Boring Wisdom of an Old Programmer

<body> <div id="content"> <div id="topBanner"> <div id="topBannerBlurb"> by Richard Wilton </div> <span id="topBannerTitle"> <span class="topBannerTitleCap">B</span>oring  <span class="topBannerTitleCap">W</span>isdom of an  <span class="topBannerTitleCap">O</span>ld  <span class="topBannerTitleCap">P</span>rogrammer </span> </div> <div id="mainContent"> <p>This is it: thirty years of experience, boiled down to the essentials. When it is complete, it will be a book. </p> <p><br/> Unfortunately, you are using either a no-frames browser or a browser that is configured not to display frames. You can still get to the BWOP contents, but you'll have to use the following links to get there: </p> <ul> <li><a href="intro.htm">Programmers and poseurs</a>: There are programmers, and there are people who just talk the talk.</li> <li><a href="bad_code.htm">Bad code</a>: How not to write software. (You already know this, right?)</li> <li><a href="good_code.htm">Good code</a>: A bit tougher than writing bad code. (You already know this, too, of course.)</li> <li><a href="dbapp.htm">How to build a database application</a>: After all these years, I have figured out how to do this properly (most of the time).</li> <li><a href="druid.htm">Data-responsive user interface design</a>: How to make a visual interface behave as if it knows what it is displaying. (Yes, I <i>know</i> it spells "druid.")</li> <li><a href="js.htm">Javascript and the illusion of programming</a>: How a beautifully-designed programming tool became the dumpster of the software-development universe.</li> </ul> <p><br/> If that doesn't work for you, just let me know at <a href="javascript://" onclick="javascript: return doMailTo('rw530nv79')" title="Send email to Conejo Systems">rw530nv79@conejosystems.com</a>. </p> </div> <div id="footer"> <p>Copyright © 2006 Richard Wilton. <br/>This page updated Monday, August 28, 2006 at 22:16 UTC. <br/>This page is <a target="_blank" href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer">valid XHTML</a> and uses <a target="_blank" href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer?warning=yes&profile=css3">valid CSS</a>. </p> </div> </div> </body>