http://techblog.41concepts.com/2007/07/13/shooting-yourself-in-the-leg-with-a-bazooka/ A software development blog from 41concepts Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:54:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://techblog.41concepts.com/2007/07/13/shooting-yourself-in-the-leg-with-a-bazooka/#comment-2 On programming and ruby « House of Postmodern Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:14:13 +0000 http://techblog.41concepts.com/2007/07/13/shooting-yourself-in-the-leg-with-a-bazooka/#comment-2 [...] 41 technologies: Shooting yourself in the leg with a bazookaA bit of an extreme title, but equally good points on common design mistakes that we’ve all either seen in the wild or were once guilty of. The point on “Overcomplicated Design” reminds me a lot of some Java code out there, where the programmer went wild with OOP. All beginner Ruby programmers coming from other languages should read the warning about “Writing too much code”. Writing too much code is un-necessary thanks to Ruby’s closures and meta-programming abilities. Finally the point on “Reinventing the wheel” is a good one, chances are “the wheel” one requires is probably already written and in the form of a ruby-gem ready to be installed. [...] [...] 41 technologies: Shooting yourself in the leg with a bazookaA bit of an extreme title, but equally good points on common design mistakes that we’ve all either seen in the wild or were once guilty of. The point on “Overcomplicated Design” reminds me a lot of some Java code out there, where the programmer went wild with OOP. All beginner Ruby programmers coming from other languages should read the warning about “Writing too much code”. Writing too much code is un-necessary thanks to Ruby’s closures and meta-programming abilities. Finally the point on “Reinventing the wheel” is a good one, chances are “the wheel” one requires is probably already written and in the form of a ruby-gem ready to be installed. [...]

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