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Author Archives: James Thigpen
On Democracy
So Visual Studio 2008 is out, and by all accounts it is pretty bling-tastic. LINQ is getting a lot of press since it’s release late last year. I just finished reading this article over at SD Times, and I wanted … Continue reading
On Exceptions
Since I just upgraded WordPress (It’s like it dreams of being as secure as bind or sendmail), I could write another article on why wordpress sucks, but that is boring and everyone has so instead I’ll write something about exception … Continue reading
Thesis/Dissertation AntiPatterns – EPS Files
So you’re writing your brilliant thesis in LaTeX, and very probably you are converting your figures and images to EPSfiles. That’s what I did, because nothing else would… you know… work. Problem: I deleted the originals. I figured “Meh, it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, eps, imagemagick, journals, Research, Software, thesis
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Domain Specific Languages: The New DSL
Everyone is blogging about Domain Specific Languages these days. Even beyond DSLs there are a lot of languages these days to care about. C++, C#, VB, ASP.NET, Java, Ruby, Python, PHP. The list goes on and on! Programmers need to … Continue reading
Java Coding Conventions
I will now right the same self-righteous diatriabe about Java coding conventions that every other coder on Earth has written. These are specific to Java, I firmly believe in modifying my coding style to fit a language. Step 1: Class … Continue reading
New Java Plugin!?
*sigh* So there is this interview over at JavaLobby with Ken Russell discussing the new Java browser plugin. Go ahead… go read it… I’ll wait… *waits* Ok, they’re just now writing a new browser plugin for java? I have a … Continue reading
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Tagged browsers, flash, Industry, internet, java, java applets, Software
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Java Best Practices
It’s hard sometimes to find help when writing code. You know there is a way to do something, but you probably don’t know the name of it. I found a handy dandy website: Java Practices. A great list of “best” … Continue reading