Comments for Rabbit Software, LLC http://rabbitsoftware.com Server & Database Applications Development Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:44:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Peter Naur – Programming as Theory Building by Edgar G. Daylight http://rabbitsoftware.com/2011/09/peter-naur-programming-as-theory-building/#comment-36 Edgar G. Daylight Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:44:12 +0000 http://rabbitsoftware.com/?p=265#comment-36 Richard, Given your interests, you may want to have a look at the following articles: + H. Robinson, P. Hall, F. Hovenden, and J. Rachel. Postmodern software development. The Computer Journal, 41(6):363375, 1998. + J. Low, J. Johnson, P. Hall, F. Hovenden, J. Rachel, H. Robinson, and S. Woolgar. Read this and change the way you feel about software engineering. Information and Software Technology, 38:7787, 1996. best wishes, Edgar Richard,

Given your interests, you may want to have a look at the following articles:

+ H. Robinson, P. Hall, F. Hovenden, and J. Rachel. Postmodern software development. The Computer Journal, 41(6):363375, 1998.

+ J. Low, J. Johnson, P. Hall, F. Hovenden, J. Rachel, H. Robinson, and S. Woolgar. Read this and change the way you feel about software engineering. Information and Software Technology, 38:7787, 1996.

best wishes,
Edgar

]]> Comment on Peter Naur – Programming as Theory Building by Richard http://rabbitsoftware.com/2011/09/peter-naur-programming-as-theory-building/#comment-35 Richard Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:44:17 +0000 http://rabbitsoftware.com/?p=265#comment-35 Actually, I now recall reading an opinion piece by Peter Naur a few years ago in Communications of the ACM, in which he mentioned William James. I think this one: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1188922&dl=ACM&coll=DL&CFID=52217066&CFTOKEN=29117030 I remember being surprised to see such an article in the ACM and surmised that it was accepted due to Naur's prominence in computing history. Actually, I now recall reading an opinion piece by Peter Naur a few years ago in Communications of the ACM, in which he mentioned William James. I think this one:

http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1188922&dl=ACM&coll=DL&CFID=52217066&CFTOKEN=29117030

I remember being surprised to see such an article in the ACM and surmised that it was accepted due to Naur’s prominence in computing history.

]]> Comment on Peter Naur – Programming as Theory Building by Richard http://rabbitsoftware.com/2011/09/peter-naur-programming-as-theory-building/#comment-34 Richard Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:37:47 +0000 http://rabbitsoftware.com/?p=265#comment-34 Edgar, thank you for your comment! I am interested in your book. I did not know that Naur was influenced by the work of William James. But I am not surprised. I am becoming more and more interested in the relationship of the history of American pragmatic philosophy to the relatively recent pragmatic turn among practitioners of software development. Edgar, thank you for your comment! I am interested in your book. I did not know that Naur was influenced by the work of William James. But I am not surprised. I am becoming more and more interested in the relationship of the history of American pragmatic philosophy to the relatively recent pragmatic turn among practitioners of software development.

]]> Comment on Peter Naur – Programming as Theory Building by Edgar G. Daylight http://rabbitsoftware.com/2011/09/peter-naur-programming-as-theory-building/#comment-33 Edgar G. Daylight Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:42:31 +0000 http://rabbitsoftware.com/?p=265#comment-33 For those interested in Naur's work, I would like to refer to my book which is based on a lengthy technical discussion that I had with Peter Naur in the spring of 2011 in Denmark. http://www.lonelyscholar.com/node/7 Although Naur does not use the words "Agile Software Development" in my discussion with him, it does seem fair to say that he would agree with much of Agile's underlying philosophy. For those interested in Naur’s work, I would like to refer to my book which is based on a lengthy technical discussion that I had with Peter Naur in the spring of 2011 in Denmark. http://www.lonelyscholar.com/node/7
Although Naur does not use the words “Agile Software Development” in my discussion with him, it does seem fair to say that he would agree with much of Agile’s underlying philosophy.

]]> Comment on Spring Roo by Rohit http://rabbitsoftware.com/2010/10/spring-roo/#comment-20 Rohit Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:29:06 +0000 http://rabbitsoftware.com/?p=102#comment-20 Thanks for the response. Actually right now I am using DBRE Add-on for MySql Database but I am not feeling comfortable with it. So, if you find anything related to Roo with MySql DB as back-end will help me a lot. Thanks & Regards, Rohit Thanks for the response.

Actually right now I am using DBRE Add-on for MySql Database
but I am not feeling comfortable with it.
So, if you find anything related to Roo with MySql DB as
back-end will help me a lot.

Thanks & Regards,
Rohit

]]> Comment on Spring Roo by Richard http://rabbitsoftware.com/2010/10/spring-roo/#comment-19 Richard Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:19:21 +0000 http://rabbitsoftware.com/?p=102#comment-19 I will see if I still have the Roo script. I will see if I still have the Roo script.

]]> Comment on Spring Roo by Rohit http://rabbitsoftware.com/2010/10/spring-roo/#comment-18 Rohit Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:26:35 +0000 http://rabbitsoftware.com/?p=102#comment-18 Hi, Is it possible for you to post complete script for this application. Actually I am trying the same but facing some problem. Thanks & Regards, Rohit Hi,

Is it possible for you to post complete script for this application.
Actually I am trying the same but facing some problem.

Thanks & Regards,
Rohit

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]]> Comment on Technical Debt by Richard http://rabbitsoftware.com/2010/09/technical-debt/#comment-4 Richard Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:26:49 +0000 http://pugix.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-4 Thanks for commenting, Arin. I hadn't heard about Lehman's laws before. Cockburn, Martin Fowler and other agilists don't seem to be as interested in formulating 'laws' as in discovering better ways to describe the activities of software development. 'The cooperative game' (the subtitle of Cockburn's Agile Software Development book) implies discovery and invention. Games have rules to follow, but rules can evolve and are not laws. Thanks for commenting, Arin.

I hadn’t heard about Lehman’s laws before. Cockburn, Martin Fowler and other agilists don’t seem to be as interested in formulating ‘laws’ as in discovering better ways to describe the activities of software development. ‘The cooperative game’ (the subtitle of Cockburn’s Agile Software Development book) implies discovery and invention. Games have rules to follow, but rules can evolve and are not laws.

]]> Comment on Technical Debt by Arin http://rabbitsoftware.com/2010/09/technical-debt/#comment-3 Arin Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:41:39 +0000 http://pugix.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-3 Richard, I'm sorry that I missed your talk, but thanks for the sharing the slides. I like how you reminded people that technical debt is not always a bad thing, but that choosing to take on technical debt does guarantee extra work in the future. I also like the formula from Alistair Cockburn about the cost of change spiraling upward with the number of changes. It's similar to Lehman's laws of Software Evolution, which I think are also an effective way to describe the decay of legacy systems over time. But I think I like Alistair's formula better. Thanks! Arin Richard,

I’m sorry that I missed your talk, but thanks for the sharing the slides. I like how you reminded people that technical debt is not always a bad thing, but that choosing to take on technical debt does guarantee extra work in the future. I also like the formula from Alistair Cockburn about the cost of change spiraling upward with the number of changes.

It’s similar to Lehman’s laws of Software Evolution, which I think are also an effective way to describe the decay of legacy systems over time. But I think I like Alistair’s formula better.

Thanks!
Arin

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