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Getting Started with Gradle in Intellij Idea

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500

A quick guide get started with Gradle in the Intellij IDEA IDE.

Is There a Right or Wrong Way to Program Something?

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500

Is there such a thing as a “Right” or “Wrong” when looking at different approaches to solving a programming problem? Can one approach be objectively better than another? Spoiler alert: yes, it can.

It's All About (Loose) Coupling

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 12:00:00 -0500

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I think most programming taught in schools and courses concentrates on creating working code. Beginning programmers are left with the impression that creating code that runs and gives the correct result is the hard part; that this is somehow the end goal of software development.

Where Are My Resources?

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:00:00 -0500

One of the toughest problems beginners encounter is resources that won’t load. Here’s how to figure out how to organize your resources and how find them with your code.

Optional Isn't About Avoiding Null

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 12:00:00 -0500

A look at how Optional works, and how it isn’t really about Null values - at least not if you were doing it right before Optional.

What's the Point of Agile?

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 12:00:00 -0500

Stand-ups, Retrospectives, Sprints, Scrum Masters. Is it just bureaucratic nonsense that gets in the way of good programmers doing their thing? It shouldn’t be.

Are Your Code Comments Helping Anyone?

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:33:44 -0500

Comments in code are supposed to help other programmers understand your code so that they can build on it, improve it and, sometimes, fix it. Are the comments that you’re leaving in your code helping anyone to do that?

What About the Cover Page?

nuno@n9o.xyz (Blowfish) — Fri, 28 May 2021 12:00:00 -0500

There’s a lot of ways that software development projects can fail, or partially fail. Some of these happen when the users don’t understand as much as you think they do about what you’re building, how it will look and how it will work.