Monthly Archives: March 2007

How to become a (real) Computer Scientist

From Jeff Atwood, “For a fast-moving field like computer science, the work you’re doing is far more relevant than any classes you’re taking. If you must choose between formal schooling and work experience, always choose work. If you’re in school, … Continue reading

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RESTful Application talking to Dumb-Ass Recipients (RADAR)

A nice blog entry by Dave Thomas, the author of Agile Web Development with Rails: “Put the main application logic into a RESTful server. This is where all the CRUD-style access to resources takes place. Then, write a second proxy … Continue reading

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Agile Web Development with Ruby on Rails

At last! Amazon has just sent me the book Agile Web Development with Rails that I ordered one month ago. This book focuses on Ruby on Rails, the open source framework to write web applications in the Ruby programming language … Continue reading

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