YASDW – yet another software developer weblog

• jQuery Plugin Roundup 3: gameQuery, hotkeys, qTip
  I should give gameQuery a try
• Programmers: What To Do If You Get Fired
  Amusing read (while promoting a product)
• Flash and Standards: The Cold War of the Web
  No bashing. Constructive article.

• VcsSurvey
  Martin Fowler with VCS survey data
• IE6 Funeral
  It’s over. Finally.
• A Simple Step-by-Step Reportlab Tutorial
  PDF creation with Python

• Developer Certification WTF?
  two.java -> 30.000 Lines Of Code ???
• Embiggen Your Brain with gbrainy
  games! games! games! but these are hard ones.
• US Patent: Linked List
  WTF!!!

• Why I’m leaving Subversion for Git
  Another switch …
• On Small Applications
  Does something even exist?
• The Python String Concatenation Shootout
  And does this really matter?

• Vim Plugins You Should Know About, Part VII: ragtag.vim (formerly allml.vim)
  The next notable vim plugin!
• Third coding dojo
  Coding as a martial art?
• cloth simulation
  Try also the other experiments. Awesome stuff.

Stay focused, keep the motivation. Try it at least.

• PragPub Issue 9, March 2010
  PragProg’s freshest magazine
• Alternatives for Maven, Building With Less Frustration
  throw away these clumsy xml files
• Java’s new keyword
  Insights into classloader stuff

• Inspiring talks
  DHH and Guy Kawasaki with brilliant speeches
• Getting started with Python development tools
  Tools! Tools! Tools!
• DreamPie
  The better python shell

• IT job trends – Which technologies you should learn next
  No predictions, just plain statistics. Great information
• Coding with JDK7
  Nice stuff, but no killer feature here
• How to umount when the device is busy
  … without force

• My Future of Web Frameworks Presentation
  Nice overview about what was and what (maybe) will be.
• Kann man Google irgendwie entkommen?
  Pfu. Schwierige Aufgabe. Bin schon gespannt auf weitere Schritte.
• Speed up your dev cycle with git
  Switching from a central to a distributed SCM can (and probably will)  be mind-blowing.

• How Ruby Manages Memory and Garbage Collection
  Nice educational stuff
• FireRainbow
  News from the firefox/firebug plugin side
• Branching Strategies: When To Branch And Merge
  with a follow-up: Branching Strategies: The Cost Of Branching And Merging