More info

http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javascriptguide.xml

In my experience, I have found that it can be difficult for people to understand the message if they are not open for it, no matter how good your intentions is.

One reason for this could be that people have something more important on their mind, something that worries them or there is lack of basic trust.

A positive emotional connection is a very important aspect. People should feel that they can trust you and that you have their interest at heart.

What ever you do, always give an advice with sincere compassion.

I recently stumble upon this speech given by J.K. Rowling at Harvard. She talks about failures (her own) and how it helped her to become the one she is today.

One of the things that I took away with me is the importance of failure. Everybody is so focused on doing everything right, being the best and that failure cannot be an option. We are so afraid of messing up because we believe that doing so will be the end of the world.

However, failing is actually a big part of life and something we should not be afraid of.

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. - Fred Brooks

So if you are trying to accomplish something, don’t be afraid if you will not make it the first time, because chances are that you probably will the second or third time around.

J.K. Rowling on Vimeo
Transcription and video on Hardvard Magazine

In the old days when I would want to add stripes to my tables (with a class named tiger), I would have done something like this.

Doing it old school

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window.onload = function () {
    var i, n, tables, table, trs, tr;
    tables = document.getElementsByTagName("table");
    for (i = 0; (table = tables[i]); i++){
        if (/\btiger\b/.exec(table.className)){
            var tbodys = table.getElementsByTagName("tbody");
            if (tbodys.length == 1){
                trs = tbodys[0].getElementsByTagName("tr");
            }else{
                trs = table.getElementsByTagName("tr");
            }
            for (n = 0; (tr = trs[n]); n++){
                tr.className += (n % 2 == 0) ? " alternate" : "";
            }
        }
    }
}

With jQuery magic

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$(document).ready(function() {
    $("table.tiger tr:even").addClass("alternate");
});

Pretty simple, right?

The book wastes no time, so right form the start you are introduced to some basic, but important aspect of what quality code is all about.

It starts out with naming conventions, how to right comments, error handling, refactoring, Unit testing and lots more. So the book covers a lot of ground and if you are looking to improve you developer skills, then I highly recommend it.

Another good thing is that, it is very well written and contains a good balance between theory and practice.

How ever, if you have already read books like

Code Complete by Steve McConnell
Refactoring by Martin Fowler etc.
Test Driven Development by Kent Beck

Then you probably wont learn very much from Clean Code.

Update: It seems to work really well :)

If you have seen some his other lectures on Javscript, then you can probably skip through some of them. If you don’t know him, then I can guarantee that you will learn something very interesting about javascript.

Volume One: The Early Years (Monday, January 25, 2010)

Chapter 2: And Then There Was JavaScript (Friday, February 5, 2010)

Act III: Function the Ultimate (Wednesday, February 17, 2010)

Episode IV: The Metamorphosis of Ajax (Wednesday, March 3, 2010)

Part 5: The End of All Things (Wednesday, March 31, 2010)

Sure it might be a bit frustrating not to have cross-platform tools, which Adobe would like to offer its developers. As a .NET developer myself, it would have been fun to use MonoTouch, but I am surely not going to complain about if Apple wont allow it. I would rather see it as a great opportunity to learn a new language and broaden my knowledge. If you have ever read “The Pragmatic Programmer”, then you would or should feel the same as me.

Apple and Adobe is like a very old couple that has been together forever, so they probably have a fair share of quirks, which probably doesn’t help in a situation like this and Apple could probably have handle this situation better. However, I can understand Apple’s motivation for not allowing, cross-platform tools.

If you ask the customers, they probably don’t care a single bit about what is going on, they just want to have cool Apps for their iPhone/iPad and who can blame them?

And if Apple were to rely and wait for companies like Adobe to implement new features that they put into the platform, then they would lose the competitive edge.

Btw. Niels Hartvig, i’ll bet that you are probably already on your way to buy the latest MBP (who can say no to these beauties) in the nearest Apple Store, even though you state that it is time to get rid of all your Apple gear. ;)

Further reading

Steve Jobs Thoughts on Flash

The Adobe - Apple Flame War

Google’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Mantra is ‘Bullshit,’ Adobe Is Lazy: Apple’s Steve Jobs (Update 2)

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7 + 2 = 63
6 + 5 = 66
8 + 4 = 96

9 + 7 = ?

The answer can be found in the first comment.