Programming Resources

Some links to programming resources I find interesting and useful.

Contradicting software development philosophies and design principles. Selected ones:

• Solve the first problem (example: item 5 here)
• Don't repeat yourself
• You ain't gonna need it
• Big design up front
• Look Before You Leap
• It's Easier to Ask Forgiveness than Permission

Code smells and Antipatterns:

• Call super
• Sequential coupling
• Coding by exception
• God object

Examples of design patterns:

• Factory
• Model-View-Controller
• Observer
• Adapter

• Abstraction levels
• Popularity
• Recommendations
• Comparison
• Lists of languages

• How to be a programmer
• Not Invented Here
• The Cathedral and the Bazaar
• Cargo cult programming
• Jargon
• Technical debt
• Weniger schlecht programmieren

• Developer types
• Frequently Forgotten Fundamental Facts about Software Engineering
• The cult of busy
• How to detect bullshit
• Pareto principle

• The Daily WTF
• Joel on Software
• Stackoverflow