I've recently seen one to many application where the developer try to be safe by catching exceptions all over the place. [..] Most of those catch blocks just logs the exception and rethrow it. Please do not catch that exception.

Git is the source code version control system that is rapidly becoming the standard for open source projects. It has a powerful distributed model which allows advanced users to do tricky things with branches, and rewriting history. What a pity that it's so hard to learn, has such an unpleasant command line interface, and treats its users with such utter contempt.

My system is a combination of thinking from Stephen Covey, David Allen, and J.D. Meier's Getting Results. All of these systems are highly recommended and I've pulled much of what I know from them and then synthesized my own ideas. Here's what I do when I'm feeling non-productive and guilty.

Good Web design shouldn't be memorable. Good Web design should be quietly working behind the scenes to allow its glory hunting brother - content - to step forward and take center stage.

This article will focus on one of the most important functional programming constructs: working with values as opposed to identities. I'll discuss the strong support C++ has always had for working with values, then show how the new C++ 11 standard expands this support with lambdas. Finally, I'll introduce a method of working with immutable data structures that maintains the speed C++ is known for while providing the protection that functional languages have long enjoyed.

One of the most common questions we get [..] is of the type: "How do I execute my command when X happens?" [For example,] a particular command needs to be executed whenever a textbox's text changes.