1. There should be only ONE single exit point to each method (use if-else whenever needed). 2. When using if-else, make sure to place the SHORTER code snippet in the if: if (cond) { <only a few lines of code> } else { <here you should write the "bigger" case> <many many lines…> … … [...]
Continue readingRuby is a wonderful programming language, and when I say wonderful I mean that basically it just makes you happy. As a Java programmer, there are so many things that I need to check and be careful about, and Ruby just makes it easier for you, taking care of you, and if I have one [...]
Continue readingSome people can’t just sit and do nothing, I know that cause I’m one of them… I call these people: *NOP people. Even a ride on the elevator is just enough time to check emails and tweeter, and that’s also why I always need a side project. Last year I committed to PHP and MySQL [...]
Continue readingA few months ago I wrote a post about intellectual property telling the story of a small company called Laminar Research which might be forced to shut-down due to a lawsuit they’re facing. Well, I was glad to read this morning that the same patent-troll, Uniloc, got their claim against Rackspace dismissed by a chief judge Leonard Davis which [...]
Continue readingOn the previous posts we went over the different options of online payment processing and then dived a bit deeper into a discussion about how user-experience effects the conversion and how can we improve both by using an API. The last two examples showed how to use an API in order to create a shopper entity on Bluesnap [...]
Continue readingImportant: all the links and the code-examples that are embedded in this post, link toPlimus service in Bluesnap’s sandbox – so feel free to play with it – all the credit-card charges are not real! On the previous post , we talked a bit about the different options of online payment-processing and now it’s time to talk about the [...]
Continue readingI started writing a post that demonstrates how a vendor can use API calls in order to create a better shopping experience and help convert shoppers into buyers. But after a few lines I figured that there is a basic terminology and motivation that might be obvious to me (since I worked in the eCommerce [...]
Continue readingIn this world of technology using wordpres for blogging seems to be the right choice, I mean, in the last couple of months I noticed that I kept postponing writing stuff in my blog due to the overhead of maintaining my own simple html blog. So I finally took the time to install & configure WP and [...]
Continue readingA good friend of mine runs his own company. He always paid 3rd parties to handle his SEO but, as a developer, he felt he should put the effort into learning, at least the basics, so that he could understand if the money he’s spending on these services has a good ROI. So a few days [...]
Continue readingTwo weeks ago I went to Corona SDK Hack Night in Menlo Park. When I went in (8PM sharp) I saw that everybody were already sitting with their laptops turned on, working. “I see that I’m late” I said out loud while unpacking my laptop bag, and got a few hostile looks, it was weird… And then [...]
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