Punk Rock Languages

A Polemic - by Chris Adamson

17 minute read

It’s rare that in one article the author praises C and JavaScript at the same time. After I read this one, I fear that it may vanish any time soon, so I decided to repost it here. That C has won the end-user practicality battle is obvious to everyone except developers. The year is 1978, and the first wave of punk rock is reaching its nihilistic peak with infamous U.K. band the Sex Pistols touring the United States and promptly breaking up by the time they reach the West Coast.

GOOS Book Distilled Part 14

A follow through of the great book Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests with code

8 minute read

This is a series of blog posts going through the great book Growing Object Oriented Software Guided By Tests, typing in code chapter by chapter, trying to add some of my own understanding where things may not be easy to grasp in the book. I highly recommand you get a copy of the book and follow along with me. Happy coding. This post covers Chapter 17 of the book: Teasing Apart Main.

Some explanation of the Announcer

A follow through of the great book Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests with code

5 minute read

This is a series of blog posts going through the great book Growing Object Oriented Software Guided By Tests, typing in code chapter by chapter, trying to add some of my own understanding where things may not be easy to grasp in the book. I highly recommand you get a copy of the book and follow along with me. Happy coding. In the GOOS book, the author at some point mentioned that a Announcer class from JMock is used.

GOOS Book Distilled Part 13

A follow through of the great book Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests with code

3 minute read

This is a series of blog posts going through the great book Growing Object Oriented Software Guided By Tests, typing in code chapter by chapter, trying to add some of my own understanding where things may not be easy to grasp in the book. I highly recommand you get a copy of the book and follow along with me. Happy coding. Adding Items through the User Interface A Simpler Design Now the UI designer finally catches up and provides a sketch of the new user interface, with one text field and a Join Auction button.

GOOS Book Distilled Part 12

A follow through of the great book Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests with code

2 minute read

This is a series of blog posts going through the great book Growing Object Oriented Software Guided By Tests, typing in code chapter by chapter, trying to add some of my own understanding where things may not be easy to grasp in the book. I highly recommand you get a copy of the book and follow along with me. Happy coding. In this post, we start Chapter 16 Sniping for Multiple Items.