Lenny Primak made a pretty convincing argument in favor of Java – modern features, speed, and more concise syntax. It’s still one of the top programming languages as per various indices.
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Head First Design Patterns — Book Review
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After banging my head multiple times in attempts to learn design patterns from various online resources I finally found one that taught me well.
Book Review — The Pragmatic Programmer
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The Pragmatic Programmer is a structured collection of tips and practical advice for programmers looking to get better at their craft.
Book Review — Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
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Cross-posted from Goodreads If you are a software engineer and think, like so many others, that writing clean code is trivial and a skill that could be picked up anytime, this book will be a BIG eye-opener for you. The book is written by a group of authors led by Robert C. Martin (aka Uncle […]
Epoch
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INTERESTING How you determine your age? I was born in 1987 and this is 2011, so I am 24 years old right now. How most computer systems determine your age? Time passed since 1st January 1970 till now (2011) minus Time passed since 1st January 1970 till when you were born (1987) equals (well, again) […]
.NET at Accenture
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Since I landed in Bangalore, my schedule has been extremely busy. Yeah, I had heard in the past that the training period in an IT company, especially Accenture, is very tough, I am experiencing it only now. I have yet to take out some time to go out and explore that grand city that is […]
Granular Package Archive
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Continuing my Java learning stint, I started experimenting on RPM packages in the Granular 2008 repository by extracting meta data from them using various Java classes I had written for my on-going college major project. To give a shape (end-user interface) to these leisurely done Java programs, I used my existing project MyBlog to create […]
Some C++ programs
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Update: As requested by Sajith Karingat (comment #29), I worked on a Phone Billing System in C++, as per his requirements. You can download it here. I have entered my final year in my B.Tech course, and with it, it’s placement time. Companies for the computer science stream (my stream) will start visiting my college […]
Jumbled Words Game Downloads
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As promised in my last post about my Python-based jumbled words game, here I am posting the game for download in various forms. As of now, the first and second forms are for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista only. First is the normal setup in which you install the game by following those usual Next buttons. Second is […]
Jumbled Words game in Python
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I talked about a jumbled words, GUI-based, game in my last post. I made that game just for fun. It was not at all hard to make when you are using a write-less-do-more-language, like Python. I would like to share the code of that program with you and give a short tutorial on how to […]