“Contrary to popular belief, it’s possible to write Javaâ„¢Server Faces (JSF) applications without knowing every little detail of how the technology works.” This quote from Richard Hightower, in a series of articles explaining every little detail of how the technology works, which I am reading because, contrary to popular belief, it is not possible to […]
So here I am, about a month into my foray into the world of Java web programming. For this project I am using Java Server Faces (JSF) with the new “standard” (ahem) toolkit of “visual design” web controls called Woodstock. Yes, Woodstock. Let’s just forget for a second that what they’ve done here is take […]
In my opinion, even the best Python programmers, by definition, are incapable of of conforming to established standards, and are therefore incapable of writing maintainable, well-commented code. I have yet to see a python module that was actually well-commented. Not in free software, not in commercial software, not in Mercurial (sorry guys). Here’s a revelatory […]
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