http://ntschutta.com/jat/2006/03/18/nfjs-quotes/ Just A Thought...on Ajax, usability, software development and anything else that catches my fancy. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:37:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://ntschutta.com/jat/2006/03/18/nfjs-quotes/#comment-19396 ntschutta.com » Blog Archive » Much Ado About Nothing Sat, 03 Feb 2007 04:08:33 +0000 http://ntschutta.com/jat/2006/03/18/nfjs-quotes/#comment-19396 [...] Today in Dynamic Language camp, we were discussing some of the myths and realities that surround the new darlings of the development world - you know things like “Ruby isn’t enterprise”, “I need the safety of the compiler” and other assorted misconceptions. Anyway, we were talking about the importance of testing in the dynamic space and one of the students brought up null pointers and invariants. I mentioned that static typing wouldn’t prevent someone from passing a null and we went back and forth for a couple of minutes. [...] […] Today in Dynamic Language camp, we were discussing some of the myths and realities that surround the new darlings of the development world - you know things like “Ruby isn’t enterprise”, “I need the safety of the compiler” and other assorted misconceptions. Anyway, we were talking about the importance of testing in the dynamic space and one of the students brought up null pointers and invariants. I mentioned that static typing wouldn’t prevent someone from passing a null and we went back and forth for a couple of minutes. […]

]]> http://ntschutta.com/jat/2006/03/18/nfjs-quotes/#comment-4122 ntschutta.com » Blog Archive » RailsConf Quotes Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:02:46 +0000 http://ntschutta.com/jat/2006/03/18/nfjs-quotes/#comment-4122 [...] By now, my humble readers (pretty sure I’m up to five or six now) should know I have a thing for quotes and as you might expect, RailsConf provided it’s share of notable quips! I should point out that I’m not a reporter and I didn’t record any of the sessions so I’m mostly paraphrasing (if I’ve misquoted someone, I’ll happily change it, just let me know). Anyway, here are my favorite lines from the weekend. [...] […] By now, my humble readers (pretty sure I’m up to five or six now) should know I have a thing for quotes and as you might expect, RailsConf provided it’s share of notable quips! I should point out that I’m not a reporter and I didn’t record any of the sessions so I’m mostly paraphrasing (if I’ve misquoted someone, I’ll happily change it, just let me know). Anyway, here are my favorite lines from the weekend. […]

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