<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version='2.0' xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'><channel><link>http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/</link><title>Pinderkent</title><description>Pain and glory from the trenches of the IT world.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:07:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>3600</ttl><atom:link href='http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/rss2.0.xml' rel='self' type='application/rss+xml' /><item><title>Will Chrome OS be the most innovative consumer-grade operating system since BeOS?</title><link>http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/11/will_chrome_os_be_the_most_innovative_consumergrade_operating_system_since_beos</link><source url='http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/11/will_chrome_os_be_the_most_innovative_consumergrade_operating_system_since_beos'>pinderkent</source><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:04:34 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/11/will_chrome_os_be_the_most_innovative_consumergrade_operating_system_since_beos</guid><description><![CDATA[
Earlier this year Google announced Google Chrome OS. Subsequently, some early indications of what it may offer came to light. And now there will apparently be an event held soon, where further details pertaining to Chrome OS may be made available.


I am interested in seeing what Chrome OS may... <a href='http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/11/will_chrome_os_be_the_most_innovative_consumergrade_operating_system_since_beos'>Read Full Article</a>]]></description></item><item><title>Functional programming JavaScript is a dead-end exercise.</title><link>http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/10/functional_programming_javascript_is_a_deadend_exercise</link><source url='http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/10/functional_programming_javascript_is_a_deadend_exercise'>pinderkent</source><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:30:46 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/10/functional_programming_javascript_is_a_deadend_exercise</guid><description><![CDATA[
Yesterday a colleague forwarded me the link to Underscore.js. It's a JavaScript library that provides some functions commonly offered by functional programming language implementations.


Now, I can understand completely why JavaScript programmers would desire to use such techniques. They bring... <a href='http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/10/functional_programming_javascript_is_a_deadend_exercise'>Read Full Article</a>]]></description></item><item><title>Analyzing existing databases and their relationships with applications.</title><link>http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/10/analyzing_existing_databases_and_their_relationships_with_applications</link><source url='http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/10/analyzing_existing_databases_and_their_relationships_with_applications'>pinderkent</source><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:24:05 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/10/analyzing_existing_databases_and_their_relationships_with_applications</guid><description><![CDATA[
Anybody working on business applications these days will undoubtedly have to familiarize himself or herself with one or more existing databases. These databases have often been "grown" rather than designed in any meaningful way, and thus will be littered with unused tables, unused functions or... <a href='http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/10/analyzing_existing_databases_and_their_relationships_with_applications'>Read Full Article</a>]]></description></item><item><title>"Utility" or "helper" classes are a sign of a language defect.</title><link>http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/10/utility_or_helper_classes_are_a_sign_of_a_language_defect</link><source url='http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/10/utility_or_helper_classes_are_a_sign_of_a_language_defect'>pinderkent</source><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:03:37 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/10/utility_or_helper_classes_are_a_sign_of_a_language_defect</guid><description><![CDATA[
Chris Eargle recently wrote about so-called "utility" or "helper" classes. Within his article, he states that "There should never be a Utility class which is used as a general bucket. Every method in your system means something, it belongs somewhere." I can agree with this sentiment, nor can I... <a href='http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/10/utility_or_helper_classes_are_a_sign_of_a_language_defect'>Read Full Article</a>]]></description></item><item><title>Firefox 4.0 to bring a significant degree of UI inconsistency?</title><link>http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/09/firefox_40_to_bring_a_significant_degree_of_ui_inconsistency</link><source url='http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/09/firefox_40_to_bring_a_significant_degree_of_ui_inconsistency'>pinderkent</source><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:15:18 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/09/firefox_40_to_bring_a_significant_degree_of_ui_inconsistency</guid><description><![CDATA[
Early last month I gave my opinion about some OpenOffice.org UI prototypes. In short, I wasn't too impressed. Unfortunately, we now see similarly flawed ideas coming out of the Mozilla Firefox camp with their "Windows Theme Revamp" project. 


Take, for instance, this proposed design for the... <a href='http://pinderkent.phumblog.com/post/2009/09/firefox_40_to_bring_a_significant_degree_of_ui_inconsistency'>Read Full Article</a>]]></description></item></channel></rss>