Coding Geekette

Today’s CodeMash Countdown isn’t about one of the languages, but ratherabout one of the Precompiler events. Over the past few months, I’ve been working with Gary Bernhardt, Joe Fiorini, Corey Haines, and John Stockton on planning the CodeJam. No, we’re not make jams and jellies out of code. Nor are we making music with our [...]

First, D-flat… and now G-flat… which note will be the next language? Amanda Laucher has been talking about F#ing for quite awhile. Although that may look like something obscene, all she’s doing is talking about (and eating, sleeping, and breathing) a language called F#. The first time I heard about F# was at her presentation [...]

I’m interrupting the countdown for a post to find out what others’ opinions are of Dell. My awesome husband ordered me a Mini 9 for Christmas, as he saw it as a great tool for me, especially with giving presentations and stuff. When I found out about that, I was psyched! He ordered it for [...]

I love working with databases. When I look at data, I see database tables, stored procedures, and everything that goes with them. Even when I look at everyday things - like this book sitting on my coffee table - I see various parts of it and how it would fit in a database. Author, title, [...]

Here in Cleveland, I have the opportunity to collaborate with a talented and diverse group of developers. Corey Haines is one of those developers, and he’s the first person that I’ve ever heard mention Erlang. I wasn’t sure Erlang was, but Corey’s talk of it sparked my curiosity. Without further ado, featuring Erlang…. Language: Erlang [...]

Continuing the countdown, let’s look at the two common .NET languages - C# and VB.NET. Yes, I am combining both of these languages into one post. This may make some C# programmers cringe, as some may find VB.NET inferior. VB.NET seems to be the Rodney Dangerfield language - it gets no respect. Seriously, though, I’m [...]

I am starting my CodeMash Countdown by featuring a language that I’ve worked with in the past and that I’ve helped others learn. Introducing one of my favorite web development languages… Language: PHP Website: http://www.php.net A Little About PHP PHP, as close to what we know it as today, first appeared in 1997, as PHP [...]

As is true with many of my friends, I’m excited about CodeMash. I had originally heard about it from my friend Russ, who had gone to past CodeMashes and came back excited about what he heard. Many months later, I met Jeff, who made sure to remind me that I missed the 2008 CodeMash and [...]

While I code at work, I listen to my Zune, and at this time of year, I’m listening to my holiday songs. One of my favorite holiday songs is “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, in its various forms - the Starcraft version (for the gamer geek in me), Straight No Chaser’s version, John Denver and [...]

The big announcement came earlier this week - IronPython 2.0 is now released to the world. Check out the IronPython 2.0 Release Notes to see the changes. In less than a month, I will be showing off IronPython in my “Pumping Iron into Python: Intro to FePy” talk at CodeMash. Coming from a mixed background, [...]