Great programmers don't just happen !
Budding (new) programmers may wonder, “what makes a good programmer” and what advice would you offer that would help make me a better programmer ? My answer would be: Stop being a programmer for a moment (maybe longer) ! Maybe an illustration would help here. The engineers who design automobiles are likely very knowledgable about their craft, some even being
Read morePowerbasic, Inc. offers an amazing Windows compiler (currently version 9.0) which I have been using for the last 10 years or so. Why do I use it ? First, I prefer the basic programming language. Powerbasic syntax follows the long time standard for the Basic language, where as other “so called” Basic compilers you may find on the web do
Read moreBecause I develop a commercial product which I often refer to as a “GUI Engine”, I thought it might be interesting to discuss not only what I personally feel constitutes a GUI engine, but also some things a GUI should be, while some other things it should not be. I like to browse the internet to see what I can
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