http://www.coderookie.com Programming tips from a rookie developer to other rookie developers Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:26:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi, I am having a job interview on Thursday (that's why there are no new posts lately) and I wanted to find out what resources do readers use when they go to an interview. Here are the links that I used so far: How to Write a Killer Resume, for Software Engineers Preparing ... http://www.coderookie.com/2006/job/job-interview-tips/ Have you ever wondered "What the hell is this J2EE thingy?", "How can someone use Java to develop web applications?" or even "Web pages in Java? Isn't this for applets only?". If so, than we have something in common, for years I have been asking myself those questions, while not having ... http://www.coderookie.com/2006/java/a-really-easy-introduction-to-servlets-and-jsp-part-i/ Ever wondered why there are so many people that program in Python, although Java (along with .NET) is the main enterprise language ? You can find out in this post at bitworking.org. Joe talks about the things (technical term!) that Python has and Java misses. Here is the list of those ... http://www.coderookie.com/2006/java/python-versus-java/ Garmin for motorcycles - Zumo 550 reviews Have you ever tried to choose the best color scheme in VIM ? Typing those ":colorscheme ..." and looking at your code (sometimes with disgust;) ). Those days are over, now there is a webpage with VIM color schemes html "screenshots" (for C, HTML, ... http://www.coderookie.com/2006/vim/screenshots-of-vim-color-schemes/ I bought this book only because it was mentioned on the page of "The Pragmatic Programmer" at amazon as a recommendation. And I must say I was really impressed with the knowledge that is contained in it. Whole book contains very useful tips for every programmer, not only a ... http://www.coderookie.com/2006/book-review/end-of-programming-sotoneage/ TomTom ONE XL-S - a widescreen GPS Just a short notice, found it while browsing the digg for programming stories. There is a proposition to include closures in Java (probably 7.0), here is a pdf file with the proposition. I am quite new to this functional programming concept, but to give you some ... http://www.coderookie.com/2006/java/closures-in-java/ Pseudocode interesting technique that I found in Code Complete, Second Edition by Steve McConnell. PPP is a way of developing routines by writing pseudocode for them in the first place (not a new topic) and after that, making the pseudocode a comment in the routine (functions, procedure, ... http://www.coderookie.com/2006/tutorial/the-pseudocode-programming-process/