Dave Astels posted a concise checklist to determine if you code sucks. Memorize it:
1. Your code sucks if it doesn’t work.
2. Your code sucks if it isn’t testable.
3. Your code sucks if it’s hard to read.
4. Your code sucks if it’s not understandable.
5. Your code sucks if it dogmatically conforms to a trendy framework at the cost of following good design/implimentation practices.
6. Your code sucks if it has duplication.
I find people who still do not know the basics or attempt to use old optimization techniques trying improve where their site is found in Google. Scribbling.net’s “Help the Googlebot understand your web site” is a great place to start.
“wordpress as cms” is a great writeup on how a medical student wired up an implementation of WordPress to run the Stanford Community Health Resource Center.
A big congratulations to Dave Johnson, developer of Roller on getting hired by Sun to work on it full time.
And people wonder why it takes me ages to return a book….
java.net: JJGuidelines: “a set of conventions and guidelines for java and J2EE related development.’
TSS: Java Testing and Design: “how to understand what application you want to write, what strategies are likely to get you there, and then how to measure your level of success.”
TSS: The J2EE Architect’s Handbook: “is written for technical architects and senior developers tasked with designing and leading the development of J2EE java applications”>
Over at softwaregarden.com is a very clear document describing RSS.
Saving for later reference: Over at gBlog there is batch FLA compiler writen in JSFL.
The Great Divide: Retro vs. Metro America by John Sperling .
The Reveolution Will Not Be Televised by Joe Trippi.
Related link: Extreme Democracy
Updated: Just had to add one more book….
LA Weekly: Do You IMDB?. IMDB continues to be the number one site I go to for movie knowledge. They groked hypertext early on and the way they designed their site, tieing metadata between movies together with hyperlinks, was a major example for others to follow.
SFGate: CRAIGSLIST On the record: Craig Newmark. Most of you know that craigslist has recently been invested in by eBay, but for those that don’t, this is a good read.
Salon: Blogging grows up: The story of Mena and Ben Trott’s Movable Type, and Six Apart, the company they founded around it. A must read for content tool developers.