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November 2009



New insight on 100% coverage

2009.11.18 Wed 9:56 A GMT-07
Code coverage gets a bad rap. People say it's meaningless. In my "Managing Complexity" talk at PyCon 2008, I made the analogy that code coverage was like a shield. One is exposed where the shield doesn't cover. But just because you have shield do
Category: python open source emacs

Dear Intarwebs, what is the deal with Javascript?

2009.11.12 Thu 12:10 A GMT-07
Why does firefox (yeah, it has Firebug so I develop against it) silently ignore errors? Everytime I think I might like some of Javascript, I'm reminded that I hate the runtime environment (development is slightly less painful with js2-mode). Sure i
Category: python open source
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Veterans Day

2009.11.11 Wed 9:44 A GMT-07
I would be remiss if I didn't thank my grandfather, Paul Huber, for his courage and bravery as he served his country during WWII. He's being honored today at the U. For almost 5 years he served his country in Algiers, Sicily, Utah Beach (D-Day), Fr
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