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Things I like about Scala
06 September 10 11:23 AM | CSharpener | with no comments

I'm excited about Scala (see Scaling the Cliffs to Scala ), one of the new Object-Fuctional languages that have emerged recently. So, what excites me? Let's list a few cool features. Everything is an object. Scala functions are really and truly first...

Filed under: [Languages], General Software Development, softdev, webdev, object-functional, scala, proglang

Coding Cool with Fan!
10 August 09 11:18 AM | CSharpener | 1 comment(s)

The most exciting new programming language I have seen in quite some time is the new Fan language . I recommend reading Why Fan and taking the Tour to have get a quick grasp of what Fan offers. Then Download Fan and StartHere ! Why am I so enthusiastic...

Filed under: [.NET General], [Languages], [Software Architecture], [SoftDev], [JavaScript], [CLR], [Ruby], [Smalltalk], [.NET], [Fan]

Something is squawking!
23 July 09 03:40 PM | CSharpener | with no comments

After a rather long ... lull ..., I'm hearing much more noise again from the (almost mythological) realm of Pearl 6 . Seems like some sort of Parrot has been squawking loudly, lately. In fact, it may have even squawked loudly enough to get me to join...

Filed under: [Languages], [Software Architecture], [WebDev], [SoftDev]

SmallScript is dead! Long live SmallScript!
08 July 09 11:36 AM | CSharpener | 2 comment(s)

In a previous post, Before it becomes famous , I posted about S#, or SmallScript, a SmallTalk variant that was being designed that was supposed to have a version that might have worked on .NET. Now, it seems that project has pretty much died out. David...

Filed under: [.NET General], [Languages], [Tools], [WebDev], [SoftDev], [Smalltalk], [.NET]

Your Company's Next Senior Software Architect???
02 July 09 04:08 PM | CSharpener | with no comments

I would *love* to join a new and exciting software development team that has a single-minded focus on delivering high-quality software products to great customers. Perhaps that team is working in your company! Please have a look at my resume (http://weblogs...

Filed under: [.NET C#], [Languages], [Software Architecture], [Human Factor], [SoftDev], [General], [ASP.NET], [TDD], [GameDev], [.NET]

[.NET C#] Unified C# 3.0 Specification
12 September 07 08:34 AM | CSharpener | with no comments

The C# team at csharp-online.net has a download link for a consolidated document presenting the Unified C# 3.0 Specification , which brings together all prior C# specs with the latest version. It weighs in at slightly over 500 pages, but looks to be the...

Filed under: [.NET General], [.NET C#], [Languages], [Reference], [SoftDev], [.NET]

[TDD] TDD'ing Sudoku in Ruby
14 July 06 07:30 PM | CSharpener | 1 comment(s)

Ron Jeffries , of Extreme Programming fame, and some other folks on the Test Driven Development email list , have started several passes at creating a Sudoku solver by following the TDD approach. I really am enjoying following Ron's pursuit in his article...

Filed under: [Languages], [Agile Development], [TDD], [Ruby]

[Languages] Ruby is coming along on .NET
20 June 06 11:53 AM | CSharpener | 1 comment(s)

I have been checking out a couple of newer implementations of Ruby for .NET. Each offers something different and it is obvious that we are getting closer to having a really usable variant of Ruby on .NET in the near future. Here are my current favorite...

Filed under: [Languages], [Tools], [WebDev], [SoftDev], [Ruby], [.NET]

[Languages] A Smalltalk Compiler for .NET - #Smalltalk
20 June 06 11:39 AM | CSharpener | 1 comment(s)

A fortuitous incident led me to review the .NET Languages website, which has a great list of .NET languages on its Resources page. There, I found out about a new-to-me compiler, #Smalltalk , that implements Smalltalk to run on .NET. The #Smalltalk system...

Filed under: [Languages], [Tools], [SoftDev], [Smalltalk], [.NET]

[Laws] John Tobler's Fun-duh-mental Laws and Rules
13 April 06 03:55 PM | CSharpener | with no comments

Now that I have three laws and a corollary under my belt, it's time to start my list: John Tobler's Fun-duh-mental Laws and Rules Keep watching, I'm sure the list will grow!

Filed under: [.NET General], [.NET C#], [Languages], [Reference], [Human Factor], [Articles], [SoftDev], [Refactoring], [General], [ASP.NET], [Laws]