Category Archives: development

Obsessed with REST

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Daniel Roop

Early in my career I discovered my first love in programming, the build processes. I have identified it as various things over the years; build tools, unit testing, continuous integration and now continuous delivery, but it will always be my … Continue reading →

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Confluence Bundle for Textmate (sortof)

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Daniel Roop

On and off I looked for a Textmate Bundle for Confluence with no luck. I was looking for something with basic syntax highlighting and maybe a preview view. It would be nice to have integration so I could publish from … Continue reading →

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Why Defensive Programming is Rubbish

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Daniel Roop

There are many ways to classify a programming style. One of the classifications I hear a lot at my current place of employment is Defensive Programming. Before I worked here I had noticed the style but I don’t think I … Continue reading →

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What makes a great developer?

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Daniel Roop

Passion. I have come to the conclusion that, that simple word is what separates an average developer from a great developer. IQ, education, degree, books, none of that matters, these are all symptoms of passion. A passionate developer will use … Continue reading →

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JRuby, Ruby gem command conflict

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Daniel Roop

I would have to assume that there are plenty of developers out there that want to install JRuby and Ruby on the same machine. There is a tragic flaw with this, the gem command is the same for both. If … Continue reading →

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Aptana RadRails 1.0

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Daniel Roop

I have recently become frustrated with the Eclipse IDE. I use 3.2 to do my java development, Flex Builder to do Flex development and Aptana RadRails for Ruby and Rails stuff. This last week I almost cracked and purchased TextMate … Continue reading →

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The JVM is not Java

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Daniel Roop

Is this another rant?….Yes. I apologize for all the rants lately, but hopefully there is some educational value woven throughout my posts, and besides I promised this one. Lets start with a history lesson… In the beginning there was assembly, … Continue reading →

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The tools we use

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Daniel Roop

A few months ago I made an observation about the software development profession that I simply brushed off as unimportant. Now I still feel it is equally unimportant, but in the spirit of Obi Fernadez’s talk at acts_as_conference I figured … Continue reading →

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Java is not Statically Typed (right now)

Posted on January 26, 2008 by Daniel Roop

What?!?1?!/!? That is right, I said it Java is not statically typed and by proxy is not safer than dynamic languages. Zealots HALT! We can fix this, and I intend to add some gas to the fire that people like … Continue reading →

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Eric Evans Presentation at JAOO

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Daniel Roop

I was clicking through infoq this morning, and came across a presentation by Eric Evans on DDD. Eric wrote the book Domain Driven Design. I have not yet had the pleasure to read this book, but I will be sure … Continue reading →

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