Gabor's Blog
September 2010 - Object oriented JavaScript
How do you write object oriented code in a programming language that lacks the concept of a 'class'? Here is my favourite approach to OOP in javaScript.
August 2010 - The Retrospective Meeting
A retrospective meeting is meant to evaluate the latest project. Many companies still don't have some sort of evaluation system to reflect on projects. In this case, projects are often evaluated informally in the pantry. These informal meetings are known to be quite unproductive because people tend to focus on the negative aspects and they will just complain about management, the company and everything else. A real retrospective meeting can help your organisation to evaluate projects properly while maintaining a better overall atmosphere more »
July 2010 - The usability of Code
Is your code usable? Do you care about the usability of code? While most developers would argue usability is a key factor in delivering a good UI, I wonder how many of them actually care about the usability of the parts beneath the UI, the code more ».
June 2010 - Elections
We had elections here in the Netherlands and what turns out? That we all want something different!
June 2010 - Bought a book on Cobol
A couple of days ago I stumbled upon a book on Cobol.
May 2010 - Unit Of Work
It seems like the familiar Unit Of Work pattern can be implemented in a slightly more efficient way in PHP 5.3, here is my personal proposal for a somewhat more modern implementation of this well known and beloved pattern. more »