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JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Goes Open Source & Misses the Point a Little
There was big news in the Java world this week. JetBrains released their popular IntelliJ IDEA as an open source community edition. While, this has been heralded as a great move (and to some extent I agree with that), I feel that JetBrains kind of missed the point a little. Before I go any further, you should look at the Edition Comparison Chart.
If you look at the chart, you’ll notice that some of the features they need t Continue reading
C# Partial Keyword
This is where the partial keyword comes into play. I can organize my methods so that related methods are in their own files but are still accessible in the same class. This came in real handy in my Twitter library (linked above). Continue reading
Why You Want to Learn C in Today’s Programming World
But could you write an operating system in C# or Java? Even if you could, should you? If you need something to run its fastest, shouldn’t it talk to the hardware as directly as possible? This is where languages like C (and even C++) come in. Continue reading
Why You Want to Learn C in Today's Programming World
But could you write an operating system in C# or Java? Even if you could, should you? If you need something to run its fastest, shouldn’t it talk to the hardware as directly as possible? This is where languages like C (and even C++) come in. Continue reading
Continuous Integration Workshop
This past Saturday I had the (scary) privilege of running a workshop on Continuous Integration. The workshop was put on by the Houston Alt.NET Group at the Houston Microsoft office. The workshop covered many topics including Martin Fowler’s CI Principles, source … Continue reading
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C Bitwise Operators
When I got laid off I decided that I had some extra time to finally go through the book “The C Programming Language” by Kerninghan and Ritchie (aka “K&R C Book”). I got through the first chapter without too much … Continue reading
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