Great programmers don't just happen !
The last decade has seen object oriented programming (OOP) dominate the programming world. While there is no doubt that there are benefits of OOP, some programmers question whether OOP has been over rated and ponder whether alternate styles of coding are worth pursuing. To even suggest that OOP has in some way failed to produce the quality software we all
Read moreWith Windows 8 soon to be released, while I look forward to the benefits of Windows 8 for touch devices (aka. tablets), I am also sad about the direction software development is going in. The Metro UI may be nice for consumer apps, but the sandbox approach in my opinion limits creativity for two reasons. One is the forced user
Read moreTo answer this question in one word: Simplicity ! What do I mean ? To be honest I get tired of negative comments by mainstream programmers when I ever mention that I program in Basic. Actually I program in a modern high powered Basic called PowerBasic. Everybody today seems to program in C#, Javascript or some other cryptic language. The
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