Archive for the ‘development’ Category

UI Testing and Screen Recording Software

In reading a recent blog post from Coding Horrors about listening to your users, it got me thinking: Could software companies utilize screen recording software to analyze user interaction? What I envision is users record their computer desktops while using the software.  The resulting movie is sent back to the software company to analyze and [...]

You used Perl for what?

Over at CIO.com I found an interesting article which describes the best and worst uses for Perl. Every programming language has its strengths…and its weaknesses. We identify five tasks for which perl is ideally suited, and four that…well, really, shouldn’t you choose something else? There are exceptions to every rule but in general this article [...]

Firebug

If you are a web developer and using Firefox for your web development, then Firebug is a definite must have. This addon to Firefox gives you access to examine the layout and CSS within a browser window. If you are having trouble with a site layout or trying to figure out why certain CSS tags [...]