This confusing Java...

Today evening I was playing around with Java and collections. After a while I finished with a funny code.

Rails architecture by Uncle Bob

I don't know Dear Reader how many Rails applications have you written in your life, but I have only one. However from the very beginning I had this feeling that something is wrong. Unfortunately I was not able to find a clear answer what is wrong and how I can make it better. Then I have found this presentation...

Beautiful code - review

A few days ago I have finished reading 'Beautiful Code'. It is a book that gathers 34 articles written by well-known software designers and edited by Andy Oram and Greg Wilson. The intention of Oram's and Wilson's was to create a book where IT stars will show how they attack some specific problem and provide elegant and clear solutions. So idea for this book was really noble. What about realization ?

In The Brain of Uncle Bob

I think I don't need to introduce you Robert Martin. Maybe not everybody loves him but for sure everybody knows him. He is a symbol of TDD and person with over 40 years experience in software development. Whats more he is also a great speaker and lately he gave a really interesting talk.

Venkat Subramaniam to the rescue

I have met Venkat Subramaniam for the first time on 33rd Degree conference. After his first presentation (by the way - it had fancy title "Pointy haired bosses and pragmatic programmers: Facts and Fallacies of Software Development") I was like "This guy has enormous knowledge and knows how to share it ! I must see his other presentations !". So I went to his two other presentations and guess what ? They were awesome as well !