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Weblogs by Craig Castelaz from Java.net

Pair programming: Everyone's favorite argument - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Pair programming may be the most controversial part of extreme programming. If you have any doubt, start a conversation on extreme programming, and see where it ends up.
http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1833

Development Tug-o-War - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Rave may have some interesting consequences
http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/189

Robogrammer 2303 - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Even it's not particularly useful, it's always fun to speculate about the future of programming.
http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/321

Are Encapsulation, Polymorphism, and Inheritance peers - (Found July 2, 2008 )

The three principle features of object-oriented languages are encapsulation, polymorphism, and inheritance. How we rank them in importance influences our use of OO.
http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/468

The Catastrophe Cycle - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Sometimes an iterative development process sorta happens on its own.
http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/694

Buried treasure can be found nearly anywhere - (Found July 2, 2008 )

There are nuggets of useful code to be found all around, if you take a moment to scratch beneath the surface. A particularly rich treasure can be found in the Jakarta Commons.
http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1651

Hesitant Acrobats - (Found July 2, 2008 )

You can&146;t stand on the shoulders of giants, if you never climb up.
http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1674

The best laid plans - (Found July 2, 2008 )

You've done the research. You've reviewed the specs. The technology appears to fit your needs like a glove. Then, you find it doesn't work as specified, or it exhibits weird and contrary behavior. The project goes poof, and you find yourself back at square one. Perhaps it would have been better to let the mice do the planning.
http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1727

Ambiguity - (Found July 2, 2008 )

As developers, we frequently concentrate on resolving misunderstandings between users and ourselves. So much so, we tend to forget that ambiguities can exist between programmers. Standard practices and Java idioms can go a long way in keeping this problem at bay. Patterns and practices are more than ways to implement solutions. They are also an important way for programmers to convey intent.
http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/1766

When GOTOs roamed the land - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Are the green fields of development gone
http://weblogs.java.net/pub/wlg/46