http://www.codesermon.org Preaching Software Development Best Practices en-us preacher preacher@codesermon.org The Preacher preacher@codepreacher.org preacher@codesermon.org Preaching Best Practices - A podcast for software developers. Some thoughts on managing object lifetimes using reference counting http://www.codesermon.org February 04 2007 18:01:00 Finding the right library for your project http://www.codesermon.org April 12 2006 10:35:00 Debugging when you can't use the debugger http://www.codesermon.org February 18 2006 12:32:00 Optimize your code. But not that code. http://www.codesermon.org January 28 2006 18:24:00 A Constant is just a Variable that doesn't Vary. http://www.codesermon.org January 14 2006 10:48:00 Your computer is probably looping right now. http://www.codesermon.org December 19 2005 18:58:00 They're not as simple as you think they are. http://www.codesermon.org November 30 2005 09:14:00 The best way to make your code faster. http://www.codesermon.org November 13 2005 08:41:00 Thinking about what to call things. http://www.codesermon.org October 22 2005 00:11:00 Where you want to run your software dictates how you write it. http://www.codesermon.org September 29 2005 08:19:00 Code Sermon on Robustness. Writing code that isn't environmentally sensitive. http://www.codesermon.org September 11 2005 08:45:00 Code Sermon on compiler warnings. Your compiler is trying to tell you something. Are you listening?. http://www.codesermon.org August 31 2005 09:00:00 Code Sermon on memory management. Differences between garbage collected languages and C and C++. Also a bit about locality. http://www.codesermon.org August 23 2005 22:55:00 Code Sermon on post-deployment. Stuff you should have done before you released your code. http://www.codesermon.org August 14 2005 10:00:00 Code Sermon on Error Handling. Exceptions or error codes. Logging. The importance of giving your users the information they need to fix the problems they run into. http://www.codesermon.org August 07 2005 10:00:00 Code Sermon on Deployment. Thoughts on getting the software you've written from your computer onto the computers of your users. http://www.codesermon.org July 28 2005 10:00:00 When not to optimize, when to optimize, and some thoughts on how to approach it. http://www.codesermon.org July 17 2005 10:00:00 If you can't be fast, seem fast. This sermon talks about ways to make your application feel responsive in cases where many apps leave the user wondering what's up. http://www.codesermon.org July 10 2005 10:00:00 http://www.codesermon.org July 03 2005 10:00:00 Reading and writing files is easy, right? Here's some sins that developers often commit when reading and writing files. Testing your software should be done while you're writing your software, not after it. Talks about unit testing, test driven development, and more. http://www.codesermon.org June 26 2005 10:00:00