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May 2009 (2)

DOM Scripting : Books
Object-Oriented JavaScript : Books

April 2009 (3)

Javascript Resources : Web Development
Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (2nd ed) : Books, Books I Recommend
What is Maintainable Code :

March 2009 (1)

Effective Java (2nd Edition) : Books, Books I Recommend

February 2009 (3)

Make Quality a Requirement : Better Coder, Craftsmanship
Quality and Speed : Craftsmanship
Java EE 6: Moving in a right direction : Java

January 2009 (2)

jQuery in Action : Books, Books I Recommend
Top 20 Programming Lessons : Recommended

December 2008 (1)

I'm Learning jQuery :

May 2008 (1)

stylin' with CSS : Books, Books I Recommend

April 2008 (3)

Core JavaServer Faces : Books
CSS Notes: Layouts : Web Development
10 Ways to "Stay on Top" : Craftsmanship

March 2008 (1)

Criteria for good design : Architecture & Design

February 2008 (1)

Spring in Action : Books, Books I Recommend

January 2008 (3)

Top 5 Attributes of Highly Effective Programmers : Craftsmanship
Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 : Books
Test Driven : Books, Books I Recommend

November 2007 (1)

Values for Excellence in Programming : Better Coder

October 2007 (3)

Craftsman's Values : Craftsmanship
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications : Books
Ajax on Java : Books

August 2007 (3)

What is a good software architecture? : Architecture & Design
Definition of Software Craftsman : Craftsmanship
New version of HTML: 5 :

June 2007 (1)

Quote: Grady Booch on Simple Architecture : Quotes

May 2007 (5)

What is a Craftsman? : Craftsmanship
Martin's Object-Oriented Principles : Better Coder
Good Code : Better Coder
JBoss At Work : Books
Einstein on Complexity : Quotes

April 2007 (2)

ACM Books : Uncategorized
Simple Intro to SOA : Recommended

March 2007 (3)

Linux from Dell : Uncategorized
Guice -- Spring killer? : Java
Java Concurrency in Practice : Books, Books I Recommend

February 2007 (1)

PPP: Practice, practice, practice : Better Coder, Craftsmanship

January 2007 (5)

Simple is Beautiful : Better Coder
New Features in Java 6 : Java
Enterprise Integration Patterns : Books
Java Servlet Programming : Books
My 2007 Goals : Uncategorized

December 2006 (1)

Threads in Java : Java

November 2006 (6)

Java 5 Enums : Java
Read Books : Better Coder
Most Valuable IT Architecture Skill : Architecture & Design
The Timeless Way of Building : Books
9 Things We Care About More Than $$$ : Career
Code Craft Blog : Recommended

October 2006 (4)

SOA Best Practices : Recommended
Design Patterns (GoF) : Books, Books I Recommend
Use an Expert : Better Coder
Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 1: A System of Patterns : Books, Books I Recommend

September 2006 (2)

Top Five Fastest Growing IT Jobs : Career
The Decorator Pattern : Architecture & Design

August 2006 (5)

Project Mgmt 101 : Recommended
Code Reviews Are Good : Better Coder, Software Engineering
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Fowler : Books, Books I Recommend
Programming Pearls by Bentley : Books
Dijkstra on Simplicity : Quotes

July 2006 (4)

Use MVC Properly : Architecture & Design
Single Responsibility Principle : Better Coder
Object Solutions -- Grady Booch : Books
Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes : Books

June 2006 (5)

Special Exceptions Ruin OO Projects : Better Coder
Excellent CareerNews Newsletter : Career
OO Design Heuristics for Classes and Objects (Riel) : Better Coder
Keep Your Methods Cohesive: Short and Concrete : Better Coder
Write Self-Documented Code : Better Coder

May 2006 (7)

Thoughts on Object Oriented Programming : Better Coder
My SOA Views : Uncategorized
Code Style Is Important : Better Coder
Never Duplicate : Better Coder
Programming on Purpose -- P.J. Plauger : Books
Encapsulation vs Abstraction : Better Coder
A Simple Design : Architecture & Design, Quotes

April 2006 (10)

Architects Must Write Code : Architecture & Design
Duplication Principle : Better Coder
Special Exceptions : Better Coder
Better Object Oriented ... : Better Coder
Beyond Code : Books, Books I Recommend
My Job Went To India : Books, Books I Recommend
Assertions : Java
Software Engineer: Best Job in America : Career
Scripting in Java SE 6 : Java
XP Explained : Books

March 2006 (8)

Non-Designers Design Book : Books
Martin on Bad Design : Quotes
Characteristics of a software architect : Architecture & Design
Improving Your Process : Software Engineering
Don't Make Me Think : Books, Books I Recommend
Surviving Object-Oriented Projects : Books
Tech Hiring Increasing : Career
Good XP Practices : Software Engineering

February 2006 (6)

Constant Change -- Beck : Quotes
JUnit in Action : Books
Becoming a Technical Leader by Weinberg : Books
CssBasics.com : Uncategorized
10 Books Every Java Software Engineer Must Own : Books, Books I Recommend
Seven Secrets of Successful Programmers : Craftsmanship

January 2006 (2)

Raganwald: What I've learned from failure : Recommended
Ten Commandments of Egoless Programming : Better Coder

December 2005 (4)

Useful CSS Templates : Uncategorized
Good Java Code Tools : Java
Hibernate Quickly : Books
Do It Right -- Wooden : Quotes

November 2005 (6)

Good Web-Startup Ideas : Uncategorized
Free Programming Books : Uncategorized
Larman and Fowler on Critical OO Ability : Quotes
Service Layer Factory in Spring : Java
Spring In Action : Books
Hoover on Craftsmen : Craftsmanship, Quotes

