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Real Programming S01E01: Getting Started

In this first episode we lay the groundwork for a simple desktop Yahtzee application.

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Town Halls

Starting at the end of March 2020, GeePaw will be hosting remote Town Halls via Zoom. These will be small gatherings capped at 25 participants and last about 90 minutes. Click the image to see the upcoming Town Halls.

Recommended Reading

Thanks to respondent feedback, I have been curating a list of all the reading that I mention in my blogs and elsewhere. I will update it as frequently as I can manage.

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Rice & Garlic & More Smaller Steps
ANCHOR HERE My rice'n'garlic advice, "take many more much smaller steps," can be said another way: reject any proposed path that requires a step size larger than the limit you've set for that particular domain of activity. Time for Sunday geek comfort. It's meant to be respite. There are more …
A Making-App UI
Once armed with the idea of a shipping app and a making app, a whole range of possibilities open up. Among the most powerful: give your making app a UI just for making. It's Sunday, which is geek comfort food day for me. Remember, tho, to think and feel and …
Scenario Builders
In a data-rich environment, we can use the Builder concept to make DSL's for our Making application. This often makes testing the hard business core of our code both faster and easier. Folks, I love sharing my geekery with you. For me, it brings much comfort. I hope, tho, you'll …
Humans & Mistakes
Approaches in software development — or anything else — that don't take ordinary human failings as their starting point are prone to dramatic failure. "The Impossible Human" is, well, noticeably uncommon. Let's dig in on that. More geek joy comfort food from me today, but please think & work outside …
Web-To-Database Potshots
HOT TIP! Click the image below to get $75 off Ted Young's new interactive online class running March 8th-11th 2021. Use special code "GEEPAW" at checkout. Thanks! Listen to this Blogcast: "It puts the database on its browser skin, or else it gets the hose again." This task occupies the …
An Early TDD Experience
HOT TIP! Click the image below to get $75 off Ted Young's new interactive online class running March 8th-11th 2021. Use special code "GEEPAW" at checkout. Thanks! When we talk about transitioning to microtest TDD, we have to figure out how to provide the right experiences in the right order. …
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