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Marijn Haverbeke[^]:

CodeMirror is a code editor implemented in JavaScript. It relies on the browser to display its content, and modern browsers are very good at displaying text. But it also displays a cursor, and controls its movement. To do that, it needs to be aware of some non-trivial properties of Unicode text. In this article, I'll outline the solutions I came up with.

Burak Kanber[^]:

It’s damn hard to make robots walk on two legs. Hand-coding a walking routine will almost certainly fail. Even if you succeed in making a robot walk, the next robot that comes off the line might have a slightly different center of balance, and that algorithm you slaved over no longer works. Instead of enduring the inevitable heartbreak, you might use a GA to “teach the robot to learn to walk” rather than simply “teaching the robot to walk”.

Windows 8 app developer blog[^]:

In this post, we provide some tips and techniques on automating the testing of Windows 8 apps. Keep in mind that automated testing is a powerful technique and it requires some initial investment to reap the full rewards. The advice and examples in this post are meant to get you started, but you’ll need to build and maintain your own infrastructure on top of them.

Git-Process[^]:

This provides an easy way to work with a sane git workflow process that encourages using highly-focussed branches to encourage collaboration, enable fearless changes, and improve team communication.

Technicat[^]:

As a software engineer, you might want any number of things out of your job - a steady paycheck, the opportunity to work on interesting projects, a springboard to the next better job, or maybe you just like hanging out with other programmers. But by "effective", I mean the ability to complete projects in a timely manner with the expected quality. After working on dozens of software releases, I believe the following practices will bring you there, and while they may involve sticking your neck out, I'd like to think they will also advance your professional reputation, career longevity, and personal satisfaction.

Rather than truly teaching kids about computers, we’re teaching them to see the machines and programs as mysterious tools, offering little or no instruction about the conceptual aspects of computer science that lay the foundation for innovation and deeper study in the field

Bastard Programmer from Hell
if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

The Code Project[^]:

In this installment we talk to independent Mac app developer and creator of the Alfred app, Andrew Pepperrell.

O'Reilly Radar[^]:

I had been tempted to classify IFTTT as a merely an interesting toy for playing with social media. Granted, it’s nice that I can archive all my tweets into an Evernote note, but so what? However, IFTTT’s growth in features is showing it to be more than a bauble. The service is becoming an empowering tool that gives users more control over their own data, previously often accessible by programmers alone.