Federico Cargnelutti

Month: July 2008

  • Software Development Cycles

    The inside details of the software development cycle: Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free. Product is tested. 20 bugs are found. Programmer fixes 10 of the bugs and explains to the testing department that the other 10 aren’t really bugs. Testing department finds that five of the fixes didn’t work and discovers 15 new…

  • 14 Ways to Learn From Creative Programmers

    Programmers are a great example of thinking outside the box because, well, programmers can actually create the box. If you’ve ever spent more than two minutes talking with a programmer about his work, you’ll find out very quickly that programmers have a passion for what they do. They eat, sleep and breathe programming. Read more:…

  • 10 concepts that every software engineer should know

    In this post, Alex Iskold discusses the top 10 concepts software engineers should know. A successful software engineer knows and uses design patterns, actively refactors code, writes unit tests and religiously seeks simplicity. Beyond the basic methods, there are concepts that good software engineers know about. These transcend programming languages and projects – they are…

  • FileSyncTask: Using Phing to synchronize files and directories

    I needed to automate the task of synchronizing files from one server to another, so I wrote a Phing task. Finally today I found some time to finish writing the documentation. Overview FileSyncTask is a Phing extension for Unix systems which synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while minimizing data transfer. FileSyncTask…

  • Architecture-Oriented or Feature-Oriented?

    Traditionally, there are two fundamental approaches when it comes to organising your development teams: the Architecture-Oriented approach and the Feature-Oriented approach. The first privileges teams that focus on the different architectural layers or components, whereas the second prefers to organise teams around deliverable application features. How do you organise your development teams?

  • Django 1.0 will be released in early September

    Django has not been updated for a long time. The most current release, 0.96, was released in March 2007. This is a very long time when you look at the roadmap of other frameworks. But guess what, all that is about to change, because Django 1.0 is only two months away! Over the next six…

  • The easiest way to search and replace in files

    The “find” command is one of the most powerful and useful Unix commands, you can use it to locate files, and then perform some type of action on the files after they’ve been located. With this capability, you can locate files using powerful search criteria, and then run any Unix command you want on the…

  • Google gives away a free web application security scanner

    Google announced the release of ratproxy, a passive web application security assessment tool that they’ve been using internally at Google. This utility, developed by their information security engineering team, is designed to transparently analyse legitimate, browser-driven interactions with a tested web property and automatically pinpoint, annotate, and prioritize potential flaws or areas of concern. The…