programming

What I look for in a developer

I interview prospective developers for my company almost every week, and over time have developed a bit of a sixth sense for sussing out talent. Here are a couple of the hallmarks that

functional programming

Practical functional programming

I cringe when I see this sort of code: var names = new List<string> { "tom", "dan", "warren" }; // Find the longest name in the list // var

programming

Code 101: Pass by reference

This is part 1 of a multi-part post on programming fundamentals. This stuff may seem fairly pedestrian to some folks, but then it's probably not targetted at you. The mysterious pass by reference