18
May
2008
I’m not entirely sure what these metrics mean, but they give me a warm feeling inside.
Analyzed classes: 136
Excellent classes (.): 121 89.0%
Good classes (=): 9 6.6%
Needs work classes (@): […]
12
May
2008
As some of you may know, I’ve been following the Buildr project with a fair degree of interest of late. Just last week, Assaf announced their first release as an Apache project: Buildr 1.3.0. Being of the inquisitive bend, I decided that this would be an excellent time to reevaluate its suitability for use in […]
28
Apr
2008
For those of you who don’t know, polyglotism is not some weird religion but actually a growing trend in the programming industry. In essence, it is the concept that one should not be confined to a single language for a given system or even a specific application. With polyglot programming, a single project could use […]
31
Mar
2008
Ah, the saga of misinterpreted micro-benchmarks! Developers advocating one technology over another have long used micro-benchmarks and trivial examples to illustrate their point. This is most often seen in the area of language implementation, where performance is a critical (and often emotional) consideration. The Computer Language Benchmarks Game is a good example of this.
With the […]
22
Mar
2008
Happy Easter everyone, we’ve got a new release! ActiveObjects 0.8 is simmering at low heat (and footprint) on the servers even as I type. This is probably the most significant milestone we’ve released thus far in that the 1.0 stream is now basically feature-complete. I won’t be adding any new features to this release, just […]
