable short programs. In ruby I’ve seen beautiful and well structured programs. I only know a little about each of these languages (but I think that I’ve been helped by learning them).

The jQuery approach is to avoid object orientation. This is an excellent way of avoiding bloat for small JavaScript hacks. If you’re starting to build JavaScript heavy applications then you might need to start organizing your code. The first thing you should learn is how to write jQuery plugins. Later on you will need to learn some simple object orientation. Here’s how: function TigerType(name){ var that = this; this.name = name; this.sound = "growl!"; this.roar = function(){ return that.sound; };[...]

The jQuery approach is to avoid object orientation. This is an excellent way of avoiding bloat for small javascript hacks. If you’re starting to build javascript heavy applications then you might need to start organizing your code. The first thing you should learn is how to write jQuery plugins. Later on you will need to learn some simple object orientation. Here’s how: function TigerType(name){ var that = this; this.name = name; this.sound = "growl!"; this.roar = function(){ return that.sound; };[...]

A coworker gave me a hint: Learn how to use Process Monitor! Using this tool you can get tons of really useful information. Can be used to find where stuff is logged, the general flow of execution, et.c..

After talking to a few of my colleges I’m thinking of the different kind of programmers needed for different projects, for different aspects of projects. Duct tape programmer: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/09/23.html Writing code that ships. Does not necessarily need to look clean. Will probably not write any unit-tests. No fancy abstractions, no patterns or anything. Maintenance programmer: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/06/the-noble-art-of-maintenance-programming.html Have had every s[...]