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May, 2011

  1. Programming quote of the day – The debugging dilemma

    May 31, 2011 by admin

    Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. — Brian Kernighan


  2. Einführung in Ruby on Rails

    May 31, 2011 by admin

    From a few years ago, one of many presentations in university (unfortunately in german)


  3. Design showcase of responsive web designs

    May 31, 2011 by admin

    The new frontier in web design 2011 – adaptive/responsive website layouts with CSS3 media queries mediaqueri.es


  4. The thing about theming Magento

    May 31, 2011 by admin

    Note to self – If you want to survive major version cms upgrades, always use theme inheritance and overwrite defaults of the default theme that comes with Magento. I wish I knew …
    See also – Designer’s guide to Magento


  5. Confessions of a web developer

    May 3, 2011 by admin

    Languages are a tool, not a religion
    Workflow is essential
    Everything depends on context, nothing is absolute
    Agile depends on various contexts
    Version control is crucial
    Often there is no easy way, but there always is a right way to do something
    Requirements DO change
    You have to give them what they need not what they want