LINKBLOG for October 26, 2007

• Skinny Languages and Fat Tools - Michael Feathers
  


• Too much of a good thing: not all functions should be object methods - Reg Braithwaite
  


• New Development Methodology: Change and Pray Development (CPD) - Derik Whittaker
  


• James Shore: Successful Software
  ' And if you're going to code, why not create amazing code, code that's endlessly malleable, a joy to adapt and modify? '


• making the most of a design engagement - Adaptive Path
  ' Adaptive Path’s tips for our clients — or yours '


• Testing A Daily Build - Steve Rowe
  Steve's suggested workflow in working with these builds


• Creating Zip archives in .NET (without an external library like SharpZipLib) - Jon Galloway
  Jon shows some other ways than the standard SharpZipLib (which is GPL'ed, that can be troublesome sometimes)


• Did you know... Ctrl+F3 searches for the currently-selected string without brining up the find window? - Sara Ford
  


• I'd Consider That Harmful, Too - Jeff Atwood
  


• Why Is It So Hard For Innovators to Keep It Simple? - William C. Taylor
  on the importance of being clear to your customers [ING Direct policy] ' You want to open an account with a million dollars? Please find another bank '