Wednesday, December 27, 2006

"Top ten mistakes of Web design" and others

today i've found very interesting ariticle: Top ten mistakes of Web desing and very useful site:
useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's Website
who is Jakob Nielsen i don't have to write or if you don't know him you can read about him in wikipedia. he is one of titans of usability of gui (desktop programs, web pages and other) and his site contains many useful articles and links about usability.
i think that everybody who desing and make user interface should dig this site up.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

"Using JMock with Test Driven Development"

i've found article written by Paulo Caroli "Using JMock with Test Driven Development". this discussion shows how to use JMock with Test Driven Development. For me JMock is very useful library, which I uses in my everyday work, because it simplifies writing tests. I think it is excellent library and everybody should use it - test driven development is better way of writing better programmes.

thePeoplesToolbox

sometimes I have to do something for web (i think about css, html, color, fonts etc), but i'm not very skillful webmaster (now I'm working as an Java programmer for web).
today i've found sth what for me is very interesting: thePeoplesToolbox. on this web page i've found many links for useful sites for everbody who wants to do something on web.

How to Design a Good API & Why it Matters

today I've found very interesting presenstation "How to Design a Good API & Why it Matters" by Joshua Bloch.
Joshua talks about designing and writing good API. For me it's very, very good because subject is very interesting and teacher is very good (I don't have to announce who Josuha Bloch is because every Java programmer know, who he is).

Sunday, December 17, 2006

refactoring database

sometimes I've got a situation while I have to change something in a database. This db is rather old and badly made, so I have to do something with it.
it's a huge problem, because redesining this database can't be done - this is working db.
i've found interesting site Agile DBA. you can found there many tips.
i've also found out interesting book about this
Refactoring Databases - Evolutionary Database Design
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hibernate tips

recently I've found very interesting thing. all, but rather old hibernate tips. you can found it here