October 2005 (1)

Paul Graham's Essays : Recommended

September 2005 (2)

Is Consulting for You? : Career
The Best Software Writing I : Books, Books I Recommend

August 2005 (3)

Every Craftsman is Dump and Lazy : Craftsmanship
Spolsky on Writing Specs : Quotes
Pass a Technical Job Interview : Career

July 2005 (2)

JavaOne 2005: Wrap Up : Uncategorized
Soft-Eng World in June 2005 : Uncategorized

June 2005 (6)

Brooks on Good Judgement : Quotes
Rapid J2EE Development by Monnox : Books
Tate on Developers : Quotes
2005 InfoWorld Compensation Survey : Career
Shortage of IT Workers? : Career
Monnox on Software Engineer : Quotes

May 2005 (7)

My Book List : Books
Refactoring To Patterns by Kerievsky : Books
Agile Software Development by Martin : Books I Recommend
Continuous Learning by Reading : Better Coder, Craftsmanship
Professional Software Development by McConnell : Books
Learning GoF Design Patterns and Refactoring : Architecture & Design
AJAX with J2EE : Uncategorized

April 2005 (5)

Software Craftsmanship by McBreen : Books
Soft-Eng World in Apr 05 : Uncategorized
How to Position Yourself : Career
My Goals for Next Couple Years : Uncategorized
IT Employment On Upswing? : Career

March 2005 (4)

McConnell on Code Documentation : Quotes
Being More Productive : Uncategorized
Coding Style -- from Slashdot : Better Coder
Software "Engineering" Explained : Uncategorized

February 2005 (6)

What is good code? : Better Coder
Top 10 Elements of Good Software Design : Architecture & Design
Programmers at Work: Interviews : Books
Are You a Developer or Programmer? : Uncategorized
JavaServer Faces : Java
Fowler on Good Code : Quotes

January 2005 (7)

Holub on Patterns by Holub : Books
Improve, Not Degrade : Better Coder
Effective Java by Bloch : Books, Books I Recommend
Matz on Craftsmanship : Craftsmanship
Soft-Eng World in Jan-05 : Uncategorized
Joel Spolsky: Advice for Computer Science College Students : Career
What Do Users Want? -- Usability Primer : Architecture & Design

December 2004 (3)

Holiday Party Guide to Patterns : Architecture & Design
Holub on Simplicity : Quotes
JSP 2.0 Tags : Java

November 2004 (12)

Ambler on Best Programmers : Quotes
Dynamics of Software Development by McCarthy : Books
Soft-Eng World in Nov-04 : Uncategorized
Tips for Clearer Writing : Uncategorized
Definitions of Peer Review, Walkthrough, Inspection : Uncategorized
Booch on Software-Eng : Quotes
Will not ship shit! : Craftsmanship
Creativity : Uncategorized
Simplifying J2EE : Java
Developing Enterprise Java Applications with J2EE and UML by Ahmed, Umrysh : Books
Web Frameworks : Uncategorized
J2EE Learning Guide : Java

October 2004 (10)

J2EE Design and Development by Johnson : Books, Books I Recommend
Java Programming Notes : Java
What is Good Code? : Better Coder
Debugging : Better Coder
Yourdon on Outsourcing : Career
What does a good J2EE developer have to know? : Craftsmanship
Getting Used to EJB : Uncategorized
Better Times Ahead? : Career
Stas Kubasek on Learning New Technologies : Quotes
A Pragmatic Quick Reference : Better Coder

September 2004 (7)

Your Code Sucks : Better Coder
Software Bookshelf : Books I Recommend
The Rational Edge : Uncategorized
Outsourcing or Innovation : Uncategorized
IT Job Outlook : Career
Martin Fowler's Bliki : Recommended
How To Survive The Coming Bust : Career

August 2004 (7)

A Professional : Uncategorized
Why Java is Cool : Java
Indian Exec on Offshoring : Career
IT Survival Guide : Uncategorized
The Psychology of Computer Programming by Weinberg : Books
Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering by Glass : Books, Books I Recommend
Communication Skills : Craftsmanship

July 2004 (6)

Booch on Software : Quotes
IT Employment Drops in 2004 : Career
McConnell on Diet vs Development : Quotes
UML Tutorial: The Class Diagram : Recommended
Great Programmers' Traits : Craftsmanship
Evans -- Getting From Use Cases to Code : Recommended

May 2004 (2)

Stas on Software-Eng : Uncategorized
Software Engineering Principles : Quotes

April 2004 (4)

Joel on Software : Recommended
IT -- Occupational Outlook Handbook 2004/2005 : Career
Code Complete by McConnell : Books I Recommend
Training Your Foreign Replacements : Career

March 2004 (4)

Kreitzberg and Shneiderman on Programming vs Cryptography : Quotes
How to Prevent Offshoring From Taking Your Job : Career
Gates: CS still good career : Career
Bill Gates's Time Interview : Career

February 2004 (3)

Global Browser Stats for January 2004 :
J2SE 1.5: What's New : Java
Mills on Bugs : Quotes

January 2004 (1)

Fairley on Tragedy of Software Eng : Quotes

December 2003 (3)

IBM's Developer Tools vs Microsoft's : Uncategorized
Report: 150,000 U.S. software jobs lost last year : Career
Linux vs SCO : Uncategorized

November 2003 (4)

Tech Outlook for 2004 : Uncategorized
Part of Bill Gates' Interview : Uncategorized
Computer-software engineers: Job Outlook : Career
JSP Articles, Tutorials : Uncategorized

October 2003 (2)

Web Services: New Buzzword : Uncategorized
Applying Uml and Patterns by Larman : Books

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