Monthly Archives: January 2015

What is Experience?

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Gaius

Like many people of my generation, I started programming at an early age. At 10, I was writing 6502 assembly language. My beloved BBC Micro lacked built-in flood fill, circle and ellipse drawing, and other graphics commands, and I spent … Continue reading →

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Form vs Function in Applications

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Gaius

When you have been around the industry for a little while, you will see that nearly all applications, especially user-facing ones, are made of only three kinds of things: Forms, Reports and Workflows. A Form is simply an interface, a … Continue reading →

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Can anyone learn to code?

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Gaius

Anyone can learn to code, we are constantly told these days, but is it true? Yes… in the same sense that it is true that anyone can learn to play a musical instrument. Many people do, and many of them … Continue reading →

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