It’s a real programming language

I’ve recently had a silly discussion with a classmate, on the merits of Java. That didn’t go too in-depth, as his main argument against absolutely everything else appeared to be “Java is a real programming language”. Huh? C++ was admitted to that group, but little else. So what does that make just about every other [...]

Developing at the speed of thought

Here’s an idea: if you are spending more time writing code, than thinking about what code you should write – you are doing something wrong. Very wrong. Or it’s something trivial enough to not be of much importance. Or it’s Java.

Java has endless getters and setters. It’s a pushups exercise that could be replaced by [...]

Dvorak and Programming

Last month when I was talking about cleaning my keyboard, I’ve mentioned Dvorak, a keyboard layout alternative to the common QWERTY. That has sparked some discussion, so I wanted to follow up on the topic.

So what is Dvorak, and why should anyone care?

The Dvorak Zine does a wonderful job explaining the history of keyboard layouts, [...]