Top 10 Credos of Klingon Programmer

January 9th, 2008 Of the 20,000 to 30,000 genes now thought to be in the human genome, most cells express only a very small part - which makes sense, a liver cell has little need for the DNA code that makes neurons. But as almost all cells carry around a full copy ('distribution') of the genome, a system is needed to #ifdef out stuff not needed.

July 19th, 2007 Everything you ever wanted to know and should know about Java Runtime.exec(). This old but still golden article is an excellent guide to using Runtime.exec().

January 26th, 2006 I have seen way too many java frameworks, way beyond my limits of tolerance. And I have found a perfect solution.

June 2nd, 2006 Top 10 reasons not to use coding standards: 1. Coding conventions are hard to remember.

June 12th, 2008 Sun offers 5 free proficiency assessment examinations. Read below for details and how you can take them.

September 2nd, 2009 Wiretapping Skype calls: virus eavesdrops on VoIPSAN FRANCISCO — Some computer viruses have a crude but scary ability to spy on people by logging every keystroke they type. Now hackers and potentially law enforcement have another weapon: a virus that can eavesdrop on voice conversations that go over computers instead of a regular phone line.

June 14th, 2007 Translator Plugin Pro 5.0 is a new release in many refreshing ways. One of the first thing you will notice is that the Translator options page have moved under Options menu.

May 14th, 2008 In JavaOne 2008 I noticed something I least expected - an abundance of Mac laptops (Macbook, Macbook Pro & Macbook Air) in not just developers hands but also press / analysts and presenters. I didn't conduct a formal survey but anyone there can attest to the fact that around 60-70% of the laptops were Mac with Dell being a distant second.

April 25th, 2009 CSS or cascading style sheets have plenty to offer to someone who is interested. With no limits to innovation, a programmer can play with CSS many ways and develop new techniques and codes to make his own application better.

August 6th, 2008 The tutorials are an intensive one-day overview of the fundamental concepts of the Ruby on Rails Web programming framework, presented by the UC Berkeley RAD Lab. The tutorials consists of six sections of approximately one hour each.

December 26th, 2008 Amongst all the technologies and well established programming languages like Java, Ruby and etc. we often forget to look into the world of new kids on the programming block.

August 5th, 2009 You have probably heard about the progressive disclosure principle of UI design. In Progressive disclosure design you defer advanced or rarely used features to a secondary screen, making applications easier to learn and less error-prone.

July 6th, 2009 If you are still of the opinion that LinkedIn is the only social networking hub for business, you might be goofing. Well, Facebook is not only the most popular social media now, its fast growing into a business destination for professionals across the world.

December 20th, 2008 Java is a programming language originally developed by Sun Microsystems and released in 1995. But its been more than 10 years from then and the popularity has taken Java to an enviable height.

October 1st, 2009 We had already focused on JDK 7 features in our post - Java/JDK 7 downloaded. According to the roadmap in OpenJDK site, JDK 7 would be arriving at the first quarter of 2010.