Functional programming in Scala
I’ve completed the Coursera course Functional Programming Principles in Scala, with a Verified certificate! Going through the course was a nice experience. It felt a-lot like the university years, including even…
Category: Methodology
Going to do functional programming
I’ve learned about functional programming during my university years, with Haskell as primary language. I considered functional programming as quite elegant, but also impractical. I felt I could get practical…
Hoe je baan te behouden bij introductie van Agile
De organisatie waarvoor je werkt besluit Agile te worden. Dat klinkt eng! Ongetwijfeld betekent dat een reorganisatie en dus dat mensen ontslagen worden. In deze tijden van economische tegenspoed zou…
Software engineering is design all the way: code as design
Recently I came across an article I remember reading quite some years ago and having quite an influence on my thinking. A short summary in my own words. Creating software…
Software: bouwen of ontwerpen?
Software werd in de afgelopen decennia steeds belangrijker binnen de overheid, en bij vrijwel alle overheidsinstanties is software de kurk waarop de bureaucratie drijft. Verbazingwekkend lijken de meeste mensen bij…
Pattern in RIA
The Flex framework is getting more and more populair, and other similar RIA-frameworks as JavaFX and Sliverlight get a lot of attention. Some people see Flex as a alternative for…
Trying to do good for the wrong reasons
Many programmers with at least some education computer science code by a few principles: Encapsulate database access, using Data Access Objects so we’re not tied to one or another database…