Boy, I some days I really hate object-oriented programming. Apparently I’m not the only one. In the immortal words of Edsger Dijkstra: “Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California.” Well, I’m not normally one to complain, but I think it is time to step back and take a serious look at what is wrong with OOP. In this spirit, I have prepared a modest list of Ten Things I Hate About Object-Oriented Programming.

Lisp is a programming language known for its expressiveness and power, but it was often thought of as not being well suited for general use. That has all changed with Clojure, a Lisp dialect that runs on the Java™ platform. Now you can harness the power of Lisp anywhere you have a Java Virtual Machine handy. In this article, you will see how to get started with Clojure and learn some of its syntax, as you take advantage of the Clojure plug-in for Eclipse to help you along the way.

Learn the business patterns useful for software developer that want to create successful software products.

Understanding the factors that influence software quality is crucial to the continuing maturation of the software industry. An improved understanding of software quality drivers will help software engineers and managers make more informed decisions in controlling and improving the software process. Data from the Personal Software Processprovides insight into interpersonal differences between competent professionals as increasingly disciplined processes are adopted. Program size, (empirically measured) programmer ability, and disciplined processes significantly affect software quality. Factors frequently used as surrogates for programmer ability, e.g., years of experience, and technology, e.g., programming language, do not significantly impact software quality, although they may affect other important software attributes such as productivity. An understanding of these factors may help managers implement practices that support high-quality software.

Google recently announced their new programming language, Go. It is designed to bring some of the advances of modern programming languages back down to the systems arena where C still dominates today. However, the language is still experimental and evolving.

Java developers should learn functional paradigms now, even if they have no immediate plans to move to a functional language such as Scala or Clojure. Over time, all mainstream languages will become more functional; Neal Ford explores the reasons why in this installment.

Writing local Web applications can be quick, easy, and efficient for solving specific Intranet problems. Understand why a Web browser is sometimes a better interface than a GUI application, and when a CGI script may be the simplest and most elegant solution.

By now you’ve almost certainly heard of functional programming. I mean, how could you miss it? Everybody’s talking about it. There are all these new functional languages coming out like Scala, F#, and Clojure. People are talking about older languages too, like Erlang, Haskell, ML, and others. So what’s this all about? Why is functional programming The Next Big Thing? And what in blazes is it? First, it’s almost certainly true that functional programming is the next big thing. There are good solid reasons for this that we’ll explore later in this article. But in order to understand those reasons, we need to know what functional programming is.

The developer world is divided into two camps. Language mavens wax rhapsodic about the power of higher-level programming — first-class functions, staged programming, AOP, MOPs, and reflection. Tool mavens are skilled at the use of integrated build and debug tools, integrated documentation, code completion, refactoring, and code comprehension. This article provides interesting thinkings on how tools and languages interract.

This article shares some painful experiences on the construction of generic frameworks within organisations.