I like this comment in the tool I'm trying to maintain: (* RJ: THERE CAN BE BUGS WITH THE LVAL_MAP INTERFACE -- better still PROVE this interface correct. PROVE ???!!! HA HA.*)
@Pierre303, yes, the name originates from latin "paulus", meaning "small". Being differently mangled while drifting to East and West, it resulted in Paul and Pavel (pronounced like "puvvil") respectively.
@Incognito It's written virtually everywhere in the net near my name that I write code for living. However, I haven't encountered anything close to what you're describing...
Well, in some countries you can't (legally) terminate an employment due to lack of performance. Moreover, giving this guy a chance, while having several more applicants with the same amount of experience--but in development--wouldn't be the best solution, would it?
Assume you have a guy applying for a position in your company as a developer. According to his CV, he has spent the latest several years as a "process manager". Would you turn him down?
You should create your own small web application.
Remember that all software should have tests? Even if you develop tests, they're no exception. This small web-application you'll write will be a test for the tests you are going to create.
There were plugins to emulate vim key bindings in Firefox... but for Emacs, I guess, a more appropriate solution would be an emulation of Firefox via its lisp config scripts.
"Firefox, until recently, had one hell of a creative lead (incidentally the son of Jef Raskin), and this shows in its UX." — could anyone, please, explain in more simple English the Konrad's opinion about Firefox design?
Why does not software developers follow the recommendations on [user interface design]?
The simple answer is that a software engineer is not a usability design expert. UX design is hard and has to be learned. It is also relatively recent, despite some early pioneers such as Jef Raskin.
I’m ...
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You should create your own small web application.
Remember that all software should have tests? Even if you develop tests, they're no exception. This small web-application you'll write will be a test for the tests you are going to create.
Why does not software developers follow the recommendations on [user interface design]?
The simple answer is that a software engineer is not a usability design expert. UX design is hard and has to be learned. It is also relatively recent, despite some early pioneers such as Jef Raskin.
I’m ...