Gregg Pollack posted this video to the Envy Labs Blog. It’s a terrific example of Test Driven Development. Here is the video and 8 lessons you should learn from it.

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Yesterday at the last URUG meeting, one of the presenters talked to us about Ruby threading and then got us started on an exercise building a chat server using threading. The exercise was enlightening and really cemented the concepts for a lot of the people there. So, I thought I’d share three sites that provide programming exercises to help you become a better programmer.

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The interesting thing about the dealings between business people and programmers working on the same project is that they approach things from different angles. Both points of view are necessary, but sometimes making them agree is a little tricky. Here are some ideas to save time on development, which will ultimately save you money. Read More