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January 2007
January 30, 2007
Avoid Entanglements
The concept of tight coupling, where one depends on a knowledge of the internals of another module, is a sin that will cause most compilers to choke. But what about when the compiler knows nothing about the coupling? Well, what you have there is "Insidious Tight Coupling." Bil Lewis outlines the perils in his article.
Posted by Kevin Carlson at 03:18 PM Permalink
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January 16, 2007
AJAX Debugging? Yes, Please
When your app is built from disparate technologies, as are AJAX apps by definition, debugging is always hard and time-consuming. Any tool you can get your hands on that tames the confusion is a welcome addition to your arsenal. So it is that AJAX developers everywhere will undoubtedly want to give Joe Hewitt's free Firebug extension a look. Joe describes debugging with this AJAX IDE in "AJAX Debugging with Firebug."
Posted by Kevin Carlson at 02:42 PM Permalink
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January 02, 2007
Testing WiMAX
The WiMAX standard is a behemoth: adhering to it means complying with 900 pages of documentation describing the physical layer and the media access control layer for WiMAX systems. Obviously, this calls for some sort of rigorous, frequent, and automated testing solution. One option is to build an executable specification.
Posted by Kevin Carlson at 03:18 PM Permalink
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