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The sad truth about testing web applications

There are many ways to test a web application. In the lowest level, we have unit tests; in the highest levels we have HTTP test, those that use the HTTP protocol to talk to running instance of your application (maybe … Continue reading

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Redirecting on load

Of all the bad practices I see on the web this ranks as very bad and I believe it’s not mentioned enough. It’ll easily make it to my personal top 5. I go to a web site, like example.com, and … Continue reading

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NetBeans could make the Ruby on Rails experience great

NetBeans could make the Ruby on Rails experience great for the vast majority of developers who are using Windows, where installing Ruby, Rails, PHP, MySQL, Python, etc is always a pain and the end result is ugly. But it falls … Continue reading

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Proper linking ettiquete

This has been mentioned thousands of times on the interwebs, but in case there’s at least one person reading this that didn’t know it, I’m explaining it again. Using hyperlinks in a piece of text doesn’t mean it has to stop … Continue reading

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It's not a theory!

“The car is not starting”, he said, “I have a theory, the tank must be empty.”. That’s not a theory! That’s a hypothesis. A hypothesis is the first part of a theory, it’s how a theory begins and it’s what … Continue reading

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Who are Conor O'Brien and James McMahon?

Conor O’Brien of the Raglan Clinic and James McMahon of Hassett are the people that own me €1250, the deposit of the apartment I rented for more than a year in 4, Windermere, Gilford Road, Dublin 4, Ireland. That I … Continue reading

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Sound in space

I wonder when we will start to see DVDs of space tv-shows, like Babylon 5 and Star Trek, where you can pick to watch them with no sounds on space. I’m really pissed off at the sounds of the Voyager … Continue reading

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Linux is not an operating system

For the purpose of writing this article I’m going to use the following definition of “operating system”. There are other definitions and I’m not claiming this is the right one. An operating system is a unit of software that you … Continue reading

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You will be out of business or you are scamming people

Suppose you own a business. And there’s some good, like bottles of vodka, or some service, like massages, that you can sell to your costumers (I wonder what kind of business that is). One fine day when you arrive you … Continue reading

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What part of “no smoking” don’t you understand

Tired of people smoking right in front of the no smoking signs. State your opinion with a nice shirt: Or a sweatshirt, babydoll, baseball jersey, etc. Also in Spanish (tambien en español).

